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Chris Riley
@chris--riley.bsky.social
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Not the Youtuber, (unless you owe him money)
Former makerspace director, have a couple of diplomas in Aerospace Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Gen X nerd, cook, and amateur wildlife photographer.
All my pictures are taken with a Canon T7i.
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Starting off the new year with a bang.
#eagle #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh
Two bald eagles sitting on a branch, with one of them looking at the camera and the other in profile.
January 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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Went camping this week, these mallards walked past once an hour keeping the shore free from insects, plants, and anything the kids in the campsite next door dropped near the shore.
#wildlifephotography #canada #elbowsup #ontario #sleepinggiantprovincialpark #birds #amateurphotography
A baby mallard bends down with beak open to eat a small plant.
June 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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A yellow warbler playing peekaboo.
#wildlifephotogtaphy #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotogry
A yellow warbler clinging to a cattail seed head.
June 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Eagle-1, you have permission for takeoff.
#wildlifephotography #birds #eagle #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A bald eagle just taking off from its nest.
May 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Either this is a hooded merganser, or Don King has been reincarnated.
#wildlifephotography #birds #ducks #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A hooded merganser swimming in Lake Superior
May 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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The kingfisher has returned. Let's see if he'll pose for me as well as he did last year.
#wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotogrtaphy
A belted kingfisher sitting on a branch, showing off his faux-hawk.
May 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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It may be a hooded merganser instead of a Norwegian blue, but it still has beautiful plumage.
#wildlifephotography #birds #ducks #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A male hooded merganser swimming between ice sheets just off a rocky shore on Lake Superior
April 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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A nice mallard couple playing in the surf.
#wildlifephotography #birds #ducks #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #lakesuperior #amateurphotography
Two mallards swimming in Lake Superior.
April 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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A great blue heron sitting on a pole.
#wildlifephotography #birds #heron #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #amateurphotography
A great blue heron sitting on top of a dead tree in the middle of some boreal forest.
April 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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A young bald eagle glaring at everyone from his tree.
#wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A juvenile bald eagle perched in the top of a spruce tree
April 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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This one's for the Canadian Gen X'ers.. "The polkadot deer"
#wildlifephotography #deer #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #amateurphotographer
A fawn leaping over some grass onto a road.
April 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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A Bohemian Waxwing checking out the crabapples.
#wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #amateurphotography
A bohemian waxwing sitting on a branch with shriveled crabapples hanging from it.
April 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Since we're changing some names, I nominate the Purple Finch for renaming to "Scarlet seed destroyers".. These guys cleaned me out in one afternoon.
#wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #rosslyn #amateurphotography
Four purple finches feeding at a pair of bird feeders hanging in front of a window
March 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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A great blue heron grabbing a snack before dinner
#wildlifephotography #birds #herons #canada #elbowsup #Ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A great blue heron, knee deep in lake superior, with a minnow in its beak.
March 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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The Bohemian Waxwings found the crabapples.
#wildlifephotography #birds #waxwings #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #amateurphotography
Three bohemian waxwings feeding on the shriveled remains of crabapples in a crabapple tree on an overcast day.
March 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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A snow bunting stopping for a break on the way south.
#wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A snow bunting sitting on a dirty white rock, looking over its shoulder at the camera.
March 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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The Goldeneyes are returning.
#wildlifephotography #birds #ducks #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #lakesuperior #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
Two goldeneye ducks, one male and one female, swimming in the water between ice floes on lake Superior
March 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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A Lesser Yellowlegs
#wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #lakesuperior #shorebirds
A lesser Yellowlegs standing in some mud on the shore of Lake Superior
March 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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For today's viewing pleasure, I give to you, a Brown Headed Cowbird (cow sold separately)
#wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A brown headed cowbird sitting in a conifer.
March 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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A belted kingfisher showing off it's belt.
#wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A belted kingfisher sitting on a branch.
March 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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A tree swallow returning home after work to be met by their spouse at the front door.
#wildlifephotography #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
A tree swallow in flight just in front of a nesting box with another tree swallow poking its head out the entrance hole.
March 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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White throated sparrows always look like they dye their eyebrows to me.
#wildlifephotography #birds #canada #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #elbowsup #amateurphotographry
A white throated sparrow sitting on the leaf litter beneath a spruce tree
March 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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A mink, glaring at me through the reeds.
#wildlifephotography #elbowsup #Canada #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography #Mink
A brown mink on the shore of Lake superior, looking towards the camera through some branches and cattails.
March 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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This will probably be the only time I post anything that isn't my photography. But this is a masterpiece.

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We Are Canadian
YouTube video by Jeff Douglas
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March 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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The missing puffball formation?
#amateurphotography #ducks #birds #goldeneye #canada #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh #amateurphotography
5 baby goldeneye chicks swimming in a V with a gap on the right hand side.
March 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM