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Wingman Photo
@icephoto.bsky.social
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Cybersecurity practitioner by trade.
Photographer by passion.
Retired USAF Vet by pure luck.
ASD by birth.
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Wingman Photo @icephoto.bsky.social · Nov 29
Greetings to friends new and old.

By weekday I'm a cybersecurity and privacy practitioner. It pays the bills.

By weekend I am photographer that concentrates on things with wings, trains, and lighthouses. It feeds my soul.

#Photography #Nature #Trains #Macrophotography #birds #dragonflies
Valley Railroad Steam Locomotive 40 with a freight consist in the fall colors of Connecticut. Male Band-winged Meadowhawk Snowy Egret with a recently captured fish. Perched Ebony Jewelwing damselfly
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With 4 days of shooting and 12,000 images to choose from and maybe some attention deficit issues, I've bounced between shoots. This one is back at La Lomita.

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
Uvalde County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1937

#Photography #Birds #Nature #GREJ #Canon #wildlife
June 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Staying at Transition Ranch for tonight's image. This species used to be a Western Scrub Jay until the species was split from the California Scrub Jay in 2016

Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii)
Kinney County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1936

#Photography #Birds #Nature #WOSJ #Canon #wildlife
June 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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As common of a bird as I think exists in most of the US, but when captured well I think is still a very worthy photo subject. At Transition Ranch

House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
Kinney County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1935

#Photography #Birds #Nature #HOFI #Canon #wildlife
June 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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From mostly absence of color, but very pretty blue mascara yesterday to an in-your-face splash of yellow, south Texas birds never fail to impress. From La Lomita again

Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
Uvalde County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1934

#Photography #Birds #Nature #YBCH #Canon #wildlife
June 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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After a busy week, I got out and shot some today. Pictures to come soon. Instead continuing my shots from south Texas with this common but pretty dove.

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
Uvalde County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1933

#Photography #Birds #Nature #WWDO #Canon #wildlife
June 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Closed out a busy and stressful week fairly early yesterday afternoon. Processing images this morning and chilling out. Will be in the field tomorrow.

Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
Uvalde County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1932

#Photography #Birds #Nature #BCTI #Canon #wildlife
June 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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From a large bird last night to a small one tonight. Seen at La Lomita Photography Ranch.

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
Uvalde County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1931

#Photography #Birds #Nature #WCSP #Canon #wildlife
June 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Busy and stressful day as expected. Dropping an image here before it starts all over again tomorrow. Another from El Potrero Nature Photography Ranch.

Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway)
Kleberg County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1930

#Photography #Birds #Nature #CRCA #Canon #wildlife
June 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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One last image for the weekend. Staying with the large bird theme, a scavenger from the Buzzard Buffet at El Potrero Nature Photography Ranch.

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Kleberg County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1929

#Photography #Birds #Nature #BLVU #Canon #wildlife
June 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Been busy. Wish it was photography. Tomorrow will be a uniquely big and stressful day, but today I share images. Back at the Rocking R6 near Laredo for this one.

Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Webb County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1928

#Photography #Birds #Nature #HASH #Canon #wildlife
June 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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I've been bouncing around between the four days of shooting I had at the beginning of this month. Today we're back near Laredo with a common dove that I have very few portfolio images of.

Mourning Dove
Webb County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1927

#Photography #Birds #Nature #NOCA #Canon #wildlife
May 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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I have more Northern Cardinal images in my portfolio than any other bird by a large margin. So photogenic.

Northern Cardinal(Cardinalis cardinalis)
Uvalde County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1926

#Photography #Birds #Nature #NOCA #Canon #wildlife
May 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Keeping the gray but adding some solid red, this Desert Cardinal is always a treat to see and make images of. Seen this year at La Lomita Photography Ranch

Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus)
Uvalde County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1925

#Photography #Birds #Nature #PYRR #Canon #wildlife #blueskyartshow
May 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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This bird is always a challenge with exposure because of the mix of black and white. But a fun species to work with and generally very patient.

Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)
Kinney County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1924

#Photography #Birds #Nature #CHSP #Canon #wildlife
May 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Not quite as much color on this shot, but some subtle colors that are common to sparrows. Yet another from the Transition Ranch near Brackettville, Texas.

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Kinney County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1923

#Photography #Birds #Nature #CHSP #Canon #wildlife
May 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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From the grayest of grays to a definite splash of color. Only 2 oriole species this year. Transition Ranch was a great place to shoot. It has been far too long.

Hooded Oriole ♂ (Icterus cucullatus)
Kinney County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1922

#Photography #Birds #Nature #HOOR #Canon #wildlife
May 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Many count milestones by numbers ending in zeros (100, 1000, etc). At heart I'm a computer guy. The smartest computer still, at its heart, only understands binary--1 or 0, on or off. So reaching 256 followers (100000000 in base 2) is a neat accomplishment. Thanks for joining me on this journey.
May 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Back to birds tonight with a south Texas specialty and the first of the dove species I've processed from our trip.

White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
Kleberg County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1921

#Photography #Birds #Nature #WTDO #Canon #wildlife
May 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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This was my first encounter with a coyote within reach of my camera. This one had an injury to one of his ears, apparently the result of an unfortunate interaction with a human.

Coyote (Canis latrans) - "Van Gogh"
Kleberg County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1920

#Photography #Nature #Canon #wildlife
May 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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One more image before I call it a weekend. This was a might handsome Northern Mockingbird. This background was as I captured it--no Lightroom or AI tricks here.

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Kleberg County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1919

#Photography #Birds #Nature #NOMO #Canon #wildlife
May 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Blissfully going through shots again this morning and processing the best of the best. I was very pleased with this particular oriole shot.

Orchard Oriole ♂ (Icterus spurius)
Uvalde County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1918

#Photography #Birds #Nature #OROR #Canon
May 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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The only downside of shooting 12K images over the course of 8 days is knowing it may take 8 months to get through them all. This will take some time.

Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre)
Uvalde County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1917

#Photography #Birds #Nature #LBTH #Canon
May 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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My favorite Texas woodpecker at one of my favorite Texas private ranches: El Potrero Nature Photography Ranch.

Golden-fronted Woodpecker ♂ (Melanerpes aurifrons)
Kleberg County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1916

#Photography #Birds #Nature #GFWO #Canon
May 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Back from our annual trip to south Texas. 8 days. 4 ranches. 12K shots. I'm going to busy for a while...

Northern Bobwhite ♂ (Colinus virginianus)
Webb County, Texas
May 2025
Image 1915

#Photography #Birds #Nature #NOBO #Canon
May 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Went back and looked at my recent trip to Alabama and decided this one was good enough to process.

Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata)
Shelby County, Alabama
April 2025
Image 1914

#photography #MacroPhotography #Entomology #Dragonfly
April 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM