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JBtheExplorer ❄️| Native Plant Gardener (WI)
@jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
Wisconsin Native Plant Gardener🦋 (more than 3000 sq. ft.!), Habitat Enthusiast🌿, Casual Nature Photographer, Hiker, Gamer, Motorsports fan, Plane watcher. Using Bluesky to document the nature in my yard and elsewhere. Please plant #NativePlants
A seahawk throwback from 2024.

#birds #wisconsin
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Happy #SuperbOwlSunday with some of the most superb owls I've seen over the past year.

#birds #owl #Wisconsin
February 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I still have year-one photos I took of this restoration in 2020 when it was being mowed during the early restoration process.

I know from posts that it was then burned in 2022 but hasn't been burned since. (the photo of the prescribed burn is not mine)
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 PM
A KC-135 flew past on its way into Milwaukee.

#aircraft #aviation #planes #planespotting #wisconsin
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Excited to watch the #WinterOlympics for the next two weeks! Here's a fun throwback to summer of '24 when Italy's Frecce Tricolori flew over Milwaukee. I'm guessing they'll be doing some Olympic flyovers.
February 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
We had some snow overnight so I had to get out and hike in it this morning.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Visited the overwintering robins today. They've moved to the other side of the pond but still have loads of invasive buckthorn berries available.

#birds #nature #wisconsin
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
1941 Aeronca Super Chief (N31931)

#aircraft #aviation #planes #planespotting #Wisconsin
February 4, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Another hike today. Cloudy and a few snowflakes falling.
February 4, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Photos from today's hike through woodland, wetlands, and prairie.

#hiking #Wisconsin #winter
February 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Another fun flyover today! An Airbus A400M Atlas.

#aircraft #planes #aviation #planespotting #Wisconsin
February 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM
This scene in my backyard tells a story. Small animal tracks lead to a swoosh in the snow where the tracks then simply disappear. No wing prints in the snow, this must have been a really clean catch.
February 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Great flyovers while out on a hike today. A Navy P-8 Poseidon and Southwest Airlines' "Nevada One" paint scheme.

#aircraft #aviation #planes #planespotting #Wisconsin
February 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Some of my favorite native wetland plants I grow in and around my garden pond.

#WorldWetlandsDay #NativePlants #NativeGarden #Wisconsin
February 2, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Happy #WorldWetlandsDay with a throwback to 2024 at Hawthorn Hollow's restored wetland.
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
A random throwback to the time an Apache helicopter had me in their sights.

#aircraft #aviation #helicopter
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 AM
I'm going to orbit the moon on an sd card on Orion. Anyone else doing this for the hell of it?
February 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
My first time seeing an A380. Flying over from Dubai on its way to Houston.

#aircraft #Planes #aviation #planespotting
January 31, 2026 at 8:41 PM
It's really coming down out there. I regret shoveling my driveway an hour ago. Anyway, here's what the main native garden looks like right now. #Nativegarden #nativeplants #snow #winter #Wisconsin
January 30, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Mourning doves and dark-eyed juncos grabbing a bite to eat as the snow moves out.

#birds #Wisconsin #winter
January 30, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I randomly found my old Hoothoot figurine from about 25 years ago. #GottaCatchEmAll
January 29, 2026 at 2:57 AM
The moon.
January 28, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Needed to spend some time outdoors today. 10°F, windchills around 0°F. Only out about 45 minutes but it was alright.

#Hiking #Wisconsin #Winter #Nature
January 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Here's a random throwback to last summer for no reason.
January 26, 2026 at 7:22 PM
An R-44 flew over me on a recent hike, but the only photo I could get was right towards the sun.

#aircraft #helicopter #aviation #Wisconsin
January 25, 2026 at 9:27 PM