Zach G Gayk
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Zach G Gayk
@zachgayk.bsky.social
Ornithologist researching bird migration in the Lake Superior region. PhD in acoustic monitoring of bird migration. www.superiorbioacoustics.org/
morning flight of around 1,500 passerines in the Keweenaw Peninsula, following strong northwest winds over Lake Superior. www.trektellen.org/count/view/5...
Bete Grise - morning flight (MI)
2025/8/23, 06:57-11:17 - Totals: 1563 individuals, 46 species, 4:20 hours
www.trektellen.org
August 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Copper Falls overlook in the Fog. Keweenaw Peninsula. oil/board #pleinair #art #painting #oilpainting
April 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Swainson's Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii), also known as the Canebrake Warbler for its preference for native cane (Arundinaria). I spotted one in a rhododendron thicket during a trip to the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina. A work in progress. #birdart #art #naturepainting
April 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Rough sketch of Golden-crowned Kinglet seen on October 10, 2017 at Gratiot Mountain, Keweenaw County. oil/paper. #art #pleinair #oilpainting #LakeSuperior #birds
April 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Sketch of Loggerhead Shrike on dead primrose. Seen on June 14, 2016 in the Grand Sable Dunes, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. oil/paper. #art #pleinair #oilpainting #LakeSuperior #birds
April 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
October forest, Bete Grise. o/c. #art #pleinair #oilpainting #Keweenaw
April 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Thawing creek, March 2014. o/c. #art #pleinair #oilpainting #Keweenaw
April 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Eagle River, spring flood. May 2013. o/c. #art #pleinair #LakeSuperior #oilpainting #Keweenaw
April 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Tired Black-throated Blue Warbler on rocky shoreline, Manitou Island. May 2017. o/c. #art #pleinair #LakeSuperior #oilpainting #birds #birdmigration
April 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Bete Grise Bay, sunset. 2011. o/c. #art #pleinair #LakeSuperior #oilpainting
April 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Agate Harbor coastline. 2012. o/c. #art #pleinair #LakeSuperior #oilpainting
April 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Smith Fisheries Road, looking downhill. 2018. o/c. #art #pleinair #LakeSuperior #oilpainting
April 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Light dappled stream, late winter.2016. o/c. #pleinair
April 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Keweenaw Peninsula coastline, rough weather. Fall 2011. o/c #pleinair
April 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The Cliff Range, Bumbletown Hill, 2017. o/c.
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Ilex berries in the fen, fall. o/c 2016
April 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Early Bald Eagle and Rough-legged Hawk migration over Cliff Drive in the Keweenaw Peninsula (south shore of Lake Superior).
March 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM