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Mike Saunders 🇺🇦
@hardwaterhacker.bsky.social
Photographer. Lover of the outdoors. Musician.

Red Siege Principal Consultant so I can pay for my hobbies.

#PhotographersUnited <- Check out this great community!

IG: https://www.instagram.com/hardwaterhacker/
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Lots of new followers, so I figured it’s a good time to do an introduction. Hello! I’m Mike. I’m a North Dakota-based computer security professional with a passion for the outdoors and a love of photography. I don’t really have a style. I love to shoot all kinds of things.
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Not exactly sure which species this juvenile is. I've been wondering for quite some time. However, it really fits today's #BirdOfTheDay : #posted !

Any help with ID is greatly appreciated :)

#wildlifephotography #birdphotography #photography
#birds
#finland
#canon
#nature
February 8, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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MRAZIVÁ POHÁDKA…
z hodně mrazivého večera v Krušných horách 🇨🇿
#krusnehory #zimnikrajina #ceskakrajina #ceskehory
February 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has said today's
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown, birds looking right at you, the Alt theme is #Gulls, any Gull will do.

#birds #photography #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin

This male Northern Shoveler won the stare down!
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown, birds looking right at you, the Alt theme is #Gulls, any Gull will do.
Here's a Long-tailed Tit, Goldfinch, Dunnock with a #StareDown and a Gull on ice.

#birds #EastCoastKin #CanonR5mkii #ukbirding #CanonPhotography @rspb.bsky.social #photography #BirdLife
February 9, 2026 at 7:01 AM
@robcrank68.bsky.social set the #BirdOfTheDay theme to #StareDown, birds looking right at you. This Ruby-throated Hummingbird fits the bill.

#birds #wildlife #nature #photography #PhotographersUnited
February 9, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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An Anna’s Hummingbird for the #staredown theme of #birdoftheday picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social

#birds #photography #nature #EastCoastKin
February 9, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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Last Feb I went back to Hellnar on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in #Iceland, where I'd been stuck in snow the previous Jan, hoping for something similar. Didn't get a flake of snow! I was able to explore more, including these amazing obsidian cliffs with waves constantly crashing over them though :)
February 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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I had a fun Coyote encounter over the weekend. I glanced towards one of my neighbors' yard and spotted this Coyote watching over the creek valley. I opened up a screen on my porch and got this shot.

#Mammals #Animals #Coyote #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin
February 9, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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"Ahhh, the sun feels good..." the dark-eyed junco appears to be thinking.
🪶#Birds #BirdWatching #BackyardBirds #SmallBirds #Nature #Photography
February 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Is it Mothday, already?

Ithaca Clearwing Moth
(Carmenta ithacae)

on ornamental grass blade 7-9-25
in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood

Approximate wingspan: 5/8” (1.6cm)

#macroMonday #eastcoastkin #bugsky #macro #photography #macrophotography #moths #Lepidoptera #chicago #insects #bugs #art
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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Bad Bunny
February 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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This Looks Fake

But it is not
This is a picture I took yesterday afternoon of a male Anna's hummingbird flying in my backyard
It was kind of cloudy, which made the lighting kind of soft, like not harsh, like it usually is here
Maybe that's why it looks fake
February 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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My contribution to #BirdOfTheDay is this swan, captured at #RoyalParks. This is not Bruce. Bruce had a pristine beak. Still, the #StareDown was real and somewhat serious. Lol! Enjoy your day. 😊

#UKWildlife #BlackSwan #StJamesPark #Photography #Nature
February 9, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Staredown. Here's a Red Tailed Hawk making sure I was friend, not foe.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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It's an Orangey Sky. Monday's start in Chicago.
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Pillar of Ice
Frozen waterfall in the Bavarian Alps, at least two dozen meters high, what an impressive sight.

#landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #winter
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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When photographing wildlife, I love to capture the more artistic and subtle aspects: Soft afternoon light graces an elephant's beautifully textured face in Namibia's Etosha National Park.

#photography #wildlife #nature #bluesky #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #sunset #art
February 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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As a resident of Florida I think I am contractually obligated to share a photo of a gator from time to time. 🐊😀

#BlueSkyMonday #Photography #Florida #Gators
February 9, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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A red-tailed hawk locks eyes with the camera beneath Colorado’s signature deep blue sky in Longmont, Colorado.

#BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #BlueSkyMonday #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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Mallard Monday!
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Looks like the #AlphabetChallenge is #WeekFforFramed. I liked the way this tree framed the island. 3-shot pano along #LakeSuperior.

#landscape #sunrise #winter #PhotographersUnited
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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'Downhill At Dusk'
February 9, 2026 at 8:32 AM