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Me every morning. (Burrowing Owl)

#birb #california
A head of a Burrowing Owl can be seen squinting and staring into the camera behind a blurry rock.
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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I just like how aggressive of a stance these little birds can have

#birb #california
A white crowned sparrow faces the camera but has it's head turned to the right. It's got a lovely brown white cap of feathers and very orange feets as it stands on some lichen covered rocks. A faint hint of green vegetation can be seen in the background to the upper right of the shot.
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Got to see a few "Orthosia mys" last night. First time spotting this species and got a nice shot of the scales on the wing when I convinced this one to take off in the morning.

#teammoth #california
A reddish-browm moth with hints of blue along the fore wing edge and a few dark spots in the middle of the fore wing. It is posed on top of some pine.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Got this while watching a crow harass a poor innocent red tailed hawk that was just hanging out

#birb #california
Two birds in flight, on the left a crow with claws outstretched trying to grab the Red Tailed hawk on the right as it casually floats on the air.
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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This hummingbird was a great photo subject. Sat still on this branch and kept occasionally moving its head to let the sunlight interact with it's feathers in different ways to show off the iridescence in them.

#birb #california
Anna's hummingbird on a branch with a very pink iridescent head and white and black chest feathers, and such tiny cute feets.
December 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Coordinated running takeoff of some coots

#birb #california
Three coots running on top of water with fully extended wings
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Was a huge Pseudohemihyalea edwardsii #moth party at the light trap, had at least 80 come by. Got a nice shot of this one and its pink abdomen.

#teammoth
A yellow brown moth with translucent wings a very fuzzy thorax and a bright pink abdomen atop some wood slats.
September 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Spotted my first Biston sinuaria #moth this weekend, came to my light trap and hung around all morning

#teammoth #california
A white moth with grey and black line decorating it's wings and a hefty fur coat around the head, it's resting on a piece of wood. A low angle shot of the same moth from it's front show it's face, you can make out more legs and the the tall fuzzy protuberance off the back of the thorax.
September 29, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Black Phoebe looking very content and well fed.

#borb #california
A small black and grey bird standing on a rock in water, who is very round.
September 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Black Phoebe getting some snacks from the pond.

#birb #california
Black Phoebe above some water, it mid flight trying to grab little fishes from the water and so looks like it's floating with the beak open and the tips of its beak in the water and the wings pointed back and up as it hovers. A reflection of the bird can be seen in the water below though distorted by waves.
September 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Identifying this moth (Edward's Glassywing) meant I got to learn about Henry Edwards the first "actor-entomolgist" whom I've ever heard of. He seems to have been really quite effective at these seemingly disparate jobs.

And it's really pretty.

#moth #california
It's a moth holding on to the rim of a clear plastic container. The moth's face and legs dominate the foreground. Its antennae can be seen tucked under its wings. The eye is large and black. The legs are mostly pale with some red color.to.some segments and black stripes. In the background is some grey cloth and a large white rectangle.
September 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Baby #hippo snuggles up with a parent. We got to watch them just relaxing together for a while.

#hippopotamus #tanzania
A very small baby hippo with mottled grey and pink skin lies sleepily stop the nose/mouth of the head of what is likely a parent. Baby to the right and adult on the left. They are both in a water at the edge of lake and some mud and grasses are at the bottom of the photo.
September 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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The fully extended landing gear on waterfowl always makes me smile. (Spotted Shag)

#birb #newzealand
Spotted Shag coming for a landing on a cliff wall. Wings are fully stretched to the sides and curled back. Feet are also fully flared to the side.
September 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Capturing the feel of a #waterfall in Hinewai Reserve.

#newzealand
A cascade of water, smoothed by a long exposure flanked by mossy rocks on both sides and some branches on the right.
September 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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NZ Tomtit is basically the definition of #borb so round so tiny.

#newzealand
Tiny round black and white birb perched on a branch, long thin green leaves in the background
September 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Hiking in #newzealand means seeing #sheep and as it's lambing season, that means there are ridiculously adorable #lambs all about, like, just look at this cutie!
A lamb with some darn fuzzy legs standing in some grassy green hills.
September 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Black swan closely watches its young cygnet eating.

#birb #newzealand
A black swan (black feathers and a red bill with a white stripe) and a tiny cygnet floating in water. The adult looks at the small cygnet.
September 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Bellbird sings to its mate.

#birb #newzealand
Two bellbirds in a tree. One is singing and its tongue is fully extended.
August 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Little shag watches the tide come in.

#birb #newzealand
A small back and white cormorant perched on a log surrounded by stones and water in the background
August 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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White-fronted tern with a meal.

#birb #newzealand
White-fronted tern in flight carrying a fish in it's beak
August 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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#dragonfly pauses on a stalk to watch the world go by.

I think this is a flame skimmer?
A red dragonfly motionless holding on to a plant.
August 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Pretty sure this Purple Grenadier is in a punk rock band.

#birb #tanzania
A brown, red and white striped bird with some spectacular blue eyeshadow sits in a leafless tree surrounded by 2 inch long bone white spikes pointing at it.
August 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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A barn swallow admires the swooping flight of a fellow barn swallow.

#birb #swoop
Two barn swallows, one in the foreground rests on a poop crusted metal pipe with its back to us, a second in the background and not in focus is mid flight swooping from right to left wings outstretched
July 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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A pelican winning at a game of king of the log.

#birb
A white pelican stands tall atop a small log on a beach with other peicans and mallards
July 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Capturing midflight #butterfly pursuit, I really like the feel of these subjects the active pursuit of the one on the right.
Two blurry blue butterflies the one on the left, with orange highlights flies along while the one on the right, with some nice black spots looks to be in heavy pursuit.
July 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM