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JBtheExplorer ❄️| Native Plant Gardener (WI)
@jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
Wisconsin Native Plant Gardener🦋 (more than 3000 sq. ft.!), Habitat Enthusiast🌿, Casual Nature Photographer, Hiker, Gamer, Motorsports fan, Plane watcher. Using Bluesky to document the nature in my yard and elsewhere. Please plant #NativePlants
Surprisingly nobody's out here at the park picnicking on this 18°F day.

#Wisconsin #Winter
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Wood duck house.

#Wisconsin #Winter
January 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I could hear the pond ice making sounds while out on a hike today. My first time ever experiencing it and it was amazing!

#Winter #Wisconsin
January 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM
A throwback to when this little bird moved into my bird house.

#birds #wildlife #wisconsin
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I visit this pond all the time but can't usually get to this spot. It's interesting seeing the pond from this angle.
January 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Got out this morning for the first hike of the year!
January 13, 2026 at 4:50 PM
In the process of removing my 2023 photos from my pc so I might as well share a few while I have easy access to them. In this case, here are some of my #nativegarden photos from that spring and summer.

#nativeplants #butterfly #bloomscrolling #gardening
January 10, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Much better shot of the second Green Bay Packers plane.
January 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Couldn't get a better photo but this is the first of two Green Bay Packers planes flying past on their way to Chicago for the playoff game.

#aircraft #planes #aviation #Packers #GreenBayPackers
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Winter sowing with 14 milk jugs. We'll see how this goes. Species include rosinweed, tall thimbleweed, zigzag goldenrod, culver's root, and more. I also have more seeds in my stratification box, and might start a few indoors.

#nativeplants #nativegarden #gardening
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Another racecar in the collection.

#HotWheels #Diecast
January 9, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I noticed something white on my cedar tree a few minutes ago and realized it's the empty monarch chrysalis still tied to the branch that I forgot to remove.
January 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I play Bandle nearly every day and I've gotten a handful of songs right on the first try in the past year and a half, but I'm proud of how fast I got it today. As soon as I pushed play I recognized it. 😁
January 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
15°F didn't feel so bad wandering around the lighthouse (until I walked over to the lake and felt a breeze).

#lighthouse #Wisconsin #Winter #LakeMichigan
January 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Another look at the Wind Point foghorn building built in 1900.

#LakeMichigan #HistoricMarker #Wisconsin #Winter #historicbuilding #museum
January 3, 2026 at 10:32 PM
More photos from Wind Point. I found out after I got home that there's a Purple sandpiper hanging out at Wind Point. I never saw it and wasn't actively looking for birds, so I missed out.

#LakeMichigan #Winter #Wisconsin
January 3, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I took a photo of it in the summer of 2024 under clearer conditions. Cormorants were all over it back then.
January 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Racine Reef Light is a couple miles east of shore in Lake Michigan. It used to be a home to a pretty cool lighthouse but that was torn down in 1961 and replaced with a basic metal tower. At certain times of year it will be covered either in ice or cormorants.
January 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The top of the Wind Point lighthouse. One of the tallest and oldest lighthouses on the Great Lakes.

#lighthouse #wisconsin
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The Wind Point foghorn building overlooking Lake Michigan. It was built in 1900. Today it operates as a small museum.

#Wisconsin #LakeMichigan #HistoricalMarker #History #Winter
January 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Visited the Wind Point Lighthouse today. I rarely ever visit it in winter so it was nice to see with some snow on the ground.

#Wisconsin #Lighthouse #winter #snow
January 2, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Lots of dark-eyed juncos at the feeders lately.

#birds #winter #wisconsin
January 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
A few more additions to my collection. I usually stick with racecars but I couldn't pass up a Jurassic Park Jeep.

#diecast #HotWheels #Matchbox #racecar
January 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
All the leaves are brown.

And the sky is gray.
January 1, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Coyotes were active on the trails overnight.
January 1, 2026 at 12:26 AM