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photographer, birder, nature nerd, alt text enthusiast, he/him, northern illinois, 31, #birds

birds are real and good

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loren @loren.wiki · Aug 9
Nuthatch knows what you did

#birds 🪶
A white breasted nuthatch clinging to the side of a tree looking directly at the camera as they hang downward
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"In areas densely packed with tall cattails," @adrianaperez.bsky.social reports, "muskrats create a 'patchwork' of small openings that allow plants of different heights to grow. That, in turn, creates habitat for diverse native wildlife."
Muskrats fight invasive cattails and help restore biodiversity in Great Lakes wetlands, Loyola study finds
Dam-building beavers are known for changing their ecosystems; muskrats can substantially alter vegetation structure.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Him round.
#birds #worblers
Photo of a male Wilson’s Warbler perched atop a bit of wood and facing the camera. He is perfectly pear-shaped and pleasingly plump.
September 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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A Western White (Pontia occidentalis) snacking on a flower 🦋 🌼
#invertebrates #butterflies
A western white butterfly sitting in a large flower feeding on the pollen. The flower has a large yellow center and thin light purple petals
September 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Sup ya turkeys?
September 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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This week, migrating monarchs stopped to roost in large clusters among the branches of silver maples and spruce in rural Ohio. It was a spectacular sight! #monarchs
Dozens of monarch butterflies congregate amongst the green leaves of a silver maple tree. Hundreds of monarch butterflies congregate amongst the green leaves of a silver maple tree. A single monarch butterfly rests atop the branch of a spruce. A single monarch butterfly with outstretched wings rests amongst the tangled branches of spruce trees.
September 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Gracklepalooza continues with no signs of slowing!
This male Common Grackle was heading over to the tree nearer the creek. It always amazes me how birds fly among tree branches so easily!
#Birds #photography #wildlife
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A male Common Grackle flys from a green spruce tree. His head and neck show its vivid blue iridescence!
September 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Ok large format folks I need help. What’s a good large format camera to consider? I prefer something portable (I can walk with it in a backpack) and well made. Would it be a Chamomix or Linhof? I want to take large format nature photos.

#believeinfilm #photography
September 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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little heron has no idea what you did
a young green heron stands on a lichen covered branch and stares face on at the viewer. they have just grown out of most of their long wispy grey baby fluff aside from the bit on the very top of their head which is being blown to the right in a lovely comb over. their chest is a mix of reddish brown and light colored feathers forming streaks. their belly is fluffy and bright white. their legs are a pale yellow. they stare with bright yellow eyes on either side of a long orange beak
August 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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yes there are sticker packs
wolvendamien.bsky.social Dr. Damien P. Williams! Look over here! … It's All For You! @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Aug 8
Today's a really good day to put @signal.org's app on your personal devices.
August 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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little heron has no idea what you did
a young green heron stands on a lichen covered branch and stares face on at the viewer. they have just grown out of most of their long wispy grey baby fluff aside from the bit on the very top of their head which is being blown to the right in a lovely comb over. their chest is a mix of reddish brown and light colored feathers forming streaks. their belly is fluffy and bright white. their legs are a pale yellow. they stare with bright yellow eyes on either side of a long orange beak
August 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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“let me sing you the song of my people”
5 green herons in a nest as the sun rises. there are 2 adults and 3 fluffy grey chicks. the front chick has their beak wide open and neck extended so you can see in there. it looks like they are singing or perhaps yelling (they were yawning). parents look bedraggled from just getting chomped on a bunch. the other two chicks are just sitting on the left side of the neat looking small. they are surrounded by green leaves and warm light
July 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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“let me sing you the song of my people”
5 green herons in a nest as the sun rises. there are 2 adults and 3 fluffy grey chicks. the front chick has their beak wide open and neck extended so you can see in there. it looks like they are singing or perhaps yelling (they were yawning). parents look bedraggled from just getting chomped on a bunch. the other two chicks are just sitting on the left side of the neat looking small. they are surrounded by green leaves and warm light
July 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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One like, one clam fact
davidho.bsky.social David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 21
One like, one opinion about how to solve climate change.
holz-bau.bsky.social Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · Jul 21
1 like, 1 housing opinion
July 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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dont bite the leg that feeds you, or whatever they say
a side view of the green heron nest, with big heron turned away from the camera and one baby sitting upright front and center. behind the front chick the another can be seen chomping their yellow beak onto moms yellow leg (i think, its kind of hard to tell whos leg it is)
July 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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it looks pretty tough raising 3 tiny monsters set on stabbing you in the face at any opportunity
an adult green heron sitting on their nest made of lichen covered sticks in a scruffy tree covered in bright green leaves as seen through an opening in the leaves. under them are 3 fluffy grey chicks. ones face can be seen squished on the left side, one has their back to the camera and is sitting up and the thirds yellow beak is just visible under parent heron wings on the right. parent heron is mostly loafed with their beak wide open and pointed upward in what may be an exasperated yell from dealing with 3 tiny fluffy terrors or perhaps it is just a yawn. hard to say
July 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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hey whats going on back there??
a green heron sitting on a nest filled with two visible fluffy grey potatoes (baby herons). mom heron is turning over her shoulder as if to see what mischief the tiny gremlins have gotten up to. one of them is nuzzled up against her with their bright yellow beak tucked into her feathers. the other is front and center with beak wide open presumably causing a ruckus
July 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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THE BABIES
loren.wiki loren @loren.wiki · Jul 21
it looks pretty tough raising 3 tiny monsters set on stabbing you in the face at any opportunity
an adult green heron sitting on their nest made of lichen covered sticks in a scruffy tree covered in bright green leaves as seen through an opening in the leaves. under them are 3 fluffy grey chicks. ones face can be seen squished on the left side, one has their back to the camera and is sitting up and the thirds yellow beak is just visible under parent heron wings on the right. parent heron is mostly loafed with their beak wide open and pointed upward in what may be an exasperated yell from dealing with 3 tiny fluffy terrors or perhaps it is just a yawn. hard to say
July 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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it looks pretty tough raising 3 tiny monsters set on stabbing you in the face at any opportunity
an adult green heron sitting on their nest made of lichen covered sticks in a scruffy tree covered in bright green leaves as seen through an opening in the leaves. under them are 3 fluffy grey chicks. ones face can be seen squished on the left side, one has their back to the camera and is sitting up and the thirds yellow beak is just visible under parent heron wings on the right. parent heron is mostly loafed with their beak wide open and pointed upward in what may be an exasperated yell from dealing with 3 tiny fluffy terrors or perhaps it is just a yawn. hard to say
July 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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shrewtabaga
a proud father of an enormous rutabaga. brother shrew's gonna win so many awards at the annual monastery garden festival
July 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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anaisfae.art
Hi #PortfolioDay, have some cute little animals~

Site & shop: anaisfae.art
watercolor painting, a cute vole sitting in moss under clover leaves, hiding from the rain. watercolor painting, a cute chickadee on a branch surrounded by greenery. There's a star shining in the background, above the bird's head. watercolor painting of a cute stoat standing in a pile of fallen leaves, looking up at a blob of light floating above. The stoat has two tiny horns and a very boopable snoot. watercolor painting, a cute ermine running happily on snow, with snowy pine branches in the background.
July 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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looks like its #PortfolioDay again! i’m Loren, a nature photographer and artist in northern illinois looking for work. i love taking pictures of #birds, #bugs, #mushrooms, #flowers and more!

i have prints available at www.loren.pics/store/

or you can support my work at ko-fi.com/loren_nature
a green heron with wings spread wide as they stand on some bright green lily pads in a pond an iris weevil looking up over the edge of a purple tipped iris bud that is perpendicular to the ground. only their front half is visible so they look like they’re standing behind a matte green bar in some sort of extremely green drinking establishment. their head and long snout are black with large black eyes protruding from the sides of their head. their body is comparatively large and light brown. the bottoms of their two feet sat up on the bud/bar are bright white a single white flower hangs down from from a curved pink stem. the center is bright yellow and the leaves are green with splotches of red making them look like the patterning on a trout. they are nestled among some other low plants and trout lilies, all green though, it is the only flower visible a bright yellow pine warbler stands on a smooth barked tree limb surrounded by green needles. they have a tiny black beak that is pointed up slightly as they take in their surroundings. their head and chest are almost entirely yellow with flecks of black. they have black and white banding on their wings. the bottom of their feet are slightly visible and are yellow while the rest of their leg is black
July 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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happy toad tuesday!
a small brown american toad sitting on the forest floor amongst dirt and leaves and little sticks. they are facing to the left of frame and one of their black and gold eyes is visible. they are quite round and bumpy with a classic toad frown.
July 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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green heron will not comply
a green heron looking directly at the camera with an intense expression. their dark beak which appears to be frowning from this angle has a bright yellow eye on either side of it. under their beak is a capital i shape in white feathers. their round body is mostly a deep reddish brown with wings. they also have a little blue cap on top of their head. they are standing in front of some green foliage with both large orange feet on a lichen covered branch. there is a stick slightly out of focus in the foreground. i believe they were looking at that and not at me since they had just spent quite some time trying to pry other sticks off the branches
June 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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red winged blackbird
a red winged blackbird standing on a flat reed that is bending under their weight. their mottled brown back is to the camera and their beak is facing to the left and have a light stripe above their eye. there are many green plants both in the fore and background surrounded a pond
June 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM