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Dave
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Scientist, skeptic, progressive, dad, birder, in Flyover Country

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Lots of pics of the Aurora Borealis tonight, but here's mine anyway. From NE Kansas.

#NaturePhotography #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Bird of the day — Red-breasted Nuthatch, Kansas 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #BackyardBirds
small bird with reddish underside, blue-gray topside, white face with black eyestripe, and long pointed bill, perched on a bare branch
October 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Bird of the Day — Pied-billed Grebe, Kansas 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Waterfowl
October 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Bird of the Day — Osprey, Kansas 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Raptors
October 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Bird of the Day — Indigo Bunting, Kansas, yesterday

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Buntings #Migration
Small bird with large conical beak, white streaky belly, warm brown head, back, and wings, with blue highlights in wings and tail
September 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Bird of the Day — Wilson's Warbler, Kansas 2022

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Warblers
yellow bird with large dark eyes and black cap, perched on a twig in front of a leafy green background, looking directly into the camera
September 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Bird of the Day — Southern Royal Albatross (with two White-capped Albatrosses), New Zealand 2015

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Aotearoa #Seabirds #Albatross
One large black-and-white bird with huge pink bill and two other smaller black-and-white birds with yellow-tipped gray bills, sitting on calm blue water
September 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Bird of the Day — Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Kansas, 2023

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Kinglet
small gray bird with tiny pointed bill, round head, white eye ring, whitish underside, black legs and yellow feet, perched on a branch with yellow leaves in the background
September 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Bird of the Day — Belted Kingfisher, Kansas, yesterday

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Halcyon
Blue-gray bird with shaggy black crest, white collar, and massive black bill, perched on a brown post
September 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Bird of the Day — Swainson's Thrush, Kansas 2021

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Thrush
gray-brown bird with brown-speckled white chest, white throat, dark eye, and brown face, perched on a tree snag
September 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Bird of the Day — Merlin, Kansas 2022

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Falcon
bird with gray crown, white throat, white chest with brown streaks, banded tail, and yellow feet and legs, perched on a bare twig with blue sky in the background
September 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Bird of the Day — Black-capped Chickadee, Kansas 2023

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #FallColor
small bird with black crown and bib, white cheek, gray wings and pale rufous sides, perched on a bright red pokeberry stem
September 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Bird of the Day — Dickcissel, Kansas 2025
(just in case you were starting to miss these guys)

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Migration
September 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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A bunch of Antifa guys, including my dad. They despised fascists.

So do I
Group of soldiers who served in the photo-reconnaissance wing of the US Army Air Corps in North Africa and Italy, 1945
September 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Bird of the Day — Summer Tanager, Kansas, yesterday

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Tanagers
bright yellow bird with duller grayish-yellow head, large horn-colored beak, blue gray feet, and pale yellow eye-ring, perched on a bare branch amidst green foliage
September 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Bird of the Day — Rufous Hummingbird, Arizona 2023

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Hummingbirds #Arizona #SkyIslands
Hovering small long-billed bird with green back and crown, red, green, black and white tail, rufous flanks, and dark wings
September 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Bird of the Day — Lava Gull, Galápagos 2015

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Gulls #Ecuador #Galápagos
Ashy-gray bird with darker head and wings, white eye crescents, and black bill floating in turquoise-green water
September 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Bird of the Day — Orchard Oriole, Kansas 2023

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Migration #Orioles #FlyoverCountry
Two mostly-yellow birds with darker wings and back, dark eyes, and pointed bills, sitting on a branch amidst some out of focus sunflowers.
September 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Bird of the Day — American Redstart, Kansas, yesterday

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Migration #Warblers #FlyoverCountry
Small bird with black hood, orange epaulets, white belly, and orange, white, and black tail, perched on a bare branch in front of green foliage
September 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Bird of the Day — Nashville Warbler, Kansas, yesterday

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Migration #Warblers #FlyoverCountry
Small bird with lemon-yellow underside, gray hood and wings, prominent eye ring, and small pointed bill, perched on a bare branch in front of green foliage
September 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Bird of the Day — Orange-crowned Warbler, Kansas 2024

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Migration #Warblers #FlyoverCountry
Small bird with yellow underside, grayish-yellow back, dark eye and dark eyeline, perched in yellow and red fall foliage
September 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Bird of the Day — Yellow Warbler, Kansas, yesterday

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Migration #Warblers #FlyoverCountry
top view of an olive-yellow bird with dusky wings, dark pointed bill, and short tail, perched on a bare stick and heading downward
September 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Bird of the Day — Baltimore Oriole, Kansas, yesterday

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Migration #Oriole #FlyoverCountry
Orangish-yellow bird with black and white wings, dusky yellow tail, and blue-gray feet and legs, hopping off a bare branch
September 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Bird of the Day — Northern Parula, Kansas 2024

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Migration #Warbler #FlyoverCountry
small bird with yellow underside, blue-gray wings and white wingbars, gray cheek, olive crown, and bicolored yellow-and-black bill, perched in a staghorn sumac with multicolored leaves and red berries
September 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Bird of the Day — Black-throated Green Warbler, Kansas, yesterday

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Migration #Warbler #FlyoverCountry
small bird with yellow face, dusky ear patch and crown, black-streaked white underside, and dark wings with two prominent white wingbars, perched in a leafy tree
September 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM