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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 1d

No problem! My bill is in the mail!

Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 1d

Not another Wood Duck! Maybe the same duck?

Photographed October 6, 2025
Tifft Nature Preserve, Buffalo, NY USA
#photography #wildlifephotography #nature
#photographersunited #animalphotography #canonwildlife #naturephotography #canonwildlifephotography #birds #birdphotography #ducks #woodducks

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 2d

Fantastic find. Beginner's skill! 😊

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 4d

Wood Duck (male)

Photographed October 6, 2025
Tifft Nature Preserve, Buffalo, NY USA

#photography #wildlifephotography #canon #nature
#photographersunited #animalphotography #ducks #naturephotography #chiaroscuro #fineartphotography
#darkandmoody #moodyphotography #woodducks #lowkey #woodduck

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks very much!

Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 5d

Haha, yeah. It took it a couple of seconds to regain its balance.

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 5d

Well, in the next month or so around here! 🥶

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 5d

Red-tailed Hawk momentarily looses its balance while descending this broken bough.

Photographed October 6, 2025
Tifft Nature Preserve, Buffalo, NY USA
#photography #wildlifephotography #nature #canonwildlife
#photographersunited #raptors #birdphotography #naturephotography #hawks #birdsofprey

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 7d

Backlit Bumble
Photographed September 27, 2025
Amherst State Park, Amherst, NY USA

#photography #wildlifephotography #canon #nature #bees
#photographersunited #animalphotography #pollinator #naturephotography #beesandwasps #bumblebee #insects

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks, Nicole!

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 8d

The North American Wild Turkey
Photographed October 1, 2025
Reinstein Woods, Depew, NY USA
#chiaroscuro #fineartphotography #photography #nature #wildlifephotography #darkandmoody #moodyphotography
#moodyphotography #backlight #lowkey #portrait #birds #birdphotography #wildturkeys #turkeys

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 9d

Now's the time to do it - before the clocks change.

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 9d

Well, water levels are low around here right now so you may not want to build. 🏠

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 9d

Mallard in high key
October 2, 2025
Bond Lake, Town of Lewiston, NY USA
Also at: www.instagram.com/wildlife.exposures/

#photography #wildlifephotography #nature #canon #highkey #naturephotography #photographersunited #birdphotography #fineartphotography #animalphotography #birds #ducks #mallards

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 9d

And thank you, Nicole.

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 9d

This was early, 18 minutes after sunrise.

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you!

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 9d

Double-crested Cormorant guarding its island...
October 2, 2025
Bond Lake, Lewiston, NY USA
#photography #wildlifephotography #nature #birds #cormorant #birdphotography #photographersunited #animalphotography
#naturephotography #waterbird

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 11d

Incoming... Eastern Bluebird
September 30, 2025
Knox Farm State Park, East Aurora, NY USA

www.instagram.com/wildlife.exposures/

#photography #wildlifephotography #nature #backlight #birds
#photographersunited #animalphotography #birdphotography #naturephotography #birdsinflight #bluebird #OM-1

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 14d

Black-capped Chickadee
September 27, 2025
Reinstein Woods, Depew, NY USA
www.instagram.com/wildlife.exposures

#photography #wildlifephotography #nature #portrait #closeupphotography #photographersunited #birdphotography #animalphotography #birds #naturephotography #chickadee #blackcappedchickadee

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 15d

🤣

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 15d

American Beaver on a very early morning walk...
Photographed September 26, 2025
Reinstein Woods, Depew, NY USA
#photography #wildlifephotography #canon #nature #lowkey
#photographersunited #animalphotography #darkandmoody #naturephotography #chiaroscuro #beaver #rodents

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 15d

Great Blue Heron

Photographed September 26, 2025
Reinstein Woods, Depew, NY USA
#photography #wildlifephotography #canon #nature #lowkey
#photographersunited #animalphotography #chiaroscuro #fineartphotography #darkandmoody #moodyphotography
#naturephotography #birds #birdphotography #herons

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks very much - sorry I didn't see this sooner.

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Paul Napier @wildlife-exposures.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks, Nicole.

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