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Always looking up - bird/astro photography
@proftanner.bsky.social
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Early retired marketing professor from UW Madison. Now splitting time between Chicago, Michigan, and Palm Springs. Conviction tech investor and bird/nature/astronomy photographer (pics are all mine, mostly from SoCal and MI).
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#birds Black Phoebe water yoga.
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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#birds Test printed a few of my photos on to metal. Super fun.
September 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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#birds female Downey who loves a beautiful piece of wood.
September 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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#birds Female Ruby Throated showing off her tail feathers in Michigan.
September 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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#birds white breasted nuthatch hanging vertical in predator mode.
September 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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#birds Ruby-throated at a Lake Michigan sunset.
August 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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#birds White Breasted Nuthatch hanging vertical….
August 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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#birds Female Cardinals are cooler, change my mind.
August 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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#birds quick bit of birding in Chicago.
August 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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#birds Lake Michigan at sunset.
August 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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#birds The classic Downy Woodpecker morning stretch.
June 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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#birds when woodpeckers walk up a tree their feet leave the ground.
June 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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#birds I’m working on a theory that Cardinals have long been faking flying, they can actually only jump.
June 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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#astro Orion Nebula my yard vs. Hubble. We take the loss but kind of amazing to see the same thing…
June 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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#birds New day, new woodpecker. Today the tree was visited by a female red bellied. Who knows what woodpecker tomorrow will bring…
June 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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#birds A great Michigan hike has an Indigo Bunting.
June 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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#birds Female Downy Woodpecker. She likes to stuff and run.
June 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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#birds Downy Woodpecker with his Lake Michigan breakfast.
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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#birds Geronimo!
June 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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#birds if you get lost in Chicago look up and a black crowned night heron will point the way.
May 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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#birds Living Desert Zoo, Palm Desert, CA. In the wallaby exhibit there is a Tawny Frogmouth happily nesting in a tree by the trail. Really cool.
April 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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#birds Here in the desert there are deadly predators, part 2.
April 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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April 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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#birds Towhee leaf pressing class (beginners through intermediates) is fri 9am sharp. Bring a favorite leaf to dry, and please be on time!
April 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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#birds Here in the desert there are deadly predators. Watch your back!
April 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM