Todd
@ilookatclouds.bsky.social
Weather guy, retired military, hiker, picture taker, totally embarrassing dad to 5 teenagers.
Love living in Southeast Arizona
See more of my pictures at:
http://WildlifeArchive.com
Or read about our hikes:
https://jotnhill.com
Love living in Southeast Arizona
See more of my pictures at:
http://WildlifeArchive.com
Or read about our hikes:
https://jotnhill.com
It's nice when I have my camera with the big Sigma lens on it with me when the #F-16s decide to do low approaches.
#Aircraft #AirCraftPhotography #military
#Aircraft #AirCraftPhotography #military
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It's nice when I have my camera with the big Sigma lens on it with me when the #F-16s decide to do low approaches.
#Aircraft #AirCraftPhotography #military
#Aircraft #AirCraftPhotography #military
We haven't had our first freeze here in southeast Arizona yet, so no widespread fall colors. But a few of the maples in Ramsey Canyon are starting to turn.
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We haven't had our first freeze here in southeast Arizona yet, so no widespread fall colors. But a few of the maples in Ramsey Canyon are starting to turn.
For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #birdsontheground, I think we will go with the very appropriately named Road Runner.
... this one has a snack.🪶
#EastCoastKin #RoadRunner
... this one has a snack.🪶
#EastCoastKin #RoadRunner
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #birdsontheground, I think we will go with the very appropriately named Road Runner.
... this one has a snack.🪶
#EastCoastKin #RoadRunner
... this one has a snack.🪶
#EastCoastKin #RoadRunner
Now that I'm home from work, I remembered that I have one more good #BirdOfTheDay for the #least category.
As much as I'm out in nature, and as many pictures as I take, I've very rarely captured images of #owls.
This Barred Owl at a park in San Antonio one morning was a rare exception.
As much as I'm out in nature, and as many pictures as I take, I've very rarely captured images of #owls.
This Barred Owl at a park in San Antonio one morning was a rare exception.
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Now that I'm home from work, I remembered that I have one more good #BirdOfTheDay for the #least category.
As much as I'm out in nature, and as many pictures as I take, I've very rarely captured images of #owls.
This Barred Owl at a park in San Antonio one morning was a rare exception.
As much as I'm out in nature, and as many pictures as I take, I've very rarely captured images of #owls.
This Barred Owl at a park in San Antonio one morning was a rare exception.
Now, if we're talking about the bird I have the least "good" images of (despite seeing them relatively often), it's definitely the American Kestrel.
Even with a long lens, these guys never let me get very close.
Even with a long lens, these guys never let me get very close.
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Now, if we're talking about the bird I have the least "good" images of (despite seeing them relatively often), it's definitely the American Kestrel.
Even with a long lens, these guys never let me get very close.
Even with a long lens, these guys never let me get very close.
So the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is about our #least photographed bird.
This one is easy for me, as I just wrote a post the other day about the Sinaloa Wren that hung out north of the border for a few months in 2015. www.tmpic.com/p/photograph...
This one is easy for me, as I just wrote a post the other day about the Sinaloa Wren that hung out north of the border for a few months in 2015. www.tmpic.com/p/photograph...
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
So the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is about our #least photographed bird.
This one is easy for me, as I just wrote a post the other day about the Sinaloa Wren that hung out north of the border for a few months in 2015. www.tmpic.com/p/photograph...
This one is easy for me, as I just wrote a post the other day about the Sinaloa Wren that hung out north of the border for a few months in 2015. www.tmpic.com/p/photograph...
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm fortunate to live in a place where rare birds will occasionally make their way north of the border.
I'm not really one to chase the rare bird🪶 reports, so I haven't (knowingly) photographed any lately.
But in 2015 this Sinaloa Wren just happened to be hanging out in one of my favorite spots.
I'm not really one to chase the rare bird🪶 reports, so I haven't (knowingly) photographed any lately.
But in 2015 this Sinaloa Wren just happened to be hanging out in one of my favorite spots.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'm fortunate to live in a place where rare birds will occasionally make their way north of the border.
I'm not really one to chase the rare bird🪶 reports, so I haven't (knowingly) photographed any lately.
But in 2015 this Sinaloa Wren just happened to be hanging out in one of my favorite spots.
I'm not really one to chase the rare bird🪶 reports, so I haven't (knowingly) photographed any lately.
But in 2015 this Sinaloa Wren just happened to be hanging out in one of my favorite spots.
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #takeoffs. This works out well, as I've got a #pelican shot from last week at the Gilbert Water Ranch that I never shared.🪶 #BirdPhotography #Arizona #EastCoastKin
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #takeoffs. This works out well, as I've got a #pelican shot from last week at the Gilbert Water Ranch that I never shared.🪶 #BirdPhotography #Arizona #EastCoastKin
Picture of the Day
Going a little more abstract. I liked the way the light was hitting this cactus this morning.
Going a little more abstract. I liked the way the light was hitting this cactus this morning.
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Picture of the Day
Going a little more abstract. I liked the way the light was hitting this cactus this morning.
Going a little more abstract. I liked the way the light was hitting this cactus this morning.
This image from yesterday of a blue-eyed darner is probably one of the better shots I've ever captured of a #dragonfly actually in flight.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This image from yesterday of a blue-eyed darner is probably one of the better shots I've ever captured of a #dragonfly actually in flight.
I need to wake up one of these mornings to see that the bird of the day theme is something like "buttery smooth bokeh" ... lol, my big sigma shines in that category. 🪶
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I need to wake up one of these mornings to see that the bird of the day theme is something like "buttery smooth bokeh" ... lol, my big sigma shines in that category. 🪶
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #lunchtime.
It seems like most of the images I have of birds🪶 eating, are of great blue heron ... and of those, there were two I couldn't decide between, so I'll just share both.
It seems like most of the images I have of birds🪶 eating, are of great blue heron ... and of those, there were two I couldn't decide between, so I'll just share both.
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #lunchtime.
It seems like most of the images I have of birds🪶 eating, are of great blue heron ... and of those, there were two I couldn't decide between, so I'll just share both.
It seems like most of the images I have of birds🪶 eating, are of great blue heron ... and of those, there were two I couldn't decide between, so I'll just share both.
Picture of the Day
Every time I see one of these birds 🪶 on our backyard fence I end up with a Stevie Nicks song stuck in my head for the rest of the day. 😎
Every time I see one of these birds 🪶 on our backyard fence I end up with a Stevie Nicks song stuck in my head for the rest of the day. 😎
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Picture of the Day
Every time I see one of these birds 🪶 on our backyard fence I end up with a Stevie Nicks song stuck in my head for the rest of the day. 😎
Every time I see one of these birds 🪶 on our backyard fence I end up with a Stevie Nicks song stuck in my head for the rest of the day. 😎
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #CloseUps, I'm going to go with this Cassin's Kingbird that was nice enough to pose on a branch almost right in front of me. 🪶
#EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Arizona
#EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Arizona
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #CloseUps, I'm going to go with this Cassin's Kingbird that was nice enough to pose on a branch almost right in front of me. 🪶
#EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Arizona
#EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Arizona
For the #BirdOfTheDay theme today, I present to you this Painted Redstart on a #rock.
#EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Arizona 🪶
#EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Arizona 🪶
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For the #BirdOfTheDay theme today, I present to you this Painted Redstart on a #rock.
#EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Arizona 🪶
#EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Arizona 🪶
This one didn't make it into my share of images from the Gilbert Riparian Preserve yesterday. It's a very cool bird🪶, but I'm not sure about the lighting.
#BirdsOfBluesky #BirdSky #BirdPhotography #NeotropicCormorant #WildlifePhotography #AZWildlife
#BirdsOfBluesky #BirdSky #BirdPhotography #NeotropicCormorant #WildlifePhotography #AZWildlife
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This one didn't make it into my share of images from the Gilbert Riparian Preserve yesterday. It's a very cool bird🪶, but I'm not sure about the lighting.
#BirdsOfBluesky #BirdSky #BirdPhotography #NeotropicCormorant #WildlifePhotography #AZWildlife
#BirdsOfBluesky #BirdSky #BirdPhotography #NeotropicCormorant #WildlifePhotography #AZWildlife
So I posted pigeons yesterday for underrated, but since today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #pigeons, I suppose I'll share another image. 🪶
I enjoy how pigeons sometimes look like they're bad-asses.
#EastCoastKin #BirdSky #BirdPhotography #UrbanWildlife #RockPigeon #BirdPortrait
I enjoy how pigeons sometimes look like they're bad-asses.
#EastCoastKin #BirdSky #BirdPhotography #UrbanWildlife #RockPigeon #BirdPortrait
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
So I posted pigeons yesterday for underrated, but since today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #pigeons, I suppose I'll share another image. 🪶
I enjoy how pigeons sometimes look like they're bad-asses.
#EastCoastKin #BirdSky #BirdPhotography #UrbanWildlife #RockPigeon #BirdPortrait
I enjoy how pigeons sometimes look like they're bad-asses.
#EastCoastKin #BirdSky #BirdPhotography #UrbanWildlife #RockPigeon #BirdPortrait
This was a close runner up as my favorite shot from this morning. Kildeer silhouettes
November 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This was a close runner up as my favorite shot from this morning. Kildeer silhouettes
Picture of the Day
Early morning white pelicans 🪶
Early morning white pelicans 🪶
November 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Picture of the Day
Early morning white pelicans 🪶
Early morning white pelicans 🪶
Blue Heron close-up 🪶
November 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Blue Heron close-up 🪶
Black-crowned night heron 🪶
November 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Black-crowned night heron 🪶
Anna's hummingbird 🪶
November 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Anna's hummingbird 🪶
When I'm out taking #wildlife #pictures myself, I also like to capture images of other #photographers from time to time. This was this morning at the Gilbert (AZ) water ranch.
November 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
When I'm out taking #wildlife #pictures myself, I also like to capture images of other #photographers from time to time. This was this morning at the Gilbert (AZ) water ranch.