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@nickginther.com
Kansas City.
Dad, photographer, pilot, sports fan, car nut, tinkerer, fixer, generally interested most anything with wheels or wire.
Jayhawks, Royals and Forest.
Been a minute but I was out on my porch listening to great horned owls and was excited that I was able to spot them on a chimney. By the time I got my camera only one was still there. #birds 🪶
October 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
September 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
northern flicker(s) #birds 🪶
September 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#birds 🪶
September 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
White-breasted nuthatch (photo is not upside down but the bird was🙃) #birds 🪶
August 31, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Not a bird this time. I am even worse at IDing butterflies than I am at birds but a Giant Swallowtail perhaps?
August 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I didn't know these were referred to as Buzzards in Europe and I actually don't know what sort of hawk this is. Merlin has said cooper's, board-winged, and red-shouldered based on different pictures of the same bird. Awesome to see regardless of what it is.

#BirdOfTheDay #birds 🪶
August 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Female Summer Tanager. I hear them fairly often but this is the first time I've got a picture of one #birds 🪶
July 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Not my best work but I thought I saw a hawk chasing a smaller bird, what I got though was almost cooler than a hawk or at least more rare around here. Mississippi Kite (eating something midflight) #birds 🪶
July 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I've got a different project taking my attention at the moment but while I working I noticed this one was back in the same tree. I've learned that the song birds getting loud is a good indication that I should go look around. #birds 🪶
July 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Hawks of any sort are my favorite bird but up until now I've never been lucky enough to snag a picture. Not sure if this is a red shouldered, broad winged or something else.

#birds 🪶
July 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I've had a lot going on and haven't had much time to take new bird pictures but here is a juvenile Eastern Bluebird that I saw a few weeks ago. I think about this picture a lot.

#birds🪶
July 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Got up early to take pictures and this guy helped out by sitting at the to of a tree so there was enough light.

#bluskymonday
#birds 🪶
June 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
House Finches

#birds🪶
June 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I got up really early yesterday to try and get some pictures. (too early turns out, wasn't enough light for most of time I was outside). Right when I was about to go in, I heard this one. I like how it's framed by the leaves and backlit by the sun coming up.

Red bellied woodpecker.
#birds 🪶
June 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Phone pics but my friend came by this afternoon. I maybe threw out too many peanuts. It struggled to get them all before it gave up and went to stash the 3-4 it could carry. (I choose to believe we're friends) #birds 🪶
June 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Was too focused on the downy woodpecker on the tree and missed the one in flight. I still like the picture though. #birds 🪶
June 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Carolina Wren from yesterday, right after heavy rain broke the 100°+ heat wave (at least for a few hours). Doesn't look like it, but I like to imagine it was as happy as I was.

#birds 🪶
June 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
It's been so hot here and the birds haven't been around as much. It finally started to cool off today. I was happy to see everyone back. #birds 🪶
June 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
#birds 🪶
June 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Not a bird. Might have been eating one, it was definitely eating something

#wildlife #photography
June 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Kind of at the limit of my skills and equipment. I missed a shot with its wings fully spread 1/1250th of a second after this. BUT I am very glad to have got this "action" shot of a blue jay. I've been trying to get a shot of one for a while but they mostly hang out in my neighbors yard. #birds 🪶
June 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
First time I've seen a brown-headed cowbird in my backyard. I know they are jerks but still cool to see #birds 🪶
June 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I know these are "common" but I don't get sick of them scurrying around. This one was making very high pitch, very quite call that I haven't heard/noticed before. Just out there living its best life. #birds 🪶
June 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Couple of things about these bring me #joy. First of all just look at them, second, I like collecting oddball cameras and these were taken with an Olympus C2100UZ from around 2001.

#blueskyartshow
June 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM