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Laurel Gale

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When I'm not writing #kidlit, I'm taking #wildlife photos. https://linktr.ee/laurelgale ABSOLUTELY NO WORRIES comes out November 4! #birds #nature

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · May 6

Hi! I'm a children's author and wildlife photographer.

Follow me for lots of wildlife photos (taken by me!) and kidlit/writing posts.

#birds #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #books #kidlit #WritingCommunity

Laurel Gale: Children's Author and Wildlife Photographer
The text is accompanied by five book covers and four wildlife photos.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 14d

Time to go!

#birds #wildlife

A photo of a belted kingfisher as it takes flight from its perch on a twig.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 12h

Why, yes, I am selling a 2026 Bird Calendar!

www.zazzle.com/collections/...

#birds #nature #wildlife #BNSM 📷

A calendar for the month of January, with a photograph of two bald eagles that appear to be yelling at each other.

A calendar for the month of August, with a photograph of a great blue heron flying over dark water.

A calendar for the month of September, with a red tailed hawk flying against a soft green background.

The calendar for the month of March, with a photograph of a rock wren.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 13h

A wild turkey poses for a portrait in front of some sunflowers.

laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/tur...

#birds #wildlife #nature 📷

A photo of a wild turkey, showing only the pink head and a little of the upper body, against a dark background with bright yellow flowers.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 1d

A female mallard showing off her pretty blue feathers.

#birds #nature #wildlife

A photo of a female mallard rising in the water and flapping her wings. Her feathers are mostly brown, but she has a patch of blue feathers framed by black and white feathers on her wing.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 2d

Same.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 2d

It's like you read my mind. 💀

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 4d

ABSOLUTELY NO WORRIES comes out in exactly one month!

I'd love to see this picture book in libraries, and I'd be delighted if you requested a copy for purchase at your library.

astrapublishinghouse.com/product/abso...

#books #kidlit #picturebooks #BookSky #libraries

Absolutely Now Worries, available November 4.

With an emergency parachute in her pocket and zombie self-defense skills under her belt, Emma is prepared for any catastrophe . . . so why does she still feel afraid?

Written for kids with big imaginations and everyday jitters, here is a picture book that shows that with a pinch of courage, you can be ready for absolutely anything.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 9d

Out for a walk.

(turkey vulture)

#birds #nature #wildlife

A photo of a turkey vulture walking on the ground. The vulture has dark brown feathers and a bald head.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 6d

A juvenile turkey vulture

Click on the image in the link to see the full resolution preview: laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/vul...

#birds #nature #wildlife 📷

A photo of a vulture standing on a rock by the river. The vulture has brown feathers and a bald, gray face. The water is reflecting peach and yellow hues in the morning light.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! They are tricky birds, but occasionally they sit still long enough for me to get a photo with my long lens.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 3d

A belted kingfisher with a tiny snack.

#birds #nature

A photo of a blue and white bird perched on a metal post and holding a tiny fish in its large beak.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 4d

They usually arrive here around April 1, so 179.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 8d

It looks like all the osprey have left for the winter. Here's one of my favorite captures from this summer.

Click on the image in link for a full-resolution preview: laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/com...

#birds #wildlife📷

A photo of an osprey in flight, headed straight for the camera with its talons extended down. Scary stuff if you're a fish!

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 4d

A great horned owl looking fierce.

#birds #owls

A photo of a large owl sitting in a tree, looking at the camera with its big yellow eyes.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 5d

A downy woodpecker getting ready to peck some wood.

#birds #nature

A photo of a woodpecker clinging to the side of a tree. The woodpecker is white and black with a red spot on the back of its head.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 6d

The art is by Anne Wilsdorf, and she did absolutely amazing work. The interior drawings really blew me away. There's so much fun detail.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 6d

Love it!

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 6d

Nah, it would still be adorable.

Who's a cute little death's head peck parrot? You are! Yes, you are, my cute little death's head peck parrot.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 6d

I'm so happy that ABSOLUTELY NO WORRIES is getting an audiobook! Laura Knight Keating is an amazing voice actor.

www.audible.com/pd/Absolutel...

#books #kidlit #BookSky

The audiobook cover of ABSOLUTELY NO WORRIES, illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf, showing a worried girl approaching her front door while carrying tons of emergency supplies.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · Aug 22

Need more wildlife photography in your life? Check out my collection of 300+ photographs.

I offer prints, mugs, totes, puzzles, and other items.

laurel-gale.pixels.com

#birds #wildlife #nature #bsnm 📷

A screenshot showing a collection of wildlife photographs: a great horned owl portrait, a great blue heron, a composite of a barn owl against a rainbow background, a rock wren, a gosling, two great horned owls, a great horned owl with her owlet, a composite of a silhouetted great blue heron against the full moon, a house finch, a raccoon, a common merganser with her ducklings, a great blue heron in flight, a western screech owl, a bald eagle in flight, a composite of a dragonfly hovering over water, and a bee on a blackberry flower.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · Aug 20

Any book reviewers, teachers, book sellers, or librarians out there who might be interested in a fun picture book that tackles anxiety?

ABSOLUTELY NO WORRIES is up on #Netgalley!

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

#books #kidlit #BookSky #picturebooks #teachers #librarians

The cover of ABSOLUTELY NO WORRIES, showing a girl loaded with emergency supplies as she approaches her front door, illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 6d

Okay, saying a chickadee is being cute is kind of like saying a circle is being round. Chickadees are intrinsically cute.

Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 6d

A black-capped chickadee being cute.

#birds

A photo of small bird with a white and black head. Its round shape and tiny beak make it one adorable birb.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 6d

A juvenile turkey vulture

Click on the image in the link to see the full resolution preview: laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/vul...

#birds #nature #wildlife 📷

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 6d

A black-capped chickadee being cute.

#birds

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