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Callen Harty
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Writer/photographer/activist. he/him/his www.callenharty.com All photos and words mine unless reposted or noted.
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Orange sulphur. #OrangeSulphur #ColiasEurytheme #AlfalfaButterfly #Butterfly #Sulphur #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #GovernorNelsonStatePark #Waunakee #Wisconsin
An orange sulphur butterfly on a red clover. The clover is a brilliant pink atop a tall stem, with some leaves at the bottom left of the photo. Another clover is blurred in the bottom right corner in the background. The butterfly is yellow with a line of brown dots toward the edge of the tail. It also has a couple of white spots surrounded by pink in the center of its wings. There are a couple of brown dashes on the wings just under its head and another white spot surrounded by black at the top edge. The top of its head is a fuzzy brown, and the eyes are yellow. The antennae are medium length.
December 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Green hairstreak. #GreenHairstreak #CallophrysRubi #Hairstreak #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #ValentiaIsland #CountyKerry #Ireland
A green hairstreak. The butterfly is facing left, but its head is turned away from the camera. As a result, the eye is barely visible and one of the antennae can be seen. It is alternating white and black up to very near the tip, where it turns all black with a small orange spot at the tip. The wings, which are closed, are a brilliant green with light brown edging with a line of small white dots just to the right of the center of the wing. It is perched atop a small blade of grass.
December 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Red and blue doors, Dublin. #RedAndBlueDoors,Dublin #DoorsOfDulbin #RedDoor #BlueDoor #Door #IrishDoors #Dublin #Ireland
The photo is of two doors on a brick building. The one on the left is slightly higher than the one on the right. The frame is white and above the door it ends in a curve. The door itself is red with the door handle on the left, a horizontal mail slot in the middle a little above the handle, and the number 31 at the top. There are a couple of steps leading up to it. The one on the right is similar, a bit lower, and is dark blue with a vertical mail slot in the middle above the center. The door handle is on the right and the number 32 is above the door. Both are on a brick building and the bricks curve around the top on both.
December 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Peck's skipper. #Peck'sSkipper #PolitesPeckius #Skipper #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin
Close-up of a Peck's skipper atop a leaf. The butterfly is facing left. It is mostly brown, but with wide tan spots on its wings. The one in the middle, toward the end of the wing, is longer and larger than the others. In the photo its wings are closed. It has a large black eye and short antennae.
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Ice cave. This was taken in 2014 on a hike across frozen Lake Superior to reach Sand Island. Since 2015, it has not been safe enough to walk across the ice. #IceCave #Ice #Cave #Winter #Cold #Icicle #SandIsland #ApostleIslands #ApostleIslandsNationalLakeshore #LakeSuperior #Bayfield #Wisconsin
Interior of an ice cave. The floor of the cave is sheer ice. The walls of the cave, both left and right, are also covered in ice and the floor of the cave stretches under the wall in the middle on the left. The ceiling is covered is covered with icicles. At the far right, light is coming in through the opening, which is barely visible between the two walls.
December 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Large lace border. #LargeLaceBorder #ScopulaLimboundata #Moth #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #GovernorNelsonStatePark #Waunakee #Wisconsin
A large lace border moth resting on a dark green leaf. Its wings are fully spread out. The moth is mostly an off-white color, but with a few yellowish lines crossing wings near its head and just below its abdomen. There is a thick grey line crossing near the bottom and another thinner brownish line under that. There are also two black dots near the edges of the wings over the middle line and two closer to the body under it. It has a very small head and antennae, which go out to the side.
December 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Bonaparte's gulls. #Bonaparte'sGull #ChroicocephalusPhiladelphia #Gull #SeaGull #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
Five Bonaparte's gulls hovering over and diving into water. Three of them are hovering over the water at the left, near the center, and at the right. There is one with its head in the water and another one just splashing into the water at the bottom. The gulls are mostly white with jet black heads, black tips on the wings, and orange legs. The one on the far left also has grey on its uplifted wing.
December 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Grizzly bear. #GrizzlyBear #UrsusArctosHorribilis #Grizzly #Bear #Mammal #Carnivore #Animal #Nature #Photography #YellowstoneNationalPark #Wyoming
A grizzly bear foraging on a hillside. Directly behind it is a large log which extends diagonally out of the photo. Around it is grass and rocks. The bear is brown, but with lighter colors on its back. Its head is down at the grass level, facing right toward the top of the hill.
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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My mother's hands. #Hands #Mother #Age #Aging #Photography #Shullsburg #Wisconsin
Photo of my mother's hands. Her right hand is clasped over the left one. They are thin and both show wrinkles and aging. They are resting on her body and a blanket. She passed away in 2017 at 92.
December 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Great egret. #GreatEgret #ArdeaAlba #Egret #Heron #GreatWhiteEgret #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #DisneyWorld #Orlando #Florida
A great egret standing on a post. It is an all-white bird with yellow eyes, a long orange beak, and long black legs. In the photo it is hunched with its wings up behind its head. It is looking right and is in the lower left of the photo. In the background is water. There is a paddle wheeler that has several levels. There are people standing on each level looking out the back of the boat. There is red, white, and blue bunting on the upper levels.
December 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Isola di San Giacomo in Palude Chandelier II. #IsolaDiSSanGiacomoInPaludeChandelierII. #Sculpture #Art #Sculptor #HandblownGlass #Glass #Artist #GlassArtist #DaleChihuly #Museum #MilwaukeeArtMuseum #Milwaukee #Wisconsin
This sculpture is hard to describe, It is standing on a black circle and climbing up a black pole. There is a clear glass or plastic wall around it, a few feet high, presumably so people don't get to close. It is made of multi-colored glass, which stretches out from it like tentacles, mostly orange, red, and blue. There are sound round shapes throughout the body of the piece, and same clear ones at the tips of some of the tentacles.
December 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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White-margined burrower bug. #White-MarginedBurrowerBug #SehirusCinctus #BurrowerBug #TrueBug #Bug #insect #Animal #Nature #PheasantBranchConserbatory #Middleton #Wisconsin
A white-margined burrower bug. The bug is faxeing left n the photo and is one top of a plant. It mostly black, with white showing on the body beneath the wings. It also has alternating black and white spots on the antennae, which are fairly long and split out in a V formation. There are also three white dots spaced out over the back of its head.
December 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Transverse flower fly. #TransverseFlowerFly #EristalisTransversa #TransverseBandedDroneFly #SyrphidFly #HoverFly #Fly #Insect #Animal #Photography #UniversityOfWisconsinArboretum #Madison #Wisconsin
A transverse flower fly resting on top of a wildflower. It is facing down left. The fly is mostly brown, with yellow markings on top if its body, which make it appear to be some kind of bee. The wings are transparent.
December 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Larder beetle. #LarderBeetle #DermestesLardarius #Beetle #SkinBeetle #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photograhy #Monona #Wisconsin
A larder beetle climbing up. The beetle is mostly brown with a tan band across the middle of its wings. In the middle of that band are a number of brown dots going all the way across. Its antennae and legs look reddish-brown.
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Christmas train. #ChristmasTrain #Train #WisconsinAndSouthernRailroad #Engine10A #Christmas #Wreath #Photography #Waunakee #Wisconsin
A Wisconsin and Southern train on the tracks, led by engine 10A. It has a Christmas wreath on the front, around the light. The logo of the railroad is beneath that. The train is mostly silver, but it is painted red at the top of the cab and the bottom corners. The red continues along the bottom on the following passenger cars.
December 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Emerald tree boa. #EmeraldTreeBoa #CorallusCaninus #TreeBoa #Boa #Snake #Reptile #Animal #Photography #SheddAquarium #Chicago #Illinois
An emerald tree boa hanging down. The snake is a bright green color with a few visible white stripes. It is curled around and its head is hanging over part of its body and looking down. It has a large black eye and the underside is a vibrant yellow, which looks like teeth. The blurred background is green foliage.
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Grey cross spider. #GreyCrossSpider #LarinioidesSclopetarius #BridgeSpider #CrossSpider #OrbWeaverSpider #Spider #Arachnid #Animal #Nature #Photography #Sheboygan #Wisconsin
Gray cross spider tucked into a spot on a red lighthouse, facing downward. The spider is mostly brown with a cross shape on its abdomen. There is also a white area on its head with brown in the middle. Its long legs are stretched out behind it and to the left in front of it. The legs are alternating brown and tan.
December 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Eastern meadow vole. #EasternMeadowVole #MicrotusPennsylvanicus #MeadowVole #Vole #Rodent #Animal #Nature #UniversityOfWisconsinArboretum #Madison #Wisconsin
An Eastern meadow vole in the grass. It is facing right and the tail end is out of the photo. The vole is small as some of the blades of grass are higher than the vole. It is very furry with grey or brown fur. It has a black eye, short ears, and its snout is curved down and small.
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Thirteen-lined ground squirrel portrait. #Thirteen-LinedGroundSquirrel #IctidomysTridecemlineatus #StripedGopher #Rodent #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin
A thirteen-lined ground squirrel in the grass. The ground squirrel has its back to the camera with its head turned toward the right, looking over its shoulder. Its body is a yellow-ish tan with alternating thick brown stripes and thin tan stripes on its back. There are tan dots all the way down the brown stripes. It has very tiny ears at the back of its head and black eyes with light eye rings. The nose is also very short.
December 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Juvenile sandhill crane. #SandhillCrane #AntigoneCanadensis #Crane #Juvenile #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #LakeFarmCountyPark #Madison #Wisconsin
A juvenile sandhill crane walking across a grassy field. It is moving left to right. The crane is mostly a light brown with grey coming through in spots. It has a very short tail. Its long legs are a light color and the left one is bent as it walks. The neck curves up from the body and is lighter than the rest of its body. There is white around the crane's eye, a black spot between the eye and the long, tapered beak.
December 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Banded net-winged beetle. #BandedNet-WingedBeetle #CalopteronReticulatum #ReticulatedNet-WingedBeetle #Beetle #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Kohler-AndraeStatePark #Sheboygan #Wisconsin
A banded net-winged beetle at the top of a blade of grass, facing up. The beetle is pictured in such a way that most of its body is hidden under its wing. The wings are mostly orange with a horizontal black stripe across the center and a dark black blotch at the bottom of the wings. There is a vertical black stripe on the thorax. Its legs are black, as are the antennae.
December 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Mother wood duck. #WoodDuck #AixSponsa #Duck #Waterfowl #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #StrickersPond #Middleton #Wisconsin
A mama wood duck in the water. She is swimming from left to right. The duck is mostly brown with a mottled breast. It has a large white eye ring and a black eye. There is also white right behind her short black beak, on her neck, and at the edge of the wing.
December 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Pipevine swallowtail. #PipevineSwallowtail #BlueSwallowtail #BattusPhilenor #Butterfly #Swallowtail #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Elkmont #Tennessee
A pipevine swallowtail on the ground. The butterfly is at the center of the photo amidst small rocks. It is facing right. It is mostly black, but with a bluish tint to it. Along the outstretched wings there are small blue marks going across the bottom. The body is balck with black antennae.
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Mexican dance. #MexicanDance #Mexico #Folklorico #Dance #Dancer #Dancing #Dress #HalfCircleSkirt #Faldeo #Culture #Photography #BayviewEthnicFest #Madison #Wisconsin
A pair of Mexican dancers. The man on the left has his back to the camera. His left leg is up and bent at the knee with his foot on the knee of his right leg. His hands are clasped together behind his back. His head is turned toward the woman on the right. The woman is looking toward him and is twirling her skirt in each of her hands, creating almost a full circle beneath her midsection and a curve from her head down to just right of her body. Her dress is mostly purple with white stripes and smaller red and green stripes. Behind them are a few chairs on the grass and two food carts.
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Dot-tailed whiteface. #Dot-TailedWhiteface #LeucorrhiniaIntacta #Dragonfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #DiamondLake #ManitowishWaters #Wisconsin
A dot-tailed whiteface dragonfly balance on a thin blade of grass. It is facing upward. It appears to be sand in the background and a number of tall thin blades of grass at the lower right. The dragonfly is mostly black with some light spots along the top if its abdomen and a yellow spot on its tail. The abdomen is thin just below the thorax and widens toward the tail end. Its wings are spread and they are clear except for veining and a black spot at the upper corner of each.
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM