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Lizzy Esau 🌱 📸 🐾 ✍️
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Writer | Photographer | Creator | Environmental, Animal and MH advocate | Vegan 🌱 | #Resist 🌊🐾 | 🇺🇦 | Me on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@Lizzy_Esau_Photography
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I've started a new photography and videography Youtube channel. I'll be posting field video, animal cams, and select stills using AI to extend the scene.

Take a look, and if you like what you see, consider subscribing! Thank you! 🙏🦋

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Lizzy Esau
Original photography, field video, and visual experiments — using a variety of tools — including AI — occasionally to enhance the moment. Gear varies, primarily Canon R6M2. Currently testing the Cano...
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February 19, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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A Great on top of the reeds.🐦🦋

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A Great Egret stands on a section of reeds weighed down by recent rain at the edge of a pond.
February 19, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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A Ruddy Duck takes a bath at a local preserve. 🐦

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A female Ruddy duck is caught mid-shake off, her beak pointed almost straight up, eyes closed, during a bath in a pond.
February 17, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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I found this Snowy while standing in a little alcove, had to get really close to the pond as he was unseen from the trail.

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A Snowy Egret preens as he stands at the crux of two branches curving to a crest, a single feather floats in the air just behind his back.
February 17, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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It was a good morning. Hope yours was, too. 🌅

#nature
#photography
Sunrise over a Riperian preserve-looks like fire rising just above a tree line reflecting into the surface of the water in the foreground.
February 16, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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In the River.

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A portrait of a chocolate wild mustang, against a black background, golden light on its face and ear.
February 15, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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A Snowy soaring over the Salt River. 🐦

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A Snowy Egret soars over a dark river at golden hour.
February 15, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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An Osprey emerging from the water after a dive.
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An osprey lifting off from calm water, wings fully extended and arched upward. Water droplets spray beneath its talons as it rises, with a soft green shoreline blurred in the background and the bird reflected faintly on the surface.
February 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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A good morning in the desert.☀️🏜️

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#landscape
Golden sunrise breaking over a desert landscape. Low mountains form a dark silhouette on the horizon as scattered clouds catch warm orange and gold light. Sun rays fan upward through the sky, illuminating dry grasses and open scrub in the foreground.
February 12, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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One of my fav's - the Snowy Egret.🐦

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A Snowy Egret soars just above the surface of a sepia colored pond, its wings in a downstroke, mouth open, croaking probably at some rival somewhere out of frame.
February 12, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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Cormorant.🐦🪶

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February 9, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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Fanned. Ana's Hummingbird. 🐦🪶

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An Anna’s Hummingbird perches on a thin branch, wings spread and tail fanned wide, revealing iridescent green feathers against a pale, uncluttered sky. An Anna’s Hummingbird perches on a thin branch looking at something of camera, wings slightly tucked, revealing iridescent green feathers against a pale, uncluttered sky.
February 6, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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House Wren. Good light. 🐦🪶

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A House Wren perches on a narrow tree branch, its small brown body softly lit by sunlight against a dark, blurred background. The bird faces upward, with fine feather detail visible along its chest and face.
February 5, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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Roadrunner. Taking a pause. 🐦🪶

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A Roadrunner stands on top of a metal bridge railing above tall grasses, silhouetted against a pale sky. The bird appears alert and upright, framed by the structure of the bridge and the open space around it.
February 3, 2026 at 5:08 AM
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Caught this female Vermilion Flycatcher perched on this small branch, golden light hitting her perfectly.🪶🐦

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A female vermilion flycatcher, sits quietly on a branch jutting up from the bottom of the frame, golden light offsetting her from a shadowed background.
February 2, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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A Long-billed Dowitcher feeding in perfect calm, mirrored by the morning light. 🐦🪶🦋

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A Long-billed Dowitcher stands in shallow water with its beak submerged, creating soft ripples. The bird’s warm brown plumage is reflected clearly in the glassy surface under pale blue sky.
February 1, 2026 at 5:41 AM
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Gila Woodpecker Assessing a Branch. AZ. 🐦🪶

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#woodpeckers
A Gila Woodpecker is shown standing on top of a medium sized branch using its beak to test the wood.
February 1, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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Egret Dual🦋🪶🐦

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Two snowy egrets are suspended in the air, facing off over a pond, bills open in a battle cry, wings back, crown feathers raised, water droplets hanging around them.
January 31, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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Lifted by light. 🦆🐦🪶

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#mallards
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A female mallard flies low over calm water at golden hour, her wings glowing with warm light as her reflection mirrors her below the surface.
January 29, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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White-crowned sparrow catching the late afternoon glow. 🐦🪶🦋

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A white-crowned sparrow perched on a thin branch in warm golden light, facing to the right with its orange bill and subtle black-and-white head stripes visible against a softly blurred tan background.
January 27, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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Grackle: Stillness, with a side of attitude. 🐦🪶

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A brown-and-black grackle perched on the tip of a broken branch against a soft blue sky, its head turned slightly to the side with bright yellow eye catching the light.
January 27, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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Black Phoebe having a contemplative moment on a preserve sign. 🐦🪶🦋

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A small bird, a black Phoebe, with a black body and creme markings on its wings and tail, perches on a preserve sign, it's head turned slightly towards the camera.
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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January 25, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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Cleansing 🐦🦋🪶

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A Cormorant is shown bathing in a shadowed pond, droplets hanging in the air around it like a halo.
January 25, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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I love the elegance of the Black Necked Stilt. 🐦

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In a black-and-white image, a black-necked stilt bends toward the water, its long legs and reflection forming a delicate, mirrored shape.
January 24, 2026 at 3:43 AM