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Steve McKerrall

@photosteve.bsky.social

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Chemist, wildlife photographer, scuba diver 👨‍🔬🤿📸🦅. I’m especially obsessed with raptors and owls. I’ll post wildlife photos most days, photos my own. I shoot with OM Systems camera gear. https://stevemckerrall.com/

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 4d

They don’t call it the Great Bear Rainforest for nothing! 🌧️ 🐻
#mammals #bears

An adult female grizzly bear standing on a rocky riverbed shaking off the water on her fur from the rain. Her cub is crouched down in the background digging in a hole for food.

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 9h

A Great Blue Heron on a log
#birds #heron

A great blue heron standing on a log with bright green plants in the background.

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you! 😊 they really stand out wherever you see them

Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 9h

Such a graceful step down into the water 😂

A great blue heron stepping down from the log into the water. Its wings are raised awkwardly

A great blue heron walking through the water in front of large white rocks.

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 9h

A Great Blue Heron on a log
#birds #heron

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks Helen! It was incredible to see, I took so many photos of them

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 16h

An adorable grizzly bear cub
#mammals #bears

A grizzly bear cub standing on rocky ground at the side of a river.

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 14h

I just wanted to pet it! But yea, extremely not advised 😂

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 19h

Malachite Kingfisher - an absolute gem!

📍Bagamoyo, Tanzania.

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Tanzania 🪶

Small, gem-like wetland kingfisher. Shows geographical variation, with most birds having orange underparts, but birds in some parts of the range have a white belly. Found in almost all habitats with water, including streams, rivers, lakes, rice paddies, and lagoons. Sits motionless for long periods before plunging to the water to snatch prey.

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 16h

Mom wasn’t ever far away

A grizzly bear cub standing on a log looking back towards its mom.

An adult female grizzly bear standing in shallow water at the edge of a river. The side of the river is littered with dead fish.

Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 16h

Just look at this little goofball! 😍

A grizzly bear cub standing on all 4s on a log in a river.

A grizzly bear cub climbing up into a tree above a river to get a better smell of something

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 16h

An adorable grizzly bear cub
#mammals #bears

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 1d

A western gull enjoying the last bit of sun
#birds

A western gull standing on a dark colored rock with dark water in the background

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 1d

A western gull enjoying the last bit of sun
#birds

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 1d

🙏

Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 1d

Likewise! It’s a bit of a guess but it had darker orange and purer white colors so I think it’s a juvenile male rather than a female

Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 1d

We have very rare visit from evening and rose-beaked but in general the grosbeaks don’t seem to be much of a city bird so I don’t see them often

Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 1d

They are very cool, I love their robust looking beaks

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 1d

An immature Black-headed Grosbeak foraging around in fallen leaves
#birds

A young black-headed grosbeak standing in a messy scene of fallen leaves, bark, and sticks. It is a medium sized bird with an orange body, black wings with white spots, and a black face with white stripes.

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 1d

These are not all that common around me so it was an exciting find

Black-headed grosbeak standing on a busy ground covered with leaves.

Black headed-grosbeak standing on a busy ground covered with leaves and straw

Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 1d

An immature Black-headed Grosbeak foraging around in fallen leaves
#birds

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 2d

😂

Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks 🙏

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 2d

Narcissus the Black-necked Stilt
#birds

A black-necked stilt bending down with its bill just touching the water, its image is perfectly reflected in the water beneath it.

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, it was some great lighting for reflection shots

Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 2d

Such perfect little stick-legged birds

Three black-necked stilt feeding in a marsh

A black-necked stilt walking is water that is glowing red/orange from the reflection of the grass behind the marsh