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Amy is not ready to make nice
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Dismantle the oligarchy and the patriarchy.

I'm still just a small town girl who loves wildlife photography and hates the patriarchy.

Unless otherwise noted, all photos posted are my own.

🫘 Iowa Blue Dot
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I'm in a hummingbird state of mind. Here is one from a mid September trip to a flower farm. I went to take photos of dahlias, but I ended up looking at #birds

Ruby Throated Hummingbird, Iowa
An orange flower on a long stem leans diagonally from the lower right corner of the photo to the upper left. In the background, more yellow and orange flowers are blurry. A bright green bird stands on the stem, looking to the right side of the photo.
October 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Wow, have I been busy the past few months. Took a lot of photos, saw a lot of the country. I'm going to cross the country again this month. So excited to see California!

Ruby throated hummingbird from earlier this summer. 💜

Do I even remember how to post #Birds ?
A small hummingbird is caught mid-flight. A blurry tree is in the background, while the mostly brownish bird flies facing the right side of the photo. The left wing has sun shining through.
October 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Eastern Phoebe posing pretty for me. From a recent #Birding trip to Palisades Kepler Park near Mt Vernon, Iowa.
A small black bird with a white belly sits on a small branch with oak leaves.
July 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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I'm still here.

Reach out to your like minded friends and loved ones. Helping others helps us as well.

#neverlettgebastardsgetyoudown
The sign reads "nolite te bastardes carborundum," which is horrible Latin for "don't let the bastards grind you down." I didn't make it, but just found it to share with a friend who is sinking in despair. Reach out to your friends.
July 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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It seems I've returned to the #Birds feed on #Flyday

Here is a Brown Pelican from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Against a cloudless blue sky, a large brown bird with a long break appears to pause in the air. Anyone who has observed these birds for long can tell by the angle of the wing in the forefront that it is about to begin a dive.
July 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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So much travel this summer. I got out of my daily #Birds posting, and then I haven't really had much time to get back in.

Today I'm restarting birds because I'm too angry and sad to look at any other social media.

Female Scarlet Tanager. I couldn't find her mate, but she's lovely.
A yellowish bird stands on a tree stump with blurred green leaves in the background. She's facing the camera, but with her head in profile looking to the left.
July 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Smithsonian Castle lit up with pink sky twilight after the storms last night.

#RedSkyAtNight
#SailorsDelight
A red brick, multi turreted castle slightly obscured by trees has a green lawn in front. https://www.si.edu/castle
June 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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I'm still here, reading when I have time, but I've been from St Louis to Tucumcari to Colorado to Pennsylvania in a pretty short period of time. So much beautiful scenery! Everyone should see all the mountains.
Beautiful Appalachian mountains with fog and those lovely lush green trees. The Rocky mountains don't have trees this high up, but they did still have a lot of snow. Blue sky and puffy clouds above.
June 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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St. Robert, Missouri has a recently completed neon park that is worth the stop on Route 66.
Several neon signs stand in a roadside park. Welcome to St Robert Route 66 Neon Park front and center. Various signs advertising motels and garages.
June 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Super lucky. I pulled over to photograph this mural, and then I saw this guy getting ready to turn the corner. Perfect timing.
A classic car in blue and white with a mural showing a scissor tailed flycatcher, a beautiful sunset with monarch butterflies, and sunflowers.
June 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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The rooms are clean. Retro but probably not old. The bathroom had fun tile.
Two full sized beds with some wild patterned bedspreads. The bathroom tiles on the floor spell out US 66, with cactuses. The shower curtain has a pin up girl wearing short shorts and a crop top. The shower curtain says route 66 The room's mini fridge is red and chrome like a classic car
June 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Such a great motel on Route 66. Desert Hills Motel in Tulsa. See further photos later.
Photo of an old motel on route 66 with a neon sign with a turquoise and white 1957 Chevy out front.
June 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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When the road leads to nowhere...
A road with barricades and the bridge out. Missouri Route 66 is painted on the road.
June 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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My last Iowa bird for a while:

I haven't posted this one yet because I wasn't really sure about my ID. If anyone wants to chime in, feel free.

When I first photographed, I thought this was a bank swallow. Merlin identified it as a tree swallow.
A brown swallow with a white underside poses on a fence post in front of a marshy wetland. It is photographed in profile, but looking slightly back at the photographer.
June 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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#SmArtist

Parts of a whole. Probably because I'm working on a project right now using parts of photos to make a whole picture, I've got mosaics and stained glass on my mind.
A stained glass lamp on a stained glass table, partially reflected. The top of the lamp has blue sky and white flowers. The base carries the white flowers through with green grass and blue sky.
June 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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I think this display from the House on the Rock in Spring Green, Wisconsin qualifies as #WackyWednesdayArt
A circus poster in the background proclaims "Frog Girl," while in the foreground various statues and mannequins pose: (l to r) A monkey stands on a box with weirdly out of proportion arms that seem to be posed as though he is juggling. Two very odd creatures are riding an emu. Another weird monkey juggler, and behind is a figure of a woman riding a carousel horse.
June 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Since I'm posting #birds I typically ignore while chasing new lifers, here's an underappreciated Grackle preening his beautiful feathers.
Behind a million leaves, a large purplish/blue/black bird sits. His head is visible, but tucked backwards while he cleans the feathers in his wing
June 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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For #tagTuesday

The gum wall in Seattle
True Street art you can smell on a hot day, so minty. There is gum stuck all over the wall asking with some posters and stickers
June 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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I had a day of birding where I only saw the more typical #birds

I decided to share this female Brown headed cowbird today.
A brown bird with a lighter brown head in a dead tree branch
June 4, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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My dove with babies
A tan bird sits atop a pile of grass with two babies underneath her breast
June 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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#MountainMonday

Has me all the way west in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Mountain grasses and wildflowers stand in front of large pine trees, with beautiful mountains in the background.
June 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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On the same corner, opposite side, another blend of old and new. The old department store with the shiny skywalk attached.

#BlueskyMonday
An old stone building has a skywalk attached. The glass from the skywalk reflects the building, almost carrying the look across the street. The sky is blue with puffy clouds that also reflect in the glass.
June 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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#BlueskyMonday has me admiring some buildings in Milwaukee.
The corner of a tall glass building reflects the perfect blue sky with puffy clouds. It is a fun blend of old and new, with the modern glass top and the stone and metal base. The old streetlights at the bottom of the photo add to the old.
June 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Another angle of the same bird. I generally have my doubts about the intelligence and self-preservation skills of mourning doves due to the number of years they've built messy nests on a skinny branch over my driveway.

Beautiful, nonetheless.
Side profile of a mourning dove that somehow looks like it is carved out of wood. I did witness movement to verify that it was real. My favorite thing is the little toes.
June 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Yesterday was super hot, but I wanted to check out a newer birding place. I didn't have much luck, so my best share is this mourning dove who wasn't the least bit shy.

#Birds
A very close shot of a large grey/brown dove perched on a sign. The bird's back is to the camera, but it looks to the right.
June 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM