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Hobbyist Photographer
Instagram: @jcolby.photo
Biology Student
STL, Mo

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Some beautiful Barn Swallows from yesterday! It was incredible seeing them all fly around me in an open field

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon #missouri
July 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Saw the most adorable Carolina Wren in rural Missouri-- these beautiful birds are some of my favorites

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon #missouri #birding
July 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A handsome little Golden-Crowned Kinglet to brighten your day!

#birds #nature #missouri #photography #wildlife #birding #nikon
June 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Various macro photos I took at the Missouri botanical garden!!

#plants #nature #flowers #mobot #photography #macro #nikon
June 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Saw probably the coolest looking mallard I've ever seen-- it had such a pretty colors!!

#birds #nature #photography #nikon #wildlife
June 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Did my first ever macro photography of my aquarium!

#aquarium #fish #aquascape #photography #nikon
April 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Saw this adorable Louisiana Waterthrush in the STL area! Apparently they're fairly uncommon this far north.

It was fun seeing the little guy hang around me for a while!

#birds #missouri #photography #nature #stl
April 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This little Eastern Bluebird woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning

#birds #nature #photography #missouri #nikon #wildlife
March 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Saw this red-tailed hawk enjoying some fresh-caught, artisianally-prepared sashimi

(a fish that it plucked out of a pond)

#birds #nature #photography #wildlife #missouri #nikon
February 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
An adorable snowbird enjoying some of this warmer weather at last

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January 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Got my first-ever good picture of an American Goldfinch!

(also saw a northern flicker but I couldn't focus on it for the life of me)

#birds #nature #photography #wildlife #missouri #nikon
January 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
A lovely Barred Owl to brighten up your friday!

#birds #photography #nature #missouri #nikon #wildlife
January 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Saw my first ever Barred Owl yesterday-- I got less than 6 feet away from it at eye level!

#birds #nature #missouri #photography #nikon #wildlife
December 23, 2024 at 11:31 PM
This Barred Owl looks like it belongs on the cover of Vogue

#birds #missouri #photography #owls #nature
December 23, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Saw a small group of Eastern Bluebirds today-- amazed at how close she let me get before flying away! (roughly 3m/10ft or so)

#birds #photography #nature #wildlife #missouri
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Red-bellied Woodpecker giving me a side-eye for interupting its dinner.

#birds #missouri #nature #photography #wildlife
December 19, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Brown Tree Creepers' names are too harsh-- they're not creepy at all!

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December 18, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Saw my first ever red-headed woodpecker! I swear, this guy knew exactly when my autofocus was locked on and would fly away.

#birds #missouri #photography #nature #wildlife
December 18, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Saw a Northern Cardinal enjoying its lunch-- Seeds were on the menu today!

#birds #nature #photography #missouri
December 7, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Starlings are such gorgeous birds-- it's amazing that thousands of them can be in one flock

#birds #photography #nikon #nature #missouri
November 27, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Saw a mallard boasting a single stylish feather sticking out from his plumage-- I've heard it's pretty stylish in the duck community nowadays.

#birds #nature #photography #missouri #ducks
November 26, 2024 at 1:11 AM
We have them in the United States too in a very small range! I love them even though they are invasive here
November 26, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Live life with No Regrets-- instead live a life full of Egrets

(Taken in Forest Park)

#birds #missouri #stl #nature #photography
November 24, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Red-bellied Woodpecker sticking out its tongue after eating a bug

#birds #photography #missouri
#nature #nikon
November 24, 2024 at 3:16 PM
the lake just south of where i put that marker!!
November 23, 2024 at 11:03 PM