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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 · 12d

A grizzly bear mom and cub 🐻 🧑‍🧒
#mammals #bears

A grizzly bear mom and cub walking on large stones along the side of a river. The mom is in the right foreground, she has dark brown fur on her body and legs, and light brown/red head. Her massive claws are visible on her front right leg. The cub is walking in the left background, he has dark brown fur on his legs and a light brown head and body.

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 9h

A very angry looking Great Horned Owl 🦉 😠
#birds #owls

A great horned owl sitting on a large tree branch with eucalyptus trees in the background

A great horned owl sitting on a small broken tree branch in a eucalyptus tree

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 9h

They are the best, one of my favorite things to find 🤩

Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 9h

This one was looking especially grumpy! Every angle more pissed than the last 😂

A great horned owl sitting on a small broken tree branch, looking back over its shoulder

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 9h

A very angry looking Great Horned Owl 🦉 😠
#birds #owls

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 11h

I tried looking for them when I was in Cambridge last year but had no luck. Such gorgeous birds!

Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 11h

That’s so cool

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 17h

For this #ThursJay, a Steller’s Jay with a tasty snack
#birds #jays

A Steller’s Jay sitting on a small branch against a light yellow background.

A Steller’s Jay on a large branch holding a light green colored fruit in its bill.

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Tom @birdfan.bsky.social · 2d

#TwosDay These two belted kingfishers are discussing property rights at the Lagoon. Let's try to have a good day. #Birds #Photography #Nature

A male and female kingfisher stand on a telephone wire facing each other against a clear blue sky. The both have wings extended and tails flaired as their beaks point at each other. One has the beak open in conversation with the other.

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 16h

Lovely shot! 👏

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Amy Scouten🍁🇨🇦🦫 @amyscoutenphoto.bsky.social · 16h

Beaver in Frontenac Provincial Park #eastcoastkin #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #mammals #beaver #Frontenac #ontario #canada #nikon

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 16h

@alan678.bsky.social I was a day late on #spotted 😆

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Lori Batchelor🇨🇦 @lorichirp.bsky.social · 18h

Happy #ThursJay! This also fits for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme which is #spotted. This American #Crow spotted me trying to take a photo! #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #Corvid #cawmunity

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 16h

Great shots as always Rob 👏

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Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · 18h

Now we are past the half way point in the week it's time to get behind the #Corvids for #ThursJay, so here's a Western Jackdaw, Rook, Magpie & Jay captured @WWTSlimbridge & Yarrow Valley CP.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #ukbirding #naturephotography #BirdLife

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Nature Art by Gibson @azgibsonz.bsky.social · 1d

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eye for an instant?
~Henry David Thoreau, 1854

🕉️ Tilt your head over to the right. Farther... ok, now scroll down...🪶

...and have a sweet #ThursJay! 🐦🌿

#Corvids
#Bluebirds
#BirdLovers
#EastCoastKin
#Photography

"When...peanut?" ...says the inquisitive expression on a blue-headed corvid called a Woodhouse's Scrub-jay bending his head over like old Tom Selleck in the first Magnum, P.I., except the bird is way better looking.

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Dave Meredith @davemeredith.bsky.social · 22h

A Blue Jay amongst autumn leaves on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario for #ThursJay

#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 16h

Sorry to hear that, thankfully there’s always the weekend! Thanks Helen 😊 I’m crawling to the weekend a bit as well, but it’s just a couple days away

Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 17h

What a borb! Great shot Helen, I hope you’ve had a nice week so far

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 17h

Fantastic! 🤩 What were they nesting in?

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Laura G. @hawklady.bsky.social · 1d

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is "kestrel" so here is one from my archives: two youngsters getting ready to take their first flight. 🪶

Two kestrels getting ready to fledge from their cavity.

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 17h

Brilliant shot 👏

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toritori @toritorihkd.bsky.social · 8d

Tried the same spot again where the kingfisher was just a tiny speck 10 days ago. This time, the result turned out fairly well. 😊🪶
この子はかなり翠っぽく見えますね。そして短足🤣と合趾足の様子がちょっとわかります…よね⁉️👀✨
#nature
#photography
#animals
#wildlife
#CommonKingfisher
#カワセミ
#birds
#野鳥

A close-up photo of a Common Kingfisher perched on a stone surface, showing its greenish-blue wings, orange chest, and long black bill.
石の上にとまるカワセミのクローズアップ写真。青緑色の翼、橙色の胸、長い黒いくちばしが写っている。

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 17h

Fantastic shot Stephanie! I love the way it’s using its tail

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Stephanie Graham @logicaphotography.bsky.social · 19h

One of my local Red Kites (Milvus Milvus) flying above for a daily check-in. #birds

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 19h

Thar she glows! A Blue Jay visits the garden to see if the peanut feeder is up yet (it is) #birds

Blue bird with pointy crest is perched on a black metal shepherd’s crook looking over its left shoulder at the viewer. Late afternoon light from behind makes a warm glow.

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