📷🦉 I Go Pogo
@igopogo.bsky.social
Photographer of plants and birds and rocks and things, sand and hills and trees ... some systems ecology, some philosophy, some sci-fi-ery, and lots of internal bird-thought monologs
PDX-based Ph.D. Ecologist
PDX-based Ph.D. Ecologist
Denizens of the Bitter Lake NWR, Roswell NM
1) Puddle ducks - two species present (test your knowledge!), but I know there were a few Northern Shoveler in there somewhere
2) Snake of the rattle variety (I don't do reptiles ;-)
3) Location indicator sign
#NWR #bitterlake #newmexico #rattlesnake
1) Puddle ducks - two species present (test your knowledge!), but I know there were a few Northern Shoveler in there somewhere
2) Snake of the rattle variety (I don't do reptiles ;-)
3) Location indicator sign
#NWR #bitterlake #newmexico #rattlesnake
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Denizens of the Bitter Lake NWR, Roswell NM
1) Puddle ducks - two species present (test your knowledge!), but I know there were a few Northern Shoveler in there somewhere
2) Snake of the rattle variety (I don't do reptiles ;-)
3) Location indicator sign
#NWR #bitterlake #newmexico #rattlesnake
1) Puddle ducks - two species present (test your knowledge!), but I know there were a few Northern Shoveler in there somewhere
2) Snake of the rattle variety (I don't do reptiles ;-)
3) Location indicator sign
#NWR #bitterlake #newmexico #rattlesnake
Early morning at a slightly smaller Stonehenge ... accurate in most dimensions at 70% scale ... The Heal Stone can be seen in the far right background (seen the plaque for details) ...
University of Texas of the Permian Basin Stonehenge
Built in 2004 by stoneworkers Connie and Brenda Edwards
University of Texas of the Permian Basin Stonehenge
Built in 2004 by stoneworkers Connie and Brenda Edwards
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Early morning at a slightly smaller Stonehenge ... accurate in most dimensions at 70% scale ... The Heal Stone can be seen in the far right background (seen the plaque for details) ...
University of Texas of the Permian Basin Stonehenge
Built in 2004 by stoneworkers Connie and Brenda Edwards
University of Texas of the Permian Basin Stonehenge
Built in 2004 by stoneworkers Connie and Brenda Edwards
On the way out ...
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Jupiter FL
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Jupiter FL
October 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
On the way out ...
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Jupiter FL
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Jupiter FL
Fresnel lens
The Way UP
Dedication
History
#lighthouse #florida #jupiter #bureauoflandmangement #DOI #fresnel
The Way UP
Dedication
History
#lighthouse #florida #jupiter #bureauoflandmangement #DOI #fresnel
October 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Fresnel lens
The Way UP
Dedication
History
#lighthouse #florida #jupiter #bureauoflandmangement #DOI #fresnel
The Way UP
Dedication
History
#lighthouse #florida #jupiter #bureauoflandmangement #DOI #fresnel
The lighthouse at Jupiter Inlet sometime in 2017 ... below, behind, from the top ...
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Jupiter FL
www.blm.gov/programs/nat...
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Jupiter FL
www.blm.gov/programs/nat...
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The lighthouse at Jupiter Inlet sometime in 2017 ... below, behind, from the top ...
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Jupiter FL
www.blm.gov/programs/nat...
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Jupiter FL
www.blm.gov/programs/nat...
No, not 'thrush' ... I am a thrasher, I am off to THRASH!
[and, dude, clean your gutters ... geez😮]
📷 Brown Thrasher giving attitude on a roof in VA sometime in 2025
[and, dude, clean your gutters ... geez😮]
📷 Brown Thrasher giving attitude on a roof in VA sometime in 2025
October 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
No, not 'thrush' ... I am a thrasher, I am off to THRASH!
[and, dude, clean your gutters ... geez😮]
📷 Brown Thrasher giving attitude on a roof in VA sometime in 2025
[and, dude, clean your gutters ... geez😮]
📷 Brown Thrasher giving attitude on a roof in VA sometime in 2025
Leaving no stone unturned ...
📷Ruddy Turnstone moving into winter plumage on the beach at Cape Henlopen State Park (MD) some few weeks ago
🦉 #bird #shorebird #turnstone #maryland #beach
📷Ruddy Turnstone moving into winter plumage on the beach at Cape Henlopen State Park (MD) some few weeks ago
🦉 #bird #shorebird #turnstone #maryland #beach
September 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Leaving no stone unturned ...
📷Ruddy Turnstone moving into winter plumage on the beach at Cape Henlopen State Park (MD) some few weeks ago
🦉 #bird #shorebird #turnstone #maryland #beach
📷Ruddy Turnstone moving into winter plumage on the beach at Cape Henlopen State Park (MD) some few weeks ago
🦉 #bird #shorebird #turnstone #maryland #beach
Sanderling solitude - "...just waitin' for my wave ..."
📷🦉 Sanderling at Cape Henlopen State Park (Lewes DE), just recently arrived from the Arctic Circle, August 2025
#bird #shorebird #sanderling #calidris #beach #ocean
📷🦉 Sanderling at Cape Henlopen State Park (Lewes DE), just recently arrived from the Arctic Circle, August 2025
#bird #shorebird #sanderling #calidris #beach #ocean
August 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sanderling solitude - "...just waitin' for my wave ..."
📷🦉 Sanderling at Cape Henlopen State Park (Lewes DE), just recently arrived from the Arctic Circle, August 2025
#bird #shorebird #sanderling #calidris #beach #ocean
📷🦉 Sanderling at Cape Henlopen State Park (Lewes DE), just recently arrived from the Arctic Circle, August 2025
#bird #shorebird #sanderling #calidris #beach #ocean
My friend Wilson, right, left and center ...
📷 of Wilson's Phalarope in the Arapaho NWR Wildlife Auto Tour somewhat near Walden CO in 2025
Thus bagging of all three NA phalaropes, Red and Red-necked in Alaska, Wilson's in CO 🎉
No, I don't keep a list, just vague recall in my head😎
#birds #NWR 🦉
📷 of Wilson's Phalarope in the Arapaho NWR Wildlife Auto Tour somewhat near Walden CO in 2025
Thus bagging of all three NA phalaropes, Red and Red-necked in Alaska, Wilson's in CO 🎉
No, I don't keep a list, just vague recall in my head😎
#birds #NWR 🦉
August 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
July 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
But does His Royal @theineptbirder.bsky.social ???
July 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
But does His Royal @theineptbirder.bsky.social ???
"He tasks me. He tasks me and I shall have him!"
📷 of a Broad-tailed Hummingbird watching over his territory ... left, right, center ... for his neighbor ...
[I didn't realize they watched STWOK]
📷 of a Broad-tailed Hummingbird watching over his territory ... left, right, center ... for his neighbor ...
[I didn't realize they watched STWOK]
July 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"He tasks me. He tasks me and I shall have him!"
📷 of a Broad-tailed Hummingbird watching over his territory ... left, right, center ... for his neighbor ...
[I didn't realize they watched STWOK]
📷 of a Broad-tailed Hummingbird watching over his territory ... left, right, center ... for his neighbor ...
[I didn't realize they watched STWOK]
Dude, if you shoot thru the windshield with that lens, it won't work ...
OK, that's cheating putting the passenger window down ...
Go away, I'm trying to eat lunch here ... in peace ...
📷 Pronghorn in the Arapaho #NWR Wildlife Auto Tour along Colorado 125, Walden CO
#USFWS #colorado #arapahoNWR
OK, that's cheating putting the passenger window down ...
Go away, I'm trying to eat lunch here ... in peace ...
📷 Pronghorn in the Arapaho #NWR Wildlife Auto Tour along Colorado 125, Walden CO
#USFWS #colorado #arapahoNWR
July 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Dude, if you shoot thru the windshield with that lens, it won't work ...
OK, that's cheating putting the passenger window down ...
Go away, I'm trying to eat lunch here ... in peace ...
📷 Pronghorn in the Arapaho #NWR Wildlife Auto Tour along Colorado 125, Walden CO
#USFWS #colorado #arapahoNWR
OK, that's cheating putting the passenger window down ...
Go away, I'm trying to eat lunch here ... in peace ...
📷 Pronghorn in the Arapaho #NWR Wildlife Auto Tour along Colorado 125, Walden CO
#USFWS #colorado #arapahoNWR
No #birdthoughts post is complete without a nod to @theineptbirder.bsky.social and offering an entry into the #worstbirdpics competition for 2025
July 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
No #birdthoughts post is complete without a nod to @theineptbirder.bsky.social and offering an entry into the #worstbirdpics competition for 2025
📷🦉 [a Swainson's Hawk extensive AirBNB review continues]
Just need to finish a pre-flight stretch ...
and I am gone ...
wait til they see my review ...
Fine ... 3-stars ... I need to keep my user rating up ...
More #birthoughts on the Arapaho #NWR Wildlife Auto Tour, Walden CO
Just need to finish a pre-flight stretch ...
and I am gone ...
wait til they see my review ...
Fine ... 3-stars ... I need to keep my user rating up ...
More #birthoughts on the Arapaho #NWR Wildlife Auto Tour, Walden CO
July 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
📷🦉 [a Swainson's Hawk extensive AirBNB review continues]
Just need to finish a pre-flight stretch ...
and I am gone ...
wait til they see my review ...
Fine ... 3-stars ... I need to keep my user rating up ...
More #birthoughts on the Arapaho #NWR Wildlife Auto Tour, Walden CO
Just need to finish a pre-flight stretch ...
and I am gone ...
wait til they see my review ...
Fine ... 3-stars ... I need to keep my user rating up ...
More #birthoughts on the Arapaho #NWR Wildlife Auto Tour, Walden CO
📷🦉 [a Swainson's Hawk extensive AirBNB review]
I used this B&B a few years ago, was very nice then ...
Look at it now, and what is that smell???
The pool hasn't been cleaned in years ...
#bird #birdthoughts #hawk #raptor #Buteo #NWR #USFWS #arapahoNWR
I used this B&B a few years ago, was very nice then ...
Look at it now, and what is that smell???
The pool hasn't been cleaned in years ...
#bird #birdthoughts #hawk #raptor #Buteo #NWR #USFWS #arapahoNWR
July 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
📷🦉 [a Swainson's Hawk extensive AirBNB review]
I used this B&B a few years ago, was very nice then ...
Look at it now, and what is that smell???
The pool hasn't been cleaned in years ...
#bird #birdthoughts #hawk #raptor #Buteo #NWR #USFWS #arapahoNWR
I used this B&B a few years ago, was very nice then ...
Look at it now, and what is that smell???
The pool hasn't been cleaned in years ...
#bird #birdthoughts #hawk #raptor #Buteo #NWR #USFWS #arapahoNWR
Oh oh oh ... Becky is behind the rushes ...
I'm going to show just how Alpha I am ....
Wait, Becky ... I'm more than that ...
OK ... so ... I hear that Fenna is nearby ...
Just waiting for my chance ...
Displays do not always get the babe ... just sayin'
#birds #ruddyduck #duck #bird ##waterfowl
I'm going to show just how Alpha I am ....
Wait, Becky ... I'm more than that ...
OK ... so ... I hear that Fenna is nearby ...
Just waiting for my chance ...
Displays do not always get the babe ... just sayin'
#birds #ruddyduck #duck #bird ##waterfowl
July 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Oh oh oh ... Becky is behind the rushes ...
I'm going to show just how Alpha I am ....
Wait, Becky ... I'm more than that ...
OK ... so ... I hear that Fenna is nearby ...
Just waiting for my chance ...
Displays do not always get the babe ... just sayin'
#birds #ruddyduck #duck #bird ##waterfowl
I'm going to show just how Alpha I am ....
Wait, Becky ... I'm more than that ...
OK ... so ... I hear that Fenna is nearby ...
Just waiting for my chance ...
Displays do not always get the babe ... just sayin'
#birds #ruddyduck #duck #bird ##waterfowl
Planet eclipse ... building clips ...
From a balcony in downtown PDX ...
From a balcony in downtown PDX ...
May 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Planet eclipse ... building clips ...
From a balcony in downtown PDX ...
From a balcony in downtown PDX ...
Burn pile debris, first soil pit for someone, thousand+ soil pit for someone else 😎
February with Oregon Society of Soil Scientists south of Hood River on parts of the Mt Hood NF 2025
February with Oregon Society of Soil Scientists south of Hood River on parts of the Mt Hood NF 2025
May 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Burn pile debris, first soil pit for someone, thousand+ soil pit for someone else 😎
February with Oregon Society of Soil Scientists south of Hood River on parts of the Mt Hood NF 2025
February with Oregon Society of Soil Scientists south of Hood River on parts of the Mt Hood NF 2025
Late snow storm in Canyonlands ...
Pano ... open for full effect
Pano ... open for full effect
May 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Late snow storm in Canyonlands ...
Pano ... open for full effect
Pano ... open for full effect
