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Charlie Ludwig
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UX guy by day, nature photographer at night. Aging punker. MN sports sufferer. Most wildlife photos are taken with a Canon EF 400mm f4 DO II + x1.4 + x2 + Canon R7.

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · Sep 8
I caught a couple of Ruby Throated Hummingbirds in flight yesterday while they were chasing each other. Pretty cool moment to capture.

#Hummingbirds #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
Two Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds facing each other while flying.
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I've finally got my feathers fluffed, got the right lighting and am ready to celebrate Thanksgiving!

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Thanksgiving #Turkey #EastCoastKin
A Wild Turkey stands on the edge of a hill with a partially illuminated forest behind it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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It's Thanksgiving! Now I've got to get ready for the party. See you in a few hours.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Thanksgiving #Turkey #EastCoastKin
A Wild Turkey's head, while the rest of its body is obscured by blurred grass.
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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I’m thankful for hitting 18k followers today on this Thanksgiving Day in the US. I’m extremely grateful.
November 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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I've finally got my feathers fluffed, got the right lighting and am ready to celebrate Thanksgiving!

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Thanksgiving #Turkey #EastCoastKin
A Wild Turkey stands on the edge of a hill with a partially illuminated forest behind it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
chuck4242.bsky.social
It's Thanksgiving! Now I've got to get ready for the party. See you in a few hours.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Thanksgiving #Turkey #EastCoastKin
A Wild Turkey's head, while the rest of its body is obscured by blurred grass.
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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It's not time yet! I'll see you tomorrow.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #Turkey #Thanksgiving
A Wild Turkey angling its head to see the camera better.
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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An Osprey looks back from its perch.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #Raptor
An Osprey looks back from its perch.
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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A Muskrat that I spotted right before I was ready to leave Quarry Hill Nature Center.

#Mammals #Animals #Muskrat #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin
A Muskrat eats some shoreline vegetation during sunrise.
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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A recent shot of a Drake Mallard for #MallardMonday!

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin
A Drake Mallard swims towards the camera. The shot is taken nearly at water level.
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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My first time seeing a Canvasback duck.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin
A Canvasback floats in the water in the morning light.
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Monochrome doesn’t just mean black and white!

#classicmonochrome
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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A Red Bellied Woodpecker that I spotted today.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin
A Red Bellied Woodpecker on the trunk of a tree.
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A pair of American Goldfinches for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Mr&Mrs.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin
Two American Goldfinches share some coneflower seeds.
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Rochester, MN from this morning's walk. This view is from Quarry Hill.

#Scape #LandscapePhotography #Photo #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Sunrise
Rochester, MN from this morning's walk. This view is from Quarry Hill.
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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This black crowned night heron was hanging out in early morning light. I photographed a half dozen of them for a good 30 minutes or so before they flew off. I find them so absolutely photogenic. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #herons #birds
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Tried to get a nice ice crystal shot from the hard frost overnight and failed. So you get this dried wildflower instead.

#Flowers #Wildflowers #LandscapePhotography #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
A dried wildflower with three main stems, one points away from the camera with the other two in a "V".
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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“One small thing designers and developers can do is to make accessibility and usability Job 1 on every project. And to take a broad view of what that means. It means taking people’s messy humanity into account and designing for extreme ends of the bell curve.”

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November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Great Blue Heron from a windy spring day.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
Great Blue Heron with it's feathers whipped from the wind has its mouth open while looking down.
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Green Heron causing a ruckus.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
Green Heron with its wings spread while being partially submerged in the water.
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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I was out chasing this Ring Billed Gull for a half hour a week or so ago and caught this backlit shot of it diving.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
A Ring Billed Gull diving towards the water. It's backlit with hazy late evening light in the background.
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Bald Eagle through the leaves.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Eagle
Bald Eagle through the leaves.
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Our local Buck has been walking with a light limp the last few days, but he's still making the rounds.

#Mammals #Animals #Deer #Cute #Photography #Nature #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
A male white tailed deer bends down to the ground.
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Four Sandhill Cranes in a field.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
Four Sandhill Cranes in a field
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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One of the thousands of Sandhill Cranes from Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
A Sandhill Crane walks in a field with dried wildflowers framing the bottom of the photo.
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Some spent Goldenrod in the evening light.

#Flowers #Wildflowers #LandscapePhotography #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
Some spent Goldenrod in the evening light.
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM