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Leslie P Wild Photography

@lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social

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Wildlife nerd/photographer and travel bum Native kiwi, naturalised Canadian www.lesliepoulson.com

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Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thanks so much!

Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Aug 21

BIG NEWS! I was lucky enough to have this image selected as WINNER of Canadian Geographic Wildlife Photographer of the Year - ‘Things with Wings’ category for 2025! I’ve always considered myself a wildlife photographer, so I feel a little like Happy Gilmore having a macro image as my first win 😂🏌️‍♀️

Dew-covered damselfly, close up of just his face, and cuts off before his wings really start. His wee legs are grabbing onto his vertical perch of a couple of strands of grass. He is blue and covered in droplets of dew all over. Green background.

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Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jul 22

MONGOLIA: This is the manul or Pallas's cat. This stunning lady has four kittens tucked away in that crack behind her.
Visit www.steppewildlife.org for more info and to support the biologists that are fighting to conserve them. #mammals #manul #cat

A manul or pallas's cat slinks up a rocky slope with a vertical rock face behind her. She's a grey house cat size wild cat with orange backs of her feet, flat ears and a grumpy look on her face.

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Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jun 22

This might be one of my favourite creatures on earth: the aye-aye or long-fingered lemur. They're nocturnal and unfortunately under threat due to habitat loss and some locals killing them due to believing they're harbingers of evil. #addMam #Madagascar

Night time, odd, wirey-furred lemur with large yellow eyes, pointy face and large ears mid-way stretched between two trees, looking back towards the camera. Huge long fluffy black tail dangles.

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prmacro.bsky.social @prmacro.bsky.social · Jun 18

Ranthambore, India

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Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jun 18

I genuinely love watching most animals do their thing with an appreciation that they are doing what they have to do to survive. But there's something about watching them swallow that fecal sac that I just can't come to terms with 😂

Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jun 18

Oh yeah, you watch it and you're like ok that's cool, gotta keep things clean. Then every now and then the parents will just eat it and that's when things get a little unhinged 😂

Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jun 18

Very cool!

Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jun 18

haha sure did 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jun 16

I was trying to get a nice portrait of the family, but this happened ... 🫣😂 #birds

adult american robin stands behind its nest with four half-grown chicks sitting patiently waiting inside for the next feed. All the chicks heads are up and eyes open.

A robin nest near the trunk of a small tree with four half-grown chicks in it. Adult robin stands off to the right and pulls a fecal sack from the ass of one of its kids

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Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thanks so much :)

Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thanks!!

Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jun 14

I had the BEST day today, this is the first time I've seen a calliope hummingbird in the wild without a hummingbird feeder attracting them. It was amazing. They're BC's tiniest bird weighing 2-3 grams! STOKED. #birds

a calliope hummingbird sits on a tiny horizontal branch with a creamy green background. its red-wine coloured throat gorget sits splayed out, back and wings green.

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Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jun 8

thank you, appreciated :)

Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jun 8

thanks a lot :)

Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jun 8

had to google TIL 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

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Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jun 8

thanks so much :)

Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Jun 7

Kind of forgot about Bluesky … here’s a shot I felt privileged to get because these guys aren’t typically found in our area - must have been heading back from the winter irruption party! #birds #greatgreyowl

A large great grey owl in flight with a creamy dark blue mottled background. The owl is backlit, with its wings splayed out so they look lit up. Flying left to right.

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Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Apr 1

Last autumn a friend and I stumbled across this scene, a crab spider with a pretty decent sized bee in its clutches. Stoked with how the shot turned out. Focus stack of 25 images, OM-1 + 60mm macro + cygnustech diffuser. #photography #macrophotography

a white crab spider with two pink stripes on its abdomen has a bee in its clutches. The spider has its mandibles into the bee's abdomen, with its head at the bottom of the image and its super long tongue poking out. This is all happening on the underside of a purple flower. Back ground is black.

Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Mar 25

This is an old one of a barred owl perched on a mossy log complete with licorice ferns from BC, Canada #birds #photography #owl

A brown and white striped barred owl sits perched on a mossy log with fern fronds growing out of it. The background is creamy green and the owls eyes are black

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Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Mar 24

thank you for the kind words and share 🙏🦉

Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Mar 23

thanks! He/she was just gorgeous 🦉🥹

Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Mar 23

We had a rare visit from this stunning and very sleepy boreal owl the other day. Only my second ever sighting, but man was it a ripper! #photography #bird #owl #addBirder

A brown and white streaked boreal owl with a brown ring of feathers surrounding its face, speckled with white sits perched on a tiny branch from a small, burned tree trunk. The owl is looking to the left of the photographer and at the ground with yellow eyes. The owl is floofed up a bit because of the cold and wind.

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Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Mar 23

Haha not sure about that, but I could rustle up a moss tree owl post pretty soon!

Leslie P Wild Photography @lesliepwildphoto.bsky.social · Mar 16

For my bird nerd x severance homies
#severance #birds

A photo of female asian actor from Severance who plays Miss Casey/Gemma with text next to it saying 'your outie can differentiate a first year lesser backed gull from a herring gull'