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Megan Hillyer
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Wildlife/Nature photographer. Socal Artist. Canon 6D Mark ii + Gopro Hero 11 & 13.
A few shots of last night’s Lunar Eclipse. Missed the beginning due to being at work but glad I made it home in time for totality. ✨ #lunareclipse #bloodmoon
March 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Been sick so here’s an Acorn Woodpecker from Tuesday. ✨ #acornwoodpecker #bird #photography
February 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I have so many pictures of these sweet sea beans. #marinelife #commondolphin
February 9, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The moon at sunset yesterday. #photography #moon
February 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Vertical common dolphin content. Some of the prettiest dolphins out there. #marinelife #commondolphin #photography #whalewatching
February 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Went for a midday hike before the rain today to see what wildlife was around. Almost only birds but still neat. Will share more within this thread - first up a Red Shouldered Hawk. #wildlifephotography #photography
February 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
CA140C Ben coming over to check us out a little as the CA140 family travelled past. He is the first bull Orca I’ve seen and his dorsal fin was massive! #addOcean #killerwhale #whale #whalewatching #photography
January 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A type D!! How cool
A quiet day at sea south of South Georgia started incredibly, with a lone bull Orca, which we quickly realised was a Type D! Chaos ensued on deck... Great to compare with the B2s we had yesterday -see pic 2. With @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social
#MarineMammals #Orca
January 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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This makes the radar face make so much more sense…
January 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Went out looking for bioluminescence last fall and found this Great Horned Owl in the stars instead. #greathornedowl #gho #owl #bird #birdphotography
January 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Finally got some much needed rain. Ran up to take a picture of some of the mountains that had previously been ablaze between showers. Left picture is the rain - right picture is the Palisades Fire about a week ago burning through the area. #palisadesfire #rain #photography
January 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
And while I’m here why not share some of our Biggs/Transient Population that I’ve met. This is adult female CA23A1 and her juvenile, CA23A1A, surfacing just on the other side of her. A rarely seen Orca family. #transientorca #orca #killerwhale
January 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I figure here I’ll probably also share some of the wildlife/nature focused art I make. This is a little illustration I did of an Offshore Orca after seeing that about 60 - 80 individuals had been seen in Monterey bay. #orca #orcaart #offshoreorca
January 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Hello everyone, I’m Kat. I am an artist local to Puget Sound. I focus primarily on highly detailed, hand crafted, artwork and jewelry. I have a special passion for orcas and salmon and use my talents to be an advocate for them. Welcome to the new age of social media! Time to get away from Meta.
January 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Ucky water but beautiful dolphin. Long beaked common dolphin. #addocean #commondolphin #dolphin
January 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Rough series of events for us all. I poked around my archives and found this little snowy plover scampering around the beach.

I can't believe I've been sitting on this almost a year!

Take 30 seconds to put a smile on your face. You've earned it. It may be awhile till the next <3
#birds
January 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New account means an excuse to post old photos - some long beaked common dolphins swimming through a very murky red tide back in April of 2022. #whalewatching
January 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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no matter how bad you want it,
or what you’re willing to do,
the littlest blue whale will still be bigger than you
January 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM