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Jamie Wert
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Navy vet
Photographer(Wildlife and Event)
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For today's #BirdofTheDay theme of #OnTheEdge, I present to you an unseasonably late Pectoral Sandpiper(Calidris melanotos) in a leaf pile at the edge of Lake Erie!

#birds 🪶 #wildlife #photography #canon #WaderWednesday
a small brown shorebird stands atop a pile of dead leaves at the edge of gently lapping waves of the lake. The sun barely peeks through the clouds and trees, giving varied areas of shade and light. A small brown shorebird wades through a pile of dead leaves at the edge of gently lapping waves of the lake. It is picking through the debris to find food. The sun barely peeks through the clouds and trees, giving varied areas of shade and light.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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I finally got a usable photo of a Winter Wren(Troglodytes hiemalis)! It came out of a bush to yell at us while we stood nearby looking out on the lake for Loons!

#birds 🪶 #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotograpy #canon
A small light brown bird with tan speckles clutches one of many bare tangled branches. It stares at the camera out of its right eye.
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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This young Canada Goose(Branta canadensis) stretched its wings and the early morning sun caught it just right!

#birds 🪶 #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography
A tan and brown, large bodied waterfowl with a long black neck and a white spot on its head flaps its wings in the warm early morning sun. The fall marsh water is mostly calm, the only ripples being caused by the goose's movements. A few remaining wilted lilypads are scattered along the surface.
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Had an incredible encounter yesterday with a young Striped Skunk!

#mammals 🦊 #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography
A young, black and white skunk with a small white stripe on its face looks up at the camera in surprise. Its mouth is open as it continues to chew the food it was foraging.
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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No bird today, instead I have an adorable Eastern Chipmunk eating what I believe to be crabapple of some variety.

#mammals 🦊 #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography
A chubby brown and tan rodent with a white belly and fluffy tail sits on a branch in a bush. Three paws steady it on the branch while the third pulls vibrant red berries down to its mouth. Its cheek pouches are already quite full. A ray of bright sunlight from behind and above falls upon one cheek and it's nose. The whole scene is backlit by the same sunlight
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Happy Owloween! Short-eared Owl

#birds 🪶 #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography #canon #Halloween
Short-eared owl, brown body with a tan face, brilliant yellow eyes, and two small tufts on top of its head, pokes its head above thick, tall green grass.
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Today for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #OddAngles, I present the Black-and-white Warbler! These wood warblers move more like nuthatches than other warblers, often flipping upside down and crawling along tree trunks in search of food!

#birds 🪶 #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography #warbler
A small warbler, with black and white patterns across its body clings to a vine, tail in the air, looking away from the camera as it tracks a bug off frame. A small warbler with black and white patterns across the top of its body, and a white belly with black striping clings to a tree trunk upside down. It looks out of one eye toward the camera.
October 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Some Black and White photos from a particularly foggy day in Ohio this month!
#photography #landscape #architecture #BWPhotography
The photo is in black and white. A leaf strewn trail cuts through the fog to a bridge. Overhead, a canopy of the remaining fall leaves provides deep shade to the trail. The photo is in black and white. An old steel and concrete train trestle peeks through the fog. The hillside behind the bridge, both above and below, is densely covered with foliage. Written on the bridge are the words "Tick Time Away" with a hand drawn analog clock. The photo is in black and white. The dirt trail extends off the bridge, past it's wooden fence edge into the trees, and disappears into the fox. Emerging from the fog is the figure of a person, walking towards the camera.
October 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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It's harvest season in Ohio, the weather is nice, the leaves colorful, and the wildlife active! Another phone quick pic while I walk a local trail!

#photography #nature
A half harvested corn field spans a gently rolling hill, a forest of trees with multi-colored leaves stands tall in the background. The sky, a pale fall blue, highlighting the crisp weather of harvest season.
October 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Quick and dirty phone photo edit of one of my local trails this morning.

#photography #nature
A leaf littered dirt trail extends into the foggy distance, surrounded by the trees that encroach along its edge. The photo has been edited to look slightly washed out.
October 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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I've been laid up a bit due to a few repetitive back injuries, so I haven't been able to get out much recently. So have a photo from last year of a Northern Shoveler(Spatula clypeata)!

#birds 🪶 #wildlife #photography #birding
A large duck with a green head, brown and white body, and a flat, shovel-like bill, lands, wings outspread, on the mirror-like surface of a placid late-winter marsh. The photo was timed so that it looks as if the duck is standing on its reflection.
September 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Here's a great example of the sexual dimorphism of Eastern Bluebirds(Sialia sialis). The drab gray-blue female with the nesting material on the left, and the bright blue and orange male on the right.

#birds 🪶 #wildlife #photography
A pair of blue birds, one gray blue, the other blue and orange, sit atop a specially made wooden nesting box in the middle of a field. The gray blue bird has nesting material, strands of straw and fibers from trees, in its beak.
July 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Red-bellied woodpeckers(Melanerpes carolinus) while common, are always an entertaining bird to photograph. They are active, territorial, and striking.

#birds 🪶 #wildlife #photography
A medium sized woodpecker with a red-tinged white belly, a red stripe on its head and nape, and a black and white back, stands tall on top of a snag.
July 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Today I have a rarity in my locale, a Black-bellied Whistling Duck(Dendrocygna autumnalis)! It was tucked in with some Canada geese and their goslings.
#birds 🪶 #wildlife #photography
Brown duck with an orange bill, black belly, and a reddish stripe on its head and neck stares over it's back at the camera as it swims through dense duckweed.
June 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Mallard(Anas platyrhynchos) hen with her babies.

#birds 🪶 #wildlife #photography
A female duck, various shades of brown, swims on the placid waters of Lake Erie, surrounded by her 5 offspring.
June 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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They're stacking his audiences for these.
A text reads: 1215- everyone must be seated in the bleachers Notes: - Soldiers sitting in the bleachers are to be fit and not look fat. -Soldiers in the bleachers will not be allowed to have water so they must make sure they hydrate properly prior. -No colored patches. -if any soldiers have political views that are in opposition to the current administration and they don't want to be in the audience then they need to speak with their leadership and get swapped out. Basically they don't want soldiers in the audience Rolling their eyes or shaking their head in disagreement etc.
June 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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I'm pretty sure these soldiers were hand picked. This memo is floating around.
A text reads: 1215- everyone must be seated in the bleachers Notes: - Soldiers sitting in the bleachers are to be fit and not look fat. -Soldiers in the bleachers will not be allowed to have water so they must make sure they hydrate properly prior. -No colored patches. -if any soldiers have political views that are in opposition to the current administration and they don't want to be in the audience then they need to speak with their leadership and get swapped out. Basically they don't want soldiers in the audience Rolling their eyes or shaking their head in disagreement etc.
June 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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This was what was sent out to Ft Bragg Command from what I understand.
A text reads: 1215- everyone must be seated in the bleachers Notes: - Soldiers sitting in the bleachers are to be fit and not look fat. -Soldiers in the bleachers will not be allowed to have water so they must make sure they hydrate properly prior. -No colored patches. -if any soldiers have political views that are in opposition to the current administration and they don't want to be in the audience then they need to speak with their leadership and get swapped out. Basically they don't want soldiers in the audience Rolling their eyes or shaking their head in disagreement etc.
June 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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These American Goldfinch(Spinus tristis) males were clashing high above the ground!

#birds 🪶 #wildlife #photography
A pair of bright gold birds with black wings and caps fight midair in a spectacular flurry of wings, talons, and beaks.
June 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Another Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias)! This one posed for me for a few minutes!

#birds 🪶 #wildlife #photography
A large blue wading bird with a strong yellow beak and long yellow legs stands stoically on a glass smooth pond, tall reeds providing protection in the background, and sunlight streaming into frame from the right.
June 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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This Whote-eyed Vireo(Vireo griseus) photo is a few years old, but something I re-edited recently with better tools.

#birds 🪶 #wildlife #photography
A small yellow and brown bird with striking white eyes takes refuge in a dense maze of brush. In its mouth is a large bug it caught, an important meal as it migrated northward. It stares warily at the camera, as if daring the photographer to steal its meal.
June 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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This Red-headed woodpecker(Melanerpes erythrocephalus) gave us an amazing look at its beautiful plumage!

#birds 🪶 #wildlife #photography
A mid-sized woodpecker, black and white back, white belly, and a dark red head clings to the branch of a tree just still growing its leaves for the year.
May 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Always learning new things, here's a Great Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) from yesterday!

#birds 🪶 #wildlife #photography
A large blue and white bird with a long bill and long legs stands atop a downed tree, surveying the lily-pad covered water in the foreground. In the background, a dark forest is broken up only by a smattering of low white flowers
May 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Tried some new editing techniques, and really loved this Northern Parula(Setophaga americana) photo from Magee Marsh.

#birds 🪶 #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography
A small blue bird with yellow and brown throat picks at a small hole in a tree, attempting to extract bugs from within.
May 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Cleared out the fire pit, and started burning some brush that has built up over the last couple years.
A campfire burns brightly in a double layered fire pit.
May 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM