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Callen Harty
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Writer/photographer/activist. he/him/his www.callenharty.com All photos and words mine unless reposted or noted.
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Red-winged blackbird. #Red-WingedBlackbird #AgelaiusPhoeniceus #Blackbird #Bird #Passerine #Animal #Nature #Photography #Madison #Wisconsin
Red-winged blackbird clinging to the top of a plant. It is entirely black except for its shoulder patch, which is mostly red, with a hint of yellow. It has its beak open as if calling. The background is blurred green.
November 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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As an adult survivor of childhood sex abuse I don't care who is in the files--Democrat, Republican, Socialist, Independent--it doesn't matter. If the Epstein files show that someone is guilty of abusing children, then prosecute them to the fullest. For the victims. #EpsteinFiles #4theVictims #CSA
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Black-capped chickadee. #Black-CappedChickadee #PoecileAtricapillus #Chickadee #Passerine #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #NorthAmericanBearCenter #Ely #Minnesota
A black-capped chickadee on a fence. The bird is on the right of the photo, with its black legs clinging to a wire fence. Its head is topped in black, with white beneath its small black eye and short black beak. There is a black band around its neck and a white breast. Its side is buff colored, while the wings and tail are mostly grey with some white streaking. The tail is sticking up.
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Barn. #Barn #RedBarn #Farm #Farming #Architecture #Rural #Photography #Shullsburg #Wisconsin
The picture is of an old red barn. The front and the side can both be seen. It is painted red with white trim, but is fading. There is a small door at the lower left. The barn door is just right of center. It is red with a white border and has four panels, each with a white X. Above it on the second floor is another door bordered in white with a smaller white X at the bottom right, and above that is what appears to be a vent painted in white. There are vines covering the entire right corner of the front of the barn, going up from the bottom and crossing over to the gable at the top center. The side of the barn as two windows and a door bordered in white on the lower level and one window in the center of the upper level. The roof is shingled. The barn is surrounded by trees and there is a wooden fence just to the left.
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Acanthocephala terminalis. #AcanthocephalaTerminalis #Leaf-FootedBug #Bug #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #GreatSmokyMountainsNationalPark #Elkmont #Tennessee
Acanthocephala terminalis is a type of leaf-footed bug. It is facing left on a diagonal in the photo and is on a rock that appears to have some moss on it. Its head and thorax are black. The antenna are long and form a V. They are black about two-thirds of the way and then a bright orange toward the end. The wings are open and reveal a dark body with a light blue stripe toward the tail end. The legs look like a cricket's legs and appear to be brown in this photo.
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Northern bobwhite. #NorthernBobwhite #ColinusVirginianus #Bobwhite #VirginiaQuail #Quail #NewWorldQuail #Bird #Galliforme #Landfowl#GameBird #Animal #Nature #Photography #RichardBongStateRecreationArea #Kansasville #Wisconsin
A Northern bobwhite in the grass. The bobwhite is looking left in the photo and is in the middle of plant growth on the ground. The bird is plump and mostly brown. It has a short, curved beak which is brown at the end and white at the base. The feathers on the top of its head are a reddish-brown and are standing up like a crest. It has a large black eye with a thin white eye ring. Behind the eye is a curved white line. The feathers on the rest of the body are mixed between a reddish brown and grey.
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Mating ornate snipe flies. #OrnateSnipeFly #ChrysopilusOrnatus #SnipeFly #Fly #Mating #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #GovernorDodgeStatePark #Dodgeville #Wisconsin
A pair of ornate snipe flies mating on a leaf. They are back-to-back in the photo. Both have alternating brown and yellow strips down the entire body. The wings are clear except for veining and are spread out. They have long legs The one on the left is considerably thicker than the one on the right.
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Forage looper moth. #ForageLooperMoth #CaenurginaErechtea #CommonGrassMoth #Moth #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #WiscnsinDells #Wisconsin
A forage looper moth on a red wall. The moth is facing left. The moth appears to be mostly grey or tan, but with two thick dark spots going across the center of both wings. There are also two black dots on the outer edge of both wings and a couple of white spots on each wing, The ends of the sings are light brown, with slightly darker brown lines all the way across. The antennae are long and thin.
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Manatee. #Manatee #T.M.Latirostris #WestIndianManatee #FloridaManatee #NorthAmericanManatee #SeaCow #Mammal #Herbivore #Animal #Nature #Photography #EllieSchillerHomosassaSpringsWildlifeStatePark #Homosassa #Florida
A manatee in the water. The picture only includes the manatee's head and upper part of its body. It appears to be moving forward as there are ripples in the water in front and beside it. It is grey with some brown spotting. The eyes are spread widely on either side of its snout, which has two large nostrils. It appears to be eating a leafy green of some sort.
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Roesel's katydid. #Roesel'sKatydid #RoeselianaRoeselii #Roesel'sBushCricket #BushCricket #Cricket #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Madison #Wisconsin #GlacialDrumlinTrail #CottageGrove #Wisconsin
A Roesel's katydid stretched out between two leaves. Its long back legs are in an upside-down V position with the ends on a leaf at the far left. They are orange with a black spot toward the body. The body is mostly brown, with a white curved line on the thorax. The head is long and orange with a dark black eye. It has two black antennae which are much longer than its squat body. The front legs are resting on a leaf at the right.
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Monarch caterpillar. #Monarch #DanausPlexippus #Butterfly #Caterpillar #MilkweedButterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Cable #Wisconsin
A monarch butterfly caterpillar on a leaf. The caterpillar is facing downward. The caterpillar is fairly wide and has alternating stripes of black, yellow, and white, with four white dots along the bottom. It has long black antennae.
November 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Kayaker. #Kayak #Kayaker #Kayaking #KayakRodeo #Sports #Action #Photography #WisconsinRiver #WausauWhitewaterPark #Wausau #Wisconsin
A kayaker coming through a rapids of the Wisconsin River. The water is clearly rushing underneath his blue kayak, which is at the far left in the photo. The kayaker, who has a white vest with the number 13 on it, is leaning all the way back in the kayak. His right arm is raised, holding an orange paddle. The other end of the paddle is in the water along with his left arm.
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Widow skimmer. #WidowSkimmer #LibellulaLuctuosa #Dragonfly #Skimmer #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin
A female widow skimmer dragonfly hanging onto a blade of grass. The dragonfly has its wings spread wide and is facing upwards. Its body is mostly black. It has a gold stripe down its thorax, which breaks into two gold stripes along its side with black between them. The wings have dark black patches next to the body, then they are clear with veining showing, and at the outer upper edges a black spot on each of the four wings. The background is all green grasses.
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Canvasback. #Canvasback #AythyaValisineria #Duck #DivingDuck #Waterfowl #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #Milwaukee #Wisconsin
A canvasback duck moving through the water from left to right. The duck has a reddish head with a long tapered black bill. The neck is black and its body is mostly white with a black rump and short black tail. Its head is reflected in the water.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Black swallowtail. #BlackSwallowtail #PapilioPolyxenes #EasternBlackSwallowtail #AmericanSwallowtil #Swallowtail #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin
A black swallowtail on a thistle flower. The thistle is to the right in the photo. It has several buds and one open purple flower leaning toward the center that the butterfly is on. There is another thistle to the left with a couple of buds. The swallowtail's body is facing right. It is mostly black with white spots all along its side. The wings are folded up and are also mostly black, but with two rows of white spots on the forewing and two single white spots just above those. The hindwing also has a number of spots. There is a row of orange spots along the outer edge, two white spots just above the tail, a pair of orange spots a little further in, a row of light blue spots, and another row of orange spots next to the blue. The last two rows are curved across the wing.
November 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Chicken of the Woods. #ChickenOfTheWoods #LaetiporusSulphureus #SulphurShelf #SulphurPolypore #Fungus #ShelfFungus #BracketFungus #Mushroom #Nature #Photography #GovernorNelsonStatePark #Waunakee #Wisconsin
Chicken of the woods, a type of shelf fungus. The picture shows several of the fan-shaped fungi stacked upon each other. They are orange at the base and that stretches out across most of the fungus. There is a wide white or tan bar toward the edge and a light orange line at the outer edge. There are about nine visible in the shot, with the largest one in the middle, a couple under that, and some smaller ones atop and to the left of the large one.
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Copper Range steam locomotive # 29 w/the Mid-Continent Railway Museum water tower in the background. #CopperRangeNumber29 #SteamEngine #Locomotive #Train #CopperTrain #C-2Class2-8-0ConsolidatonSteamLocomotive #Restoration #WaterTower #Mid-ContinentRailwayMuseum #Photography #NorthFreedom #Wisconsin
Copper Range steam engine # 29. The engine is a long black steam engine parked at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum. It is facing left with a large building behind it. There is a water tower visible at the left. The number 29 is on the side of the cabin and Copper Range is painted onto the side at the rear.
October 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Red squirrel. #RedSquirrel #TamiasciurusHudsonicus #AmericanRedSquirrel #TreeSquirrel #PineSquirrel #Squirrel #Rodent #Animal #Nature #Photography #AgawaCanyon #Ontario #Canada
A red squirrel on a picnic bench. It is facing left and has its tail raised, curling up over its back and then straight up. It is mostly red, with a white underbelly and a white eye ring around a black eye. Its ears are short and also standing straight up. It is at the edge of the bench and looking out on a grassy lawn.
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois. #OldStateCapitol #StateCapitol #Capitol #GreekRevival #OldStateCapitolHistoricSite #Architecture #NationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces #NationalHistoricLandmark #JohnFrancisRague #Architect #Photography #Springfield #Illinois
The old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois. It is a Greek revival building, rectangular with four columns in the front. The stone used is yellow limestone and the pediments are painted green. There are many windows on two floors across both the front and side of the building. It is topped with a red dome with a white section below that.
October 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Turtle Abstraction. #CommonSnappingTurtle #SnappingTurtle #ChelydraSerpentina #Turtle #Reptile #Animal #Nature #Photography #SalmoPondCountyPark #CrossPlains #Wisconsin
A snapping turtle just under the top of the water. It is swimming left to right. The shell looks green under the water. The head and tail appear brown. Its front legs are spread out to the side as it swims.
October 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Kentucky flat millipede. #KentuckyFlatMIllipede #BlackAndGoldFlatMillipede #ApheloriaVirginiensis #Millipede #Arthropod #Animal #Nature #Photography #PheasantBranchConservancy #Middleton #Wisconsin
A Kentucky flat millipede crawling across small rocks, heading right to left. The millipede is mostly brown, but with yellowish lines crossing the brown all the way down its body. It looks to be yellow on the bottom also. Its head is brown, with two medium sized antennae at the front sticking out in a V formation. The legs are yellowish.
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Gateway Arch, Saint Louis. #GatewayArch #GatewayToTheWest #Arch #CatenaryArch #EeroSaarinen #Monument #Landmark #NationalHistoricLandmark #NationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces #Photography #GatewayArchNationalPark #SaintLouis #Missouri
The Gateway Arch in Saint Louis. The picture is taken from a distance and the arch is reflected in water, forming an oval shape. There are trees in front of the arch and to the side of the reflecting pond. The arch stands tall with a light blue sky behind it.
October 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Atlantic sand fiddler crab. #AtlanticSandFiddlerCrab #UcaPugilator #SandFiddlerCrab #FiddlerCrab #Crab #Arthropod #Animal #Nature #Photography #TECOManateeViewingCenter #ApolloBeach #Florida
An Atlantic sand fiddler crab in the sand. The crab is just to the right of a small hole in the ground. The shell, or carapace, is mostly white with a few black spots and also is pink in the center, which identifies it as a displaying male. The eyes are hard to see in this photo but are at the end of small stalks. The right claw is considerably larger than the left. It is a light brown with many small bumps on it. The legs are orange.
October 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Goatweed leafwing. #GoatweedLeafwing #AnaeaAndria #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #LakeLeatherwoodCityPark #EurekaSprings #Arkansas
A goatweed leafwing butterfly resting on a pile of rocks. It is facing the top of the photo. The butterfly's body is mostly brown, though with a tinge of red toward the rear end. The wings are red edged with black. There are a couple of black spots near the top of the wings. There is also a small tail on the wings.
October 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Viceroy. #Viceroy #LimenitisArchippus #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #AldoLeopoldNatureCenter #Monona #Wisconsin
A viceroy butterfly on the ground with its wings spread wide. It is in the middle of a patch of grass. The butterfly is mostly orange with black lines throughout the orange. Its body is black. The outer edges of the wings are black with white spots all along the edge. It looks like a monarch except for the two horizontal black lines toward the bottom of its hindwings.
October 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM