Eric F. Frazier
@frazeology.com
Writer, editor. Coauthor of GPS Declassified (University of Nebraska Press). Avid nature photographer. @Frazeology.com
Get Your Own Fish!
This Bald Eagle with the #staredown expression seemed annoyed that I was watching her eat breakfast after she nabbed a red fish from the Bay of Islands near Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #photography
This Bald Eagle with the #staredown expression seemed annoyed that I was watching her eat breakfast after she nabbed a red fish from the Bay of Islands near Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #photography
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Get Your Own Fish!
This Bald Eagle with the #staredown expression seemed annoyed that I was watching her eat breakfast after she nabbed a red fish from the Bay of Islands near Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #photography
This Bald Eagle with the #staredown expression seemed annoyed that I was watching her eat breakfast after she nabbed a red fish from the Bay of Islands near Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #photography
Hey, Wait for Me!
This juvenile Canada Goose, with many #ShadesOfGrey and its #beakopen, cried out and tried to fly when it strayed too far from its parents and sibling while grazing in a clover field.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #Stunday #photography
This juvenile Canada Goose, with many #ShadesOfGrey and its #beakopen, cried out and tried to fly when it strayed too far from its parents and sibling while grazing in a clover field.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #Stunday #photography
November 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hey, Wait for Me!
This juvenile Canada Goose, with many #ShadesOfGrey and its #beakopen, cried out and tried to fly when it strayed too far from its parents and sibling while grazing in a clover field.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #Stunday #photography
This juvenile Canada Goose, with many #ShadesOfGrey and its #beakopen, cried out and tried to fly when it strayed too far from its parents and sibling while grazing in a clover field.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #Stunday #photography
I Swear It Was This Big
Two Double-crested Cormorants perch on former dock #posts. The one drying his wings appears to be describing a fish that got away.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #photography
Two Double-crested Cormorants perch on former dock #posts. The one drying his wings appears to be describing a fish that got away.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #photography
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I Swear It Was This Big
Two Double-crested Cormorants perch on former dock #posts. The one drying his wings appears to be describing a fish that got away.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #photography
Two Double-crested Cormorants perch on former dock #posts. The one drying his wings appears to be describing a fish that got away.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #photography
Muscovy Ducks: An Oddball Species
Muscovy Ducks come in two types, wild and domesticated. With warty faces and webbed claws, they nest in trees.
These two #DucksOutOfWater appear to be the same sex (males ~2x larger), so no ducklings, ugly or otherwise forthcoming here.
#birds #photography
Muscovy Ducks come in two types, wild and domesticated. With warty faces and webbed claws, they nest in trees.
These two #DucksOutOfWater appear to be the same sex (males ~2x larger), so no ducklings, ugly or otherwise forthcoming here.
#birds #photography
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Muscovy Ducks: An Oddball Species
Muscovy Ducks come in two types, wild and domesticated. With warty faces and webbed claws, they nest in trees.
These two #DucksOutOfWater appear to be the same sex (males ~2x larger), so no ducklings, ugly or otherwise forthcoming here.
#birds #photography
Muscovy Ducks come in two types, wild and domesticated. With warty faces and webbed claws, they nest in trees.
These two #DucksOutOfWater appear to be the same sex (males ~2x larger), so no ducklings, ugly or otherwise forthcoming here.
#birds #photography
Eager to Fly
These five Mallard ducklings are #paddling furiously to keep up with mom, sparking one to test its immature wings, which are still kinda #yellow.
#BirdoftheDay #birds #photography
These five Mallard ducklings are #paddling furiously to keep up with mom, sparking one to test its immature wings, which are still kinda #yellow.
#BirdoftheDay #birds #photography
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Eager to Fly
These five Mallard ducklings are #paddling furiously to keep up with mom, sparking one to test its immature wings, which are still kinda #yellow.
#BirdoftheDay #birds #photography
These five Mallard ducklings are #paddling furiously to keep up with mom, sparking one to test its immature wings, which are still kinda #yellow.
#BirdoftheDay #birds #photography
Puffin Profile
On Vigur Island, off the north coast of Iceland, during a July 2024 visit, so many puffins (and other migratory birds) flitted about on shore it was challenging to capture one of these highly sociable and energetic birds alone in profile.
#birds #BirdsOnTheGround #photography
On Vigur Island, off the north coast of Iceland, during a July 2024 visit, so many puffins (and other migratory birds) flitted about on shore it was challenging to capture one of these highly sociable and energetic birds alone in profile.
#birds #BirdsOnTheGround #photography
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Puffin Profile
On Vigur Island, off the north coast of Iceland, during a July 2024 visit, so many puffins (and other migratory birds) flitted about on shore it was challenging to capture one of these highly sociable and energetic birds alone in profile.
#birds #BirdsOnTheGround #photography
On Vigur Island, off the north coast of Iceland, during a July 2024 visit, so many puffins (and other migratory birds) flitted about on shore it was challenging to capture one of these highly sociable and energetic birds alone in profile.
#birds #BirdsOnTheGround #photography
Deja View: Another Jet to the Moon
Since I'll never capture a jet flying across the moon three nights in a row, twice will have to do!
While not a true full moon, this image has better surface detail, which the hot jet trail blurs. Yes, it’s the little things we obsess over.
#moon #photography
Since I'll never capture a jet flying across the moon three nights in a row, twice will have to do!
While not a true full moon, this image has better surface detail, which the hot jet trail blurs. Yes, it’s the little things we obsess over.
#moon #photography
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Deja View: Another Jet to the Moon
Since I'll never capture a jet flying across the moon three nights in a row, twice will have to do!
While not a true full moon, this image has better surface detail, which the hot jet trail blurs. Yes, it’s the little things we obsess over.
#moon #photography
Since I'll never capture a jet flying across the moon three nights in a row, twice will have to do!
While not a true full moon, this image has better surface detail, which the hot jet trail blurs. Yes, it’s the little things we obsess over.
#moon #photography
Fly Me to the (Full) Moon
Living close to RDU airport provides occasional opportunities to photograph airplanes passing in front of the full moon during takeoff, but this high-flier unexpectedly transited while I was waiting for thin clouds to pass.
#moon #fullmoon #photography
Living close to RDU airport provides occasional opportunities to photograph airplanes passing in front of the full moon during takeoff, but this high-flier unexpectedly transited while I was waiting for thin clouds to pass.
#moon #fullmoon #photography
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Fly Me to the (Full) Moon
Living close to RDU airport provides occasional opportunities to photograph airplanes passing in front of the full moon during takeoff, but this high-flier unexpectedly transited while I was waiting for thin clouds to pass.
#moon #fullmoon #photography
Living close to RDU airport provides occasional opportunities to photograph airplanes passing in front of the full moon during takeoff, but this high-flier unexpectedly transited while I was waiting for thin clouds to pass.
#moon #fullmoon #photography
No Costume (or Bathing) Required
This male Northern Cardinal settled on the rim of our freshly filled bird bath and sipped unhurriedly. No interest in a bath. As I pondered why, he turned to stare at me, and I swear his look says, “Doesn't this crest look perfect already?”
#birds #photography
This male Northern Cardinal settled on the rim of our freshly filled bird bath and sipped unhurriedly. No interest in a bath. As I pondered why, he turned to stare at me, and I swear his look says, “Doesn't this crest look perfect already?”
#birds #photography
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
No Costume (or Bathing) Required
This male Northern Cardinal settled on the rim of our freshly filled bird bath and sipped unhurriedly. No interest in a bath. As I pondered why, he turned to stare at me, and I swear his look says, “Doesn't this crest look perfect already?”
#birds #photography
This male Northern Cardinal settled on the rim of our freshly filled bird bath and sipped unhurriedly. No interest in a bath. As I pondered why, he turned to stare at me, and I swear his look says, “Doesn't this crest look perfect already?”
#birds #photography
Drying His Wings
A Red-shouldered Hawk spreads his wings and tail to dry them after preening on a high perch during a rain shower.
#birds #raptors #naturephotography
A Red-shouldered Hawk spreads his wings and tail to dry them after preening on a high perch during a rain shower.
#birds #raptors #naturephotography
October 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Drying His Wings
A Red-shouldered Hawk spreads his wings and tail to dry them after preening on a high perch during a rain shower.
#birds #raptors #naturephotography
A Red-shouldered Hawk spreads his wings and tail to dry them after preening on a high perch during a rain shower.
#birds #raptors #naturephotography
Woodpecker Punches Nature’s Time Clock
After 10 minutes enlarging a hole, this Red-bellied Woodpecker pulled out and checked the late sun, which seemed to cue his quitting time. He stopped and flew away. My camera timestamp showed 5:31 pm. With the bird gone, it was my quitting time, too.
#birds
After 10 minutes enlarging a hole, this Red-bellied Woodpecker pulled out and checked the late sun, which seemed to cue his quitting time. He stopped and flew away. My camera timestamp showed 5:31 pm. With the bird gone, it was my quitting time, too.
#birds
October 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Woodpecker Punches Nature’s Time Clock
After 10 minutes enlarging a hole, this Red-bellied Woodpecker pulled out and checked the late sun, which seemed to cue his quitting time. He stopped and flew away. My camera timestamp showed 5:31 pm. With the bird gone, it was my quitting time, too.
#birds
After 10 minutes enlarging a hole, this Red-bellied Woodpecker pulled out and checked the late sun, which seemed to cue his quitting time. He stopped and flew away. My camera timestamp showed 5:31 pm. With the bird gone, it was my quitting time, too.
#birds
Reposted by Eric F. Frazier
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government…”
~Patrick Henry
~Patrick Henry
October 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government…”
~Patrick Henry
~Patrick Henry
October 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Ready for Winter
At Denali National Park in Alaska, most birds have flown south by mid-September, followed shortly by most humans.
This Canada Jay is one of the year-rounders, popping up on our hike a few days after the first snowfall.
#birds #photography #naturephotograpy
At Denali National Park in Alaska, most birds have flown south by mid-September, followed shortly by most humans.
This Canada Jay is one of the year-rounders, popping up on our hike a few days after the first snowfall.
#birds #photography #naturephotograpy
September 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Ready for Winter
At Denali National Park in Alaska, most birds have flown south by mid-September, followed shortly by most humans.
This Canada Jay is one of the year-rounders, popping up on our hike a few days after the first snowfall.
#birds #photography #naturephotograpy
At Denali National Park in Alaska, most birds have flown south by mid-September, followed shortly by most humans.
This Canada Jay is one of the year-rounders, popping up on our hike a few days after the first snowfall.
#birds #photography #naturephotograpy
Dragonfly Days
Late July to September is when adult dragonflies are most numerous—seemingly nature’s accommodation to bird photographers when their favored winged subjects begin to migrate by night and are less visible by day.
#photography #naturephotography #dragonflies
Late July to September is when adult dragonflies are most numerous—seemingly nature’s accommodation to bird photographers when their favored winged subjects begin to migrate by night and are less visible by day.
#photography #naturephotography #dragonflies
September 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Dragonfly Days
Late July to September is when adult dragonflies are most numerous—seemingly nature’s accommodation to bird photographers when their favored winged subjects begin to migrate by night and are less visible by day.
#photography #naturephotography #dragonflies
Late July to September is when adult dragonflies are most numerous—seemingly nature’s accommodation to bird photographers when their favored winged subjects begin to migrate by night and are less visible by day.
#photography #naturephotography #dragonflies
Hummer Rest Stop
Hummingbirds don’t stay perched long in one spot, so I was lucky to find this Ruby-throated hummer resting on a twig and catch the liftoff.
Captured August 9, 2025, by Eric F. Frazier in Wood Valley, north Raleigh, N.C.
#birds #photography #naturephotograpy #hummingbirds
Hummingbirds don’t stay perched long in one spot, so I was lucky to find this Ruby-throated hummer resting on a twig and catch the liftoff.
Captured August 9, 2025, by Eric F. Frazier in Wood Valley, north Raleigh, N.C.
#birds #photography #naturephotograpy #hummingbirds
August 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Hummer Rest Stop
Hummingbirds don’t stay perched long in one spot, so I was lucky to find this Ruby-throated hummer resting on a twig and catch the liftoff.
Captured August 9, 2025, by Eric F. Frazier in Wood Valley, north Raleigh, N.C.
#birds #photography #naturephotograpy #hummingbirds
Hummingbirds don’t stay perched long in one spot, so I was lucky to find this Ruby-throated hummer resting on a twig and catch the liftoff.
Captured August 9, 2025, by Eric F. Frazier in Wood Valley, north Raleigh, N.C.
#birds #photography #naturephotograpy #hummingbirds
Black and Blue
This juvenile Eastern Bluebird enjoys a shrinking spot of sunshine as late afternoon shadows overtake the tree canopy.
Captured August 9, 2025, by Eric F. Frazier in Wood Valley, north Raleigh, N.C.
#birds #photography #bluebirds #naturephotograpy
This juvenile Eastern Bluebird enjoys a shrinking spot of sunshine as late afternoon shadows overtake the tree canopy.
Captured August 9, 2025, by Eric F. Frazier in Wood Valley, north Raleigh, N.C.
#birds #photography #bluebirds #naturephotograpy
August 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Black and Blue
This juvenile Eastern Bluebird enjoys a shrinking spot of sunshine as late afternoon shadows overtake the tree canopy.
Captured August 9, 2025, by Eric F. Frazier in Wood Valley, north Raleigh, N.C.
#birds #photography #bluebirds #naturephotograpy
This juvenile Eastern Bluebird enjoys a shrinking spot of sunshine as late afternoon shadows overtake the tree canopy.
Captured August 9, 2025, by Eric F. Frazier in Wood Valley, north Raleigh, N.C.
#birds #photography #bluebirds #naturephotograpy
The Heron Dive
You’ve heard of a swan dive, but a heron dive?
After an awkward but acrobatic leap over several tree branches, this Great Blue's enormous wings converted the downward dive into forward flight.
#birds #photography #naturephotography #greatblueherons
You’ve heard of a swan dive, but a heron dive?
After an awkward but acrobatic leap over several tree branches, this Great Blue's enormous wings converted the downward dive into forward flight.
#birds #photography #naturephotography #greatblueherons
August 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Heron Dive
You’ve heard of a swan dive, but a heron dive?
After an awkward but acrobatic leap over several tree branches, this Great Blue's enormous wings converted the downward dive into forward flight.
#birds #photography #naturephotography #greatblueherons
You’ve heard of a swan dive, but a heron dive?
After an awkward but acrobatic leap over several tree branches, this Great Blue's enormous wings converted the downward dive into forward flight.
#birds #photography #naturephotography #greatblueherons
Sunset Crescent Moon
Caught this image of the waxing crescent moon July 28, as twilight drifted into night.
I like how the light’s angle and nature’s hazy filter bring out the surface details, making the moon look like driftwood — or a fossilized banana!
#photography #astrophotography #moon
Caught this image of the waxing crescent moon July 28, as twilight drifted into night.
I like how the light’s angle and nature’s hazy filter bring out the surface details, making the moon look like driftwood — or a fossilized banana!
#photography #astrophotography #moon
July 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Sunset Crescent Moon
Caught this image of the waxing crescent moon July 28, as twilight drifted into night.
I like how the light’s angle and nature’s hazy filter bring out the surface details, making the moon look like driftwood — or a fossilized banana!
#photography #astrophotography #moon
Caught this image of the waxing crescent moon July 28, as twilight drifted into night.
I like how the light’s angle and nature’s hazy filter bring out the surface details, making the moon look like driftwood — or a fossilized banana!
#photography #astrophotography #moon
Don’t Judge the Mug
Turkey Vultures, nature’s airborne janitorial crew, are undeniably ugly up front.
But their wingspan and flight are majestic as they patrol the skies sniffing out the important but dirty work they do on the ground.
#birds #photography #naturephotograpy
Turkey Vultures, nature’s airborne janitorial crew, are undeniably ugly up front.
But their wingspan and flight are majestic as they patrol the skies sniffing out the important but dirty work they do on the ground.
#birds #photography #naturephotograpy
July 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Don’t Judge the Mug
Turkey Vultures, nature’s airborne janitorial crew, are undeniably ugly up front.
But their wingspan and flight are majestic as they patrol the skies sniffing out the important but dirty work they do on the ground.
#birds #photography #naturephotograpy
Turkey Vultures, nature’s airborne janitorial crew, are undeniably ugly up front.
But their wingspan and flight are majestic as they patrol the skies sniffing out the important but dirty work they do on the ground.
#birds #photography #naturephotograpy
Late Afternoon Snack
For this Red-tailed Hawk, golden hour could become happy hour – if the hunt goes well.
#birds #raptors #photography
For this Red-tailed Hawk, golden hour could become happy hour – if the hunt goes well.
#birds #raptors #photography
July 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Late Afternoon Snack
For this Red-tailed Hawk, golden hour could become happy hour – if the hunt goes well.
#birds #raptors #photography
For this Red-tailed Hawk, golden hour could become happy hour – if the hunt goes well.
#birds #raptors #photography
The word “wildflowers” evokes swaths of sunlit blooms swaying in the breeze.
I found this Sulfur Cosmos, a member of the sunflower family, growing in the shadows, all by itself, on the edge of our community’s walking trail.
Solitude did not diminish its perfection.
#phtotography #bloomscrolling
I found this Sulfur Cosmos, a member of the sunflower family, growing in the shadows, all by itself, on the edge of our community’s walking trail.
Solitude did not diminish its perfection.
#phtotography #bloomscrolling
July 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The word “wildflowers” evokes swaths of sunlit blooms swaying in the breeze.
I found this Sulfur Cosmos, a member of the sunflower family, growing in the shadows, all by itself, on the edge of our community’s walking trail.
Solitude did not diminish its perfection.
#phtotography #bloomscrolling
I found this Sulfur Cosmos, a member of the sunflower family, growing in the shadows, all by itself, on the edge of our community’s walking trail.
Solitude did not diminish its perfection.
#phtotography #bloomscrolling
The Beak of the (House) Finch
Some find House Finches drab, but they’re always there when you need them—like when the afternoon light is just right in your backyard.
Unlike their flashier cousins, you don’t have to travel to the Galapagos to shoot them (although I’d like to).
#birds #photography
Some find House Finches drab, but they’re always there when you need them—like when the afternoon light is just right in your backyard.
Unlike their flashier cousins, you don’t have to travel to the Galapagos to shoot them (although I’d like to).
#birds #photography
July 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Beak of the (House) Finch
Some find House Finches drab, but they’re always there when you need them—like when the afternoon light is just right in your backyard.
Unlike their flashier cousins, you don’t have to travel to the Galapagos to shoot them (although I’d like to).
#birds #photography
Some find House Finches drab, but they’re always there when you need them—like when the afternoon light is just right in your backyard.
Unlike their flashier cousins, you don’t have to travel to the Galapagos to shoot them (although I’d like to).
#birds #photography