Dave Tackett
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Dave Tackett
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Wildlife photographer hobbyist in IL. Free thinking Liberal. Photos taken hand held in a moving boat. Canon R5. All photos are my own, no AI, no photoshopping.
Pileated Woodpecker flying by:

#birds #wildlife #nature
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Redbellied Woodpecker in flight:

#birds #wildlife #nature
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Kingfisher from last time out, Mississippi River:

#kingfisher #birds #nature #wildlife
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Happy Turkey day!
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Great blue Heron perched along the Rock River last week:

#birds #heron #nature #wildlife
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Robins checking me out while getting a drink as I quietly drift by in my jon boat, Rock River last week:

#birds #wildlife #nature
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Great Blue Heron, Mississippi River this week:

#blue_heron #birds #wildlife #nature
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Mississippi River backwater slough between islands this week:

#nature #scenic #river
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I prefer the Walleye, but I do catch bass, stripers, flathead, pike and muski. I enjoy photography more, so I spend most of my time doing that.
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
There's still a shore bird hanging around (sandpiper I think), Mississippi River yesterday:

#birds #nature #wildlife
November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Mississippi River this morning, here's one without the stump:

#nature #scenic_river #Mississippi_river
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Mississippi River this morning:

#nature #river #Illinois
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The sky above
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Mallard Drake flying by:

#waterfowl #birds #nature
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Sure is frosty cold this morning. I am staying home, its deer shotgun season & the miss river is packed with walleye tournament boats. Here is a Cardinal from last week:

#birds #nature #wildlife
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Rock River last time out:

#nature #river
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Kingfisher from last time out on the rock:

#birds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Scenic pics of the Rock River this week:

#nature #river #Illinois
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Redtail Hawk yesterday, Rock River. I get photos on 2 rivers, which is why I mention which one. The Rock River is near my home, the Mississippi River is 30 miles away. I have a jet-drive motor on a jon boat for the rock & a V-bottom for big water:

#raptor #birds #wildlife #nature
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Great Blue Heron yesterday, Rock River:

#birds #wildlife #nature
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Flicker from this morning:

#Birds #flicker #wildlife #nature
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Sure was cold out there this morning. Eagle while running up river:

#raptor #birds #wildlife #narture
November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Misssissippi River Fall scene November 2025:

#nature #scenic #river #Photography
November 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
There was a turkey on the scene as well:
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
8 point buck from yesterday, Rock River:

#wildlife #nature #deer #wildlife_photography
November 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM