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Pretty Bad Dad
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Sometimes I click a thing and amateur photography emerges.

It's probably witchcraft.
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Every time I approach a gal and start talking, she just laughs. Be honest... do I have something in my teeth?

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October 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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This Gandalf did not want to let me pass.

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October 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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For @kelseyelagunas.bsky.social, who may be the first person I've met openly enthusiastic about turkey vultures. (Which, to be fair, catch 'em in the right light...)

#bird #birds #kansas #turkeyvulture #nature #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #canon #canonphotography
October 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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I want to like this image of a turkey vulture more than I do, but since he was incredibly skittish, this was all I could reasonably get from him in flight.

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October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Speaking of grasshoppers...

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October 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Moody grasshopper.

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October 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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It's become abundantly clear I don't what I'm doing with a macro lens just yet, but I do enjoy some of the results.

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October 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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A saffron finch laying a little groundwork.

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October 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Here's the national bird of Uganda.

He wasn't, exactly, IN Uganda when I found him, but that doesn't make him any less deserving of the title.

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October 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Why, hello there.

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September 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Haven't had a lot of time for shooting, but I was at the local RenFest and spied a Common Buckeye and a Painted Lady. (Insects, not people. Just to clarify.)

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September 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Everywhere you go, soldier beetles are just having at it.

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September 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Hey, solider beetles, whatcha doing over there? Whatcha...

Oh.

Kids must be spending the night at a friend's house.

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September 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Female red-winged blackbird. I didn't see any males about, but sometimes a girl just wants to be alone.

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September 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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An American goldfinch yodeling in a growth of... weed? (I don't dabble, but it kinda looks like weed.)

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September 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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I was done for the day, but this fella landed right in front of me.

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September 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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A wee predator building its plate for dinner.

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August 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Went looking for birds and found Kermit, instead.

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August 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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In a kind-hearted but mistaken rescue attempt, a family member brought this lil' fella home this morning. (We'll return him to where he was found so his mom can claim him.)

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August 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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A dickcissel pointedly ignoring me as if I were asking it out on a date.

- Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

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August 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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You're welcome.

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August 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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One last photo of our friendly neighborhood leucistic squirrel. May he find a mate and have many snow white pups. (But, also, leave our house, fence, and cars alone.)

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August 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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On the other hand, even adorable creatures can look menacing in what I can only describe as a mugshot.

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August 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Look how smug he is! He KNOWS I've wasted a lot of time in the past few weeks trying to snap a decent photo of him before he flees into our oaks. Now he won't stop posing.

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August 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Besides being destructive to our fence, house, and the wiring of our cars, our neighborhood leucistic squirrel is also known for being downright adorable.

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August 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM