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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁
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Hubby, daddy, lawyer, photographer. This account is primarily filled with wildlife and nature photography by yours truly, with maybe a bit of snark here and there. If this is your vibe, welcome aboard!
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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁 @stevewaycott.bsky.social · Oct 2
Hello to everyone who recently followed along! (and also to those who've been here a while) I'm Steve and I'm a hobbyist wildlife photographer in eastern Canada. I post a new wildlife photo every day. I hope you enjoy the photos, and don't be shy to engage if you see something you like!
An american robin is leaning over the edge of a tree branch containing a bunch of red berries and it is grabbing a berry in its beak. An image of the April 2024 full solar eclipse, showing the full black circle of the moon as it eclipses the sun, with a halo of warm sunlight emanating from the periphery of the moon's orb. A lone eastern painted turtle rests on a semi-submerged log with a reflection of turtle and log clearly visible on the glass-like water. A blue jay is perched on a lichen-covered tree branch with an out of focus soft green background. The jay is looking over its shoulder at the camera with a sunflower seed in its beak.
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For this week's #TalonTuesday we have an Osprey perched on a nest platform on a beautiful spring morning.

Jemseg, #NewBrunswick, Canada
April 2025

📸 #birds #osprey #OSPR #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A brown and white osprey is standing on a large nest made of sticks, and is looking toward the left. The background is a dreamily soft out of focus pattern of brown leafless trees against the bright morning sky.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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On this #RemembranceDay, I share a photo of the National War Memorial in Ottawa with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the foreground. More details are in the Alt text.

#LestWeForget
This is the National War Memorial, titled "The Response", located in Confederation Square in the heart of downtown Ottawa, including the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the foreground, which was added to the memorial in 2000 to symbolize the sacrifices made by all Canadians who have died or may yet die for our country. The 22 bronze figures represent the eleven branches of the Canadian forces engaged in the First World War.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Straight-on view of a Great Shearwater from my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #GRSH #marinelife #nature #photography
A straight-on view of a mostly white seabird with brown feathers through its wings and on its tail and head cap is flying toward the camera with out of focus grey sea water in the background.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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A male Long-tailed Duck swimming past on a gorgeous winter afternoon.

Caissie Cape, #NewBrunswick, Canada
December 2024

📸 #birds #duck #marinelife #LTDU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A brown, black, and white duck with a particularly long, thin tail feather is swimming on the calm blue water from left to right.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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We’re snailposting, post your snails!

Here's a garden snail speeding down the grass blade turnpike.

#snail #Invertebrate
A small garden snail with a yellowish shell is crawling down and to the left across along a blade of green grass, with other green foliage all around.
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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White-tailed Deer pausing for a moment between munches.

St. Andrews, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2025

📷 #mammals #deer #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z6iii #Nikkor180600
A very tight image of a light brown deer's face and left front shoulder. Her big dark eyes are staring directly at the camera.
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I played hide-and-seek for a while with this Pileated Woodpecker as it worked its way up the trunk of a tree that was overhanging the river.

Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2025

📸 #birds #woodpecker #PIWO #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A large woodpecker with a bright red crown of feathers on its head and cheeks is peering out from the left side of a tree trunk.
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I was SO EXCITED when this beautiful Eastern Painted Turtle emerged from the cold dark pond and crawled up onto the VERY LOG I WAS SITTING ON only 13 feet away!

Unfortunately, the minimum focusing distance of my lens is 16 feet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#PhotoFailFriday #herps
A greenish blur reminiscent of the head of a turtle is centered amongst much other blur, with sharply in focus water in the background.
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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It's #FridayFinch time! Here's a handsome American Goldfinch being quiet and being not quiet.

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
June 2025

📷 #birds #AMGO #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A gorgeous bright yellow songbird with black and white wings and a black cap on its head (male American Goldfinch) is perched on a bare tree branch, facing to the right and looking at the camera. A gorgeous bright yellow songbird with black and white wings and a black cap on its head (male American Goldfinch) is perched on a bare tree branch, facing to the right and looking at the camera. His beak is open as he sings out.
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Another American Herring Gull drenched from the rain on my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #AHGU #marinelife #nature #photography
Close-up image of a white gull with yellow beak and eyes flying toward the camera and to the left. Its beak is open a tiny bit. It is dark and rainy.
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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I found it very wordy.
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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A pretty portrait of one of my year-round Black-capped Chickadee backyard buddies.

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
March 2025

📸 #birds #chickadee #BCCH #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z6iii #Nikkor800pf
A small bird with white cheeks and breast with tan sides and a black face and head cap is perching on a lichen-covered tree branch and looking to the left, in front of a soft forest green background.
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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South Polar Skua taking off from the water during my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #SPSK #marinelife #nature #photography
A large brown gull-like bird (south polar skua) is flying from left to right just above the surface of the relatively calm grey ocean water. Both wings are extended forward and down and are almost touching the water.
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Great Shearwater shearing the air instead.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

📸 #birds #GRSH #marinelife #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
Close-up of a mostly white seabird with brown feathers through its wings and on its tail and head cap is flying from left to right at an angle with grey sea water in the background.
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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We saw a number of Common Terns on my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #COTE #marinelife #nature #photography
A smallish grey and white bird (common tern) is flying from left to right across the frame,
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Thanks for the tip, Moose. I always get a bit queasy when I take those battery doors off.
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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I should've shared this one on Halloween instead of #TalonTuesday. This poor Bald Eagle looks like death warmed over. Having its nictitating membrane closed does not help.

Sheffield, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2025

📸 #birds #eagle #BAEA #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A mostly brown immature bald eagle is perched on a bare tree branch, facing to the right and looking at the camera. The bird's face is completely featherless, exposing the white skin underneath.
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Young Harbour Seal: "I want you to draw me like one of your French girls."

(From my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.)

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#mammals #seal #marinelife #nature #photography
A young (adolescent?) seal pup with short brownish-greyish fur is lying on its back on a rocky ledge covered with dark green and brown rockweed (seaweed). If the seal were a human, we would say that it is striking a sultry pose.
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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It was a bitterly cold December afternoon. The light was harsh. The Rock Pigeons were many.

Caissie Cape, #NewBrunswick, Canada
December 2024

📸 #birds #ROPI #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
Fourteen mostly grey and black pigeons are perching on a power line that runs across the image. The background is clear blue sky.
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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One of my favourite images of a Grey Seal this year. The ocean water is crashing in the background against a small rocky outcropping far out in the bay.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

📸 #mammals #marinelife #seal #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
The head of a grey seal (which describes both the species and the colour) is popping up through the surface of rough ocean water in the morning sunlight, with a wave crashing against an unseen rocky outcropping in the background.
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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November 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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I'll pass on that tootsie roll, thanks.
November 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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It was dusk in the forest. Shutter speeds were low and ISOs were high. The Yellow Warbler was far away and the image is cropped too much. But I loves it anyway.

Fredericton, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2025

📸 #birds #warbler #YEWA #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A small yellowish-green songbird is perched on a plant with long green leaves and a dense clump of small whitish flowers on top. The bird is facing to the right.
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Best band name ever!
October 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Dare I ask what your original costume was?
October 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM