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Nashville. Writer. Photographer (Nikon Z6ii, D750). Breast cancer survivor. Kayaker. EMT. A traveler, not a tourist. 🌍🌈⚡️🌊
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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.
February 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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February 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Look up tonight. 🌖 #moon
February 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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It's definitely winter when the dark-eyed juncos show up in Tennessee. (Especially when they're sitting in the snow.)

#birds
January 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Anyone need a happy little tufted titmouse today?

#birds
January 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Tranquil.
January 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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It's the last day of a tough year, and I hope everyone is feeling love, like this #monkey mom holding her baby in Kenya. 💖

#mammals
#wildlifephotography
December 31, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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More cheetah, because they think they're funny. 🐆

#cheetah #mammal #africa
December 28, 2024 at 3:21 AM
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Winners never cheat, but cheetahs... cheetahs always win. 🐆

Part One.

#mammals #cheetah #kenya --#wildlife #photography
December 26, 2024 at 5:53 AM
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Antelopes are perfectly beautiful and graceful species. Here a waterbuck (front, with the heart-shaped nose) and an impala strike mirrored poses for me in #Kenya.

#mammals
#wildlifephotography #africa
A brown waterbuck with two large curved horns looks at the camera, while a lighter brown horned impala behind him mirrors his pose. They are in a field of green grass.
December 21, 2024 at 7:29 AM
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Well hey, lil' tufted titmouse, all swaddled in autumn colors.

#birds
A gray and black tufted titmouse bird looks to the left, where orange and yellow and green leaves spring from gray branches.
December 21, 2024 at 6:41 AM
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This little guy makes me so happy. Just be-boppin' along behind Mom, crossing the road to get to the other side.

#wildlifephotograohy
#mammals
#elephant
A little elephant calf crosses a dirt road in Kenya, following its mother, who isn't in the photo. The elephant is dark gray, the road is brown and grass on the road roads is bright green.
December 17, 2024 at 7:18 AM
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Seems like a good day for a lilac-breasted roller, one of my favorite #birds ever.

This beauty was in Kruger National Park in South Africa. Flying rainbows!

#wildlife
#Africa
December 13, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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Still hoping to build my wildlife/conservation photo community on here! So here's a second lion photo, because everyone loves kitties.

#mammals #lion #africa #queens
Three young female lionesses on the Savannah in Kenya. One lion is taking a big stretch on a termite mound. The lionesses are tan, the grass is green and the termite mound is dark brown.
December 11, 2024 at 4:19 AM
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Anyone feeling like a roar? Going to post a few lions over the next few days.
#mammals #lion #africa #king
December 10, 2024 at 3:34 AM
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Pelicans -- gawky, ungainly #birds most of the time, but at others times they're a synchronized pure attack squadron of death.

This one just paddled right by me, though.
A vertical shot of a closeup face of a pelican. He was a yellow cap of feather at the top of his head, and his gray/white wings are wet. He stares at me from his left eye.
December 5, 2024 at 8:10 AM
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It's snake-sharing time on #herps! Beautiful West African Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica). His brown and cream coloring looks like fallen leaves.

This guy's got the longest fangs -- 2 inches! -- and the highest venom yield of any venomous snake.
A closeup photo of a tan and brown snake, a Gaboon viper, looking to the left, against a background of soft brown leaves. The extremely venomous snake has prongs on its nose.
December 4, 2024 at 6:31 AM
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Visiting a couple of grey go-away-birds (Crinifer concolor) in #Africa.

Beautiful, big #birds. They make the coolest loud call, drawling it out like a scary demon in a horror movie. Google it, it's neat.
Two gray and black birds on a limb with green leaves and a blurry green background. They are grey go-away birds, found in Africa.
December 2, 2024 at 5:03 AM
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Happy Wednesday -- I hope you see some #birds today!

And that you have a nice snack, like this red-winged blackbird snapping up a waterbug.

Look closely at its wings, and you'll see reflections of the sunlight on the water.
A red-winged blackbird hovers over bright green lily pads as it snaps up a bug in its beak. The bird is black with red wing patches. Reflections of the sunlight on the water can be seen on his wings.
November 27, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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Small break from wildlife and wild spaces to post this lovely man... a #Maasai elder from a tiny village near Il Ngwesi, Kenya, makes a fire the traditional way, with just a stick and wood. Their Shuka cloths are always so beautiful.

[taken with permisson] #Africa
A Maasai tribal elder is shrouded in smoke as he blows on reeds to start a fire the traditional way, by running two sticks together. His skin is brown, his Shuka cloth is a red, black, blue and white plaid. The smoke is gray.
November 26, 2024 at 3:49 AM
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PART TWO of my blue-footed #booby appreciation post. I stood in the water for hours with small sharks, just trying to catch this moment when streaking boobys hit the water at 60mph.

They are amazing!

(See my previous post for the beginning of the dive.)

#birds #Galapagos
A streaking blue-footed booby is stretched out completely, with its break just an inch above the water as it dives at 60 mph for a fish. Shot in the Galápagos Islands. Gray, brown and white bird with bright blue feet and a blue beak and blue shading near its eyes. The water is bright aqua.
November 25, 2024 at 8:47 AM
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I love this bird: a blue-footed #booby in full spread at the beginning of a dive.

They dive from 80 feet, and fold their wings midway through gain speed, hitting 60 miles per hour (100kph)! That takes them as deep as 65 feet to snag fish. It's incredible to see. #birds #Galapagos
A blue-footed booby bird, pointed down, with its wings spread as it begins a dive to the ocean to catch fish. Gray and white bird with bright blue feet and blue on its throat and beak, too. This photo's not technically perfect, but that bird was moving fast.
November 25, 2024 at 3:55 AM
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A Nazca #booby pulls out a perfect feather while preening itself in the Galápagos Islands.

#birds preen to clean and separate their feathers, get rid of parasites and just generally take care of their waterproof/aerodynamic feathers. 🪶
November 24, 2024 at 9:44 AM
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The stripe pattern on every #zebra is different, like our fingerprints. BUT... blow this up and look closely at the faces of this mom and calf in Kenya, and how very similar the shapes are.
Genetics!

#mammals #africa #wildlifephotography
Two black-and-white striped zebras, a mother and calf, are looking to their right, directly at the camera, with a green field and low hillside behind them. It was shot in Kenya.
November 23, 2024 at 6:24 AM
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Flight Shot Friday! Bald eagle over the Potomac River, trailing a wing in the water. #birds
November 22, 2024 at 6:36 PM