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Peeks
@peeksphotography.bsky.social
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You can call me Peeks | wildlife enjoyer | amateur photographer | green heron supremacy | 30 | (she/her)
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Peeks @peeksphotography.bsky.social · Jul 7
Crest out, happy after a hearty bluegill #birds #centralillinois #photography #wildlife
📸 July 6, 2025
A small shorebird stands in flowing water with its head crest on display.
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capefoxalix.bsky.social
Thank you Brennan Lee Mulligan for making a campaign themed around birds, I knew I could trust you.
Really enjoying this @criticalrole.bsky.social campaign in Araman so much

#criticalrole #criticalrolecampaign4 #crfanart #criticalrolefanart #araman #birds
#rpgs #ttrpgs #dnd
A stylised set of icons featuring different birds with different themes based on Critical Role's campaign four set in Araman , with game master Brennan Lee Mulligan. The first is a stylised falcon whose beak forms the hilt of a sword, the word Soldiers is written below the icon. The second is a magpie holding a red thread that turns to a dotted line along it's neck , The word Schemers is written below the icon. The third is a stylised nightingale with its mouth open in song. Its eye forms the arrow of a compass and the text written below is Seekers. They are arranged horizontally on a gray background
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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I spent a week in Georgia, and met some very vocal Boat-tailed Grackles at the beach!
📸 November 5, 2025 - Tybee Island, GA
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife
November 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
peeksphotography.bsky.social
The moon in all her glory, waning after the full moon
📸 October 8, 2025 my front yard - Springfield, IL
#photography #naturephotography #moon #astronomy
A light yellow moon in the center of a black frame, the scarred landscape visible. It is waning, the slightest slice taken from the right side.
October 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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copper.gay
can I come over and stare at you like this

www.copper.gay/wildlife

#birds #wildlife #photography
A digital photograph of a double-crested cormorant, with black/gray feathers, a bright orange bill, and striking blue eyes. They are facing the camera, with their body slightly turned away, wings held out wide to dry them off as the cormorant rests at the edge of harbor waters.
September 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
peeksphotography.bsky.social
Watching ducks forage through the mud is one of life's gifts to us all.
📸 September 20, 2025 Washington Park - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #illinois
September 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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My partner has a sharp eye, he spotted this Red-shouldered Hawk perch high above the pond
📸 September 20, 2025 Washington Park - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #illinois #hawk
September 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Lovely mallard had the boardwalk all to herself!
📸 September 20, 2025 Washington Park - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #illinois
September 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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glengrambo.bsky.social
I can’t help it. The grackles are still here, and need to be photographed 🤣
The male Common Grackles usually take every opportunity to display, especially in the spring! But it’s Fall, and this male was displaying a lot! Apparently, he knows what he looks like🤣
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
A male common grackle in a green spruce tree displaying! He is calling and fluffing all his feathers. And those feathers are vivid blue on his head, and incredible purple , blue and bronze on his wings!
September 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Captured a fascinating scene, this little crab spider nabbed herself a huge meal!
📸 September 7, 2025 Lincoln Memorial Gardens - Springfield, IL
#nature #photography #illinois
A small white and brown spider hidden under a flower, clutching onto a paralyzed butterfly much larger than itself. Nature is endlessly fascinating, and it happens all around you!
September 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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A curious green heron, keeping one eye on me across the pond and the other on the young Cooper's hawks in the tree just above
📸 August 21, 2025 Washington Park - Springfield, IL
#birds #photography #wildlife #illinois
September 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Apologies, as these are not great but I have to share this Osprey sighting! Fall migration provided me the opportunity to see one locally, and the non-birders in my life don't understand my excitement over the sighting.
📸 September 7, 2025 Lincoln Memorial Gardens - Springfield, IL
#birds
September 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
peeksphotography.bsky.social
I got to show off my spark bird to my partner over the weekend! This juvenile Green Heron was very calm, hanging out in this little puddle by the lake
📸 9/7/2025 Lincoln Memorial Gardens - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #illinois #nature
September 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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I really enjoy how spunky wrens are, this little one was talking up a storm along the trail!
📸 August 2, 2025 Lincoln Memorial Gardens - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #illinois #nature
A house wren perched on a branch, giving my partner and I a piece of their mind!
August 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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mirellashroom.bsky.social
I've never been one for studies but took some time to try sketching some of @peeksphotography.bsky.social work
August 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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treycrim.bsky.social
"Business as Usual"
New Print - Available now on artbytreycrim.com. This print, along with the original, and several other prints/originals will be with me at Mystic Art Festival in Mystic, CT 8/9-8/10.

#art #birdart #penandink #inkdrawing #inkpainting #inkart #birb #bird #inkpainting #kingfisher
Kingfisher bird with its back to the viewer sitting on a stick done with blues and oranges with splashes of blue spreading off of the bird.
July 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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parsleydraws.bsky.social
coyote & coneflowers
#traditionalart #canines #coyote
Description: A sketchbook spread featuring a stylized coyote surrounded by bright coneflowers. Materials: mildliner markers, colored pencil, acrylic markers, fountain pen, white gel pen.
July 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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djwtwo.bsky.social
A Killdeer giving a little screech at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond Sanctuary.

#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #dartmouth #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife
A photograph of a Killdeer, its beak open to call, standing among smooth beach stones at Mass Audubon Allens Pond.
July 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Ahh I'm so excited to have captured a killdeer for the first time! I've heard their calls and seen them fly overhead for my entire life, but today I happened across several!
📸 July 18, 2025 Southwind Park - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #photography #illinois
July 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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dalerphotos.bsky.social
Beware of The Claw! Green Heron #birds
A green heron perches alertly on a branch with one leg raised above a pond blanketed in green algae. Its sleek plumage features a dark crown, chestnut neck, and piercing yellow eyes, while its sharp beak hints at a hunter’s focus. The tranquil, mossy backdrop accentuates the bird’s vivid colors and elegant posture.
July 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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jayras.bsky.social
Belted Kingfishers.
#wildlife #photography #nature #birds #kingfishers
July 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Oh to be a Grackle, drinking from a cool fountain on a hot day
📸 July 13, 2025 Washington Park - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #centralillinois #wildlife #photography
A brown bird perches in a fountain with its beak dipped in the water as it drinks.
July 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Another day, another heron! A smaller Great Blue Heron than I've seen before, this one was strutting along for all the walkers to see!
📸 July 14, 2025 Washington Park - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #centralillinois #wildlife
A tall shorebird wades in shallow water hunting for prey.
July 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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manchesterbirder.bsky.social
This blog was something I wrote last year in a different context about how birding helps with the cycle of grief. I'm reposting it on this blog in the hopes that being honest about mental health helps in some way. #ukbirding #birds #mentalhealth
Birding and the nature of grief
I wrote this last year during what turned out to be the slow fall into a ...
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July 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
peeksphotography.bsky.social
I had the absolute pleasure of introducing some family to the local Green Heron this morning. It was a great birding day out there!
📸 July 13, 2025 Washington Park - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #centralillinois #wildlife
A small short bird with long legs and a long beak stands in the water.
July 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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davidassmann.bsky.social
Barn Swallow at Skokie Lagoons Forest Preserve, Willow Road, Cook County, Illinois on June 26, 2025. #birds #birding #ilovebirding #bird #naturephotography #aves #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #birdwatching #nature #ilovebirding
July 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM