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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁
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Hubby, daddy, lawyer, photographer. This account is primarily filled with wildlife and nature photography by yours truly, with maybe a bit of snark here and there. If this is your vibe, welcome aboard!
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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁 @stevewaycott.bsky.social · Oct 2
Hello to everyone who recently followed along! (and also to those who've been here a while) I'm Steve and I'm a hobbyist wildlife photographer in eastern Canada. I post a new wildlife photo every day. I hope you enjoy the photos, and don't be shy to engage if you see something you like!
An american robin is leaning over the edge of a tree branch containing a bunch of red berries and it is grabbing a berry in its beak. An image of the April 2024 full solar eclipse, showing the full black circle of the moon as it eclipses the sun, with a halo of warm sunlight emanating from the periphery of the moon's orb. A lone eastern painted turtle rests on a semi-submerged log with a reflection of turtle and log clearly visible on the glass-like water. A blue jay is perched on a lichen-covered tree branch with an out of focus soft green background. The jay is looking over its shoulder at the camera with a sunflower seed in its beak.
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Playing along with today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, which is #Gannets.

Until very recently I wouldn't have had anything to share, but I got a few pics on a recent pelagic birding adventure. Here's a Northern Gannet getting the hell out of Dodge.

#birds #marinelife #photography
A large-ish seabird with mostly white body and brown in its wings and back end and a soft patch of burnt yellow on the side of its head is running along the water surface from right to left as it takes to the wing.
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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It’s Small Business Saturday! All the things are on sale now through Cyber Monday at hornedlarkpress.com/our-books/

COYOTE RUN is also on sale in Ebook for $1.99 in North America. Grab a lil’ something to read for your peeps!
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Song Sparrow splitting its attention between the photographer and, well, the splits.

L'Etete, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2025

📸 #birds #SOSP #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A brown and white/grey mottled songbird (song sparrow) is perching on a thin, bare bush with softly out of focus yellow bushes to the sides and a blurred blue background. The bird's head is turned slightly to the left and it is looking at the camera.
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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It's #FridayFinch day! Good thing, too, because Ms. Purple Finch is ready for some shit to go down.

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
June 2025

📸 #birds #finch #PUFI #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A mottled brown and white songbird (female purple finch) is on a lichen-covered tree branch with a soft green background. She is facing mostly to the right and is ready for some shit.
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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A few images of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird who is supremely interested in something just below it. (Hint: it was food!)

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2025

📸 #birds #hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor180600
A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is hovering in front of an out of focus green background. A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is hovering in front of an out of focus green background. A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is hovering in front of an out of focus green background.
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HeadShots! Here's one of my favourite head shots of an American Herring Gull who gave me pose after pose as though they were a model.

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
Close-up image of a white bird's head and neck (herring gull) with yellow eye and yellow bill with red and black markings on it. The gull is facing down and to the right and is looking sullen, like a fashion model might.
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Super close shot of an adorable little American Red Squirrel.

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
March 2025

📸 #mammals #sqrlpix #squirrel #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z6iii #Nikkor800pf
A close-up shot of the head and left shoulder of a small reddish brown squirrel with grey/white underparts as it clings to the bark of a tree.
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OnTheEdge of a body of water. This Solitary Sandpiper spends most of its life #OnTheEdge.

Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2025

📷 #birds #sandpiper #SOSA #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A medium-large sandpiper with mottled brown and white plumage is standing at the water's edge, facing toward the right and looking at the camera. The bird's reflection is showing on the surface of the water.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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A somewhat disheveled American Herring Gull posing for us against a beautiful late evening sky.

Grand Manan, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

📸 #birds #AHGU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
Close-up image of a white gull with yellow beak and eyes and grey back and wings set against and backlit by a warm orange evening sky. The gull is looking to the right.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Osprey giving us The Stare on this #TalonTuesday.

Jemseg, #NewBrunswick, Canada
April 2025

📸 #birds #osprey #OSPR #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A brown and white osprey is perching on a bare tree branch and is looking toward straight ahead at the camera.
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Throwing my offering into the hat for today’s [alternative] #BirdOfTheDay theme of #yelloweyes.

#birds
An extreme close-up of a white owl (snowy owl) perching in an evergreen tree with green branches and needles framing the owl on all sides. The owl is staring at the camera with piercing yellow eyes.
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Common Eider drake in the first rays of the morning sun.

St. Andrews, #NewBrunswick, Canada
December 2024

📸 #birds #duck #COEI #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A striking black and white duck with a yellow bill is swimming in the calm bay water with the warm, orange light of sunrise bathing its feathers and its reflection on the calm water.
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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This is Sophie. Sophie creates the most AMAZING wildlife art (you really need to follow her). Sophie has a message for us, and I think you should listen to Sophie.
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Please share this long, rambling disjointed message far and wide so we can all stick it to the man and not let AI take over the creative world. ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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The final image from my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy earlier this fall: three Great Cormorants silhouetted against the morning sky. What a day it was!

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

📸 #birds #GRCO #marinelife #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
Three tall, slender birds standing on a seaweed-covered rock ledge are silhouetted against the warm yellowish morning sky.
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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This was the first time I've ever seen a White-breasted Nuthatch in our yard (and there were two!). Always lots of Reds, but never their paler cousins. Very exciting!

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
November 2025

📷 #birds #WBNU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A small bird with a grey back and top of head with a white face and sides and just a slight hint of rusty reddish brown in its breast and rear flank is grasping onto a vertical tree trunk with a green background.
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Time for our #FridayFinch! Here's Mr. American Goldfinch giving me a piece of his mind.

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
June 2025

📷 #birds #AMGO #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A gorgeous bright yellow songbird with black and white wings and a black cap on its head (male American Goldfinch) is perched on a bare tree branch, facing straight at the camera. His beak is open as he sings out.
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Brrrr! I get cold just looking at this Canadian Beaver swimming around in the frozen water.

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
April 2025

📸 #mammals #beaver #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A large brown aquatic rodent (a beaver) is swimming straight toward the camera with its head and back showing above the surface of the icy water.
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Great Shearwater running down the backside of a rolling wave to pick up enough speed to get airborne. From my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #GRSH #marinelife #nature #photography
A mostly white seabird with pink legs and feet and brown feathers through its wings and on its tail and head cap is running away and to the right along the surface of the grey sea water with its wings and legs outstretched.
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Happy Wednesday from this very perky American Red Squirrel.

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
November 2025

📸 #mammals #sqrlpix #squirrel #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A small reddish brown squirrel with grey/white underparts is posing on a lichen-covered tree branch with its poofy reddish brown tail dominating the background.
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Another fly-by shot of this dark morph Pomarine Jaeger from my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #POJA #marinelife #nature #photography
A brown gull-like bird (pomarine jaeger) is flying slightly toward the camera and to the right with its wings spread wide and up. The background is the dull grey of a rainy day.
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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It's #TalonTuesday! Here's a young Bald Eagle posing on a beautiful summer morning.

Sheffield, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2025

📸 #birds #eagle #BAEA #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A mostly brown immature bald eagle is perched on a bare tree branch facing to the right.
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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This is one of only two usable photos I managed to get of an Atlantic Puffin on my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy earlier this fall.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #ATPU #marinelife #nature #photography
A mostly black and white seabird with clownishly large and colourful orange beak is flying to the right low over the grey water It is pouring rain.
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Album cover: Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Interesting. Yours is the first positive review I've heard or read about this one. Must be the knitted sock. :)
November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I found this Savannah Sparrow looking for some seeds in the dead brush on a bitterly cold winter afternoon.

Caissie Cape, #NewBrunswick, Canada
December 2024

📸 #birds #sparrow #SAVS #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A small brown mottled songbird is perching on a dead brown plat low to the ground, with snow all around.
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM