RALPH ORR
@ralphorr.bsky.social
Citizen photojournalist and wildlife photographer. Married.
"The rich have their own photographers." Milton Rogovin
"The rich have their own photographers." Milton Rogovin
A Small Carpenter Bee (identified by Seek, an iNaturalist app, as Ceratina strenua, a.k.a. the Nimble Ceratina) on a Balloon flower's unopened stamin. (Baltimore County, Maryland, June 25, 2025).
June 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A Small Carpenter Bee (identified by Seek, an iNaturalist app, as Ceratina strenua, a.k.a. the Nimble Ceratina) on a Balloon flower's unopened stamin. (Baltimore County, Maryland, June 25, 2025).
A Scene from the Keep Hands Off march in Baltimore, Maryland on April 19 as it stopped temporarily at the Federal building that houses the local ICE offices and detention center.
April 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A Scene from the Keep Hands Off march in Baltimore, Maryland on April 19 as it stopped temporarily at the Federal building that houses the local ICE offices and detention center.
A female American Red Fox, while hunting, spotted me before I spotted her, at the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna, Delaware on March 19, 2025. She is shedding her winter coat for her grayer warm weather coat. (Photo taken with an 800 mm lens with an attached 1.4 teleconverter.)
March 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A female American Red Fox, while hunting, spotted me before I spotted her, at the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna, Delaware on March 19, 2025. She is shedding her winter coat for her grayer warm weather coat. (Photo taken with an 800 mm lens with an attached 1.4 teleconverter.)
Union Night, at Lawyers Mall in Annapolis, Maryland, March 10, 2025.
March 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Union Night, at Lawyers Mall in Annapolis, Maryland, March 10, 2025.
A scene from the anti-Musk protest near the Tesla dealership in Baltimore County, Maryland on March 8, 2025.
March 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A scene from the anti-Musk protest near the Tesla dealership in Baltimore County, Maryland on March 8, 2025.
A Mute Swan circles a freshwater marsh at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Reserve, near Smyrna, Delaware, February 26, 2025.
March 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A Mute Swan circles a freshwater marsh at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Reserve, near Smyrna, Delaware, February 26, 2025.
A Bald Eagle in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, February 21, 2025.
February 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A Bald Eagle in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, February 21, 2025.
From the No Kings (Save Our Democracy) protest in Annapolis, Maryland on President's Day, February 17, 2025.
February 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
From the No Kings (Save Our Democracy) protest in Annapolis, Maryland on President's Day, February 17, 2025.
From the 50501 protest rally in Annapolis, Maryland.
February 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
From the 50501 protest rally in Annapolis, Maryland.
Snow Geese over a harvested corn field outside Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna, Delaware on January 29, 2025.
February 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Snow Geese over a harvested corn field outside Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna, Delaware on January 29, 2025.
A Sandhill Crane foraging at the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna, Delaware on January 29, 2025.
February 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A Sandhill Crane foraging at the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna, Delaware on January 29, 2025.
A Sanderling inspects the shell of a Lightning Whelk, at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia on the southern end of the Delmarva Peninsula, on January 10, 2025.
January 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A Sanderling inspects the shell of a Lightning Whelk, at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia on the southern end of the Delmarva Peninsula, on January 10, 2025.
A Willet on the seashore at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge south of Virginia Beach, Virginia in September 2024.
January 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A Willet on the seashore at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge south of Virginia Beach, Virginia in September 2024.
A Great Blue Heron at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, south of Virginia Beach, Virginia, on December 12, 2023.
December 19, 2024 at 11:24 PM
A Great Blue Heron at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, south of Virginia Beach, Virginia, on December 12, 2023.
A Black Turnstone at Yaquina Head near Newport, Oregon, November 5, 2024.
December 8, 2024 at 1:51 PM
A Black Turnstone at Yaquina Head near Newport, Oregon, November 5, 2024.
Trans medical rights held organized by the ACLU held in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024.
December 5, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Trans medical rights held organized by the ACLU held in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024.
An Eastern Grey Squirrel enjoys a pumpkin, on December 2, 2024.
December 3, 2024 at 12:14 AM
An Eastern Grey Squirrel enjoys a pumpkin, on December 2, 2024.
A Willet about to consume an Atlantic Mole Crab, at the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge south of Virginia Beach, Virginia in September of 2024.
December 1, 2024 at 4:34 PM
A Willet about to consume an Atlantic Mole Crab, at the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge south of Virginia Beach, Virginia in September of 2024.
A female Harlequin Duck fishes in the rocky surf at Yaquina Head, Newport, Oregon, November 5, 2024.
#harlequinduck #newportoregon #yaquinahead
#harlequinduck #newportoregon #yaquinahead
November 21, 2024 at 12:08 AM
A female Harlequin Duck fishes in the rocky surf at Yaquina Head, Newport, Oregon, November 5, 2024.
#harlequinduck #newportoregon #yaquinahead
#harlequinduck #newportoregon #yaquinahead
Photo of the Day.
An Ochre Sea Star at low tide near Newport, Oregon on November 6, 2024.
An Ochre Sea Star at low tide near Newport, Oregon on November 6, 2024.
November 16, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Photo of the Day.
An Ochre Sea Star at low tide near Newport, Oregon on November 6, 2024.
An Ochre Sea Star at low tide near Newport, Oregon on November 6, 2024.
A Western Gull feeding in the surf at Yaquina Head near Newport, Oregon, on November 6, 2024.
November 13, 2024 at 10:05 PM
A Western Gull feeding in the surf at Yaquina Head near Newport, Oregon, on November 6, 2024.
A juvenile Great Black-backed Gull at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, south of Virginia Beach, Virginia in September 2024. #GreatBlackBackedGull
November 13, 2024 at 3:50 PM
A juvenile Great Black-backed Gull at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, south of Virginia Beach, Virginia in September 2024. #GreatBlackBackedGull