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Joe Manthey
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Birds, ants, genomics, photography (all photos posted my own unless stated)
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Watched this pocket gopher for a bit today moving in and out of its hole to grab and chew on plant material. They seem to be mostly nocturnal, so it is always nice getting a good view of one.
A rodent with large teeth and long claws eating some plant material. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
February 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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A Ferruginous Hawk with its lunch. A Red-Tailed Hawk later stole the remaining food from it. 🪶
A pale raptor with ferruginous wings and leg feathers. It is eating a small mammal. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX. A pale raptor with ferruginous wings and leg feathers. It is eating a small mammal. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
February 13, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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And a nice picture of the kingfisher 🪶
Blue, rufous-orange, and white kingfisher perched on a branch. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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A Belted Kingfisher telling me what it thinks about me hiking near its fishing spot 🪶
A blue and white and rufous kingfisher perched on a branch. It is projectile #2ing. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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Saw a bunch of eagles this morning, including this one landing on a frozen lake in Kansas 🪶
Large dark eagle with white head. Its wings and legs are outstretched as it is about to land on ice. Photo taken at Lake Perry, KS.
February 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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An acrobatic Northern Cardinal 🪶
A red Northern Cardinal hanging upside down on a branch to eat a berry at the tip of the branch. Photo taken in Lawrence, KS.
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Northern Shoveler on West Texas ice 🪶
A medium-sized duck with orange legs, a green head, yellow eye, white breast, rufous belly, and long, shovel-like bill walking on ice. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 29, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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A very fabulous looking Great Blue Heron, with a snowy backdrop 🪶
A Great Blue Heron looking at the viewer. Its throat feathers are splayed out very fabulously. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 27, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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Lincoln's Sparrow in the snow 🪶
A small streaky sparrow with buffy colors under streak perched on a branch in the snow. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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What is takes to be a snipe during a snowstorm 🪶
Wilson's Snipe feeding alongside stream in the snow. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX. Wilson's Snipe feeding alongside stream in the snow. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 25, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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Hermit Thrush during this afternoon's snow in West Texas 🪶
Thrush with spotted breast perched on snowy branch with snow flakes blurred in background. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 25, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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House finch floofed up in the snow. You can see a few snow flakes streaking by in the photo. 🪶
Finch with red on face and breast perched on a branch. There are small streaks of snow blurred in the photo. Taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 24, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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Robins in West Texas snow 🪶
Six thrushes with dark backs and reddish-orange undersides drinking from shoreline covered in snow. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX
January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Not a common winter visitor here, a January American Redstart 🪶
A colorful warbler with gray head, light undersides with yellow flanks, and dark upperparts. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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A hybrid or admixed red-shafted x yellow shafted Northern Flicker 🪶
A large woodpecker with a red mustache, slight red on nape, spotted undersides and barred back. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 22, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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This Great Blue Heron was fishing and didn't mind me so I waited to get a nice headshot. 🪶
Neck and head of a Great Blue Heron in front of an orangish-brown background. It has orange, grayish-blue, and white feathers. Its eyes have bright yellow irises. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 19, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Northern Shoveler in flight 🪶
A medium-sized duck with a green head, brown and white body, and orange feet flying over a wetland in Lubbock, TX.
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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Great Blue Heron keeping an eye on me while fishing 🪶
Photo of head and neck of a Great Blue Heron, looking somewhat toward the viewer. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Two different angles of a Great Blue Heron in a spillway🪶
Large heron standing in shallow water surrounded by a geometric pattern of concrete in a dam spillway. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX. Large heron standing in shallow water surrounded by concrete in a dam spillway. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 12, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Red-Winged Blackbird in the typical pose 🪶
A blackbird with a red and yellow patch on its wing, perched on a small branch in front of a brownish background. Photo taken in January 2026 in Lubbock, TX.
January 11, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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Two Greater Yellowlegs in shallow water. 🪶
Two shorebirds with mottled brown backs and white bellies, each standing on a single leg in shallow water. Taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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Green-Winged Teal walking in the mud. 🪶
A small duck with brown and green head walking in the mud. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Saw a Williamson's Sapsucker today, rare here in Lubbock, TX. 🪶
A woodpecker perched on the side of a trunk. It has a striped black and white back, yellow belly, and slide red throat.
January 7, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Look at the feet of this American Coot walking on the side of the playa lake 🪶
A black coot with red eye and white bill walking near the edge of a water body. It has large lobed toes. Taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 7, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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Red-Breasted Nuthatches in classic upside down poses. 🪶
A Red-Breasted Nuthatch upside down on a juniper branch. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX. A Red-Breasted Nuthatch upside down on a pecan tree trunk. Photo taken in Lubbock, TX.
January 6, 2026 at 3:23 PM