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Honorary Professor, Dilettantory Studies, Tooter U (Intertubes extension campus)... Amateur photography. Photos are my own 'cept boosts. he/him/his #EndTheStigma #gardenvicariously #ClearCreekTrail🌈

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Patiently awaiting your next step.

Photograph of a gray squirrel standing upright on a concrete sidewalk next to a lawn of short yellow and green grasses. The squirrel is in the center frame and is facing to the right in profile with its tail curled down behind it and its fore paws held against the top of its belly. Gray squirrels have grey and brown fur with white abdomen and chest fur, a long bushy tail, a triangular head with dark eyes, proportionally large ears, a typical rodent muzzle, long, black whiskers, hand-like fore paws, and claws that allow the squirrel to cling to vertical surfaces.
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Layering is vital in cold weather.

Subzero windchill today. Stopped by the river briefly on Friday. Found 7-8 bald eagles fishing in the open water next to the dam. Gonna have to see if I can't get some pics this afternoon.

Photograph of an American robin perched on a tree branch with out of focus branches and a gray overcast sky in the background. The robin is facing left in profile and it has fluffed up its feathers as a means to stave of the cold temperatures. American robins have orange chest and belly feathers with white under-tail feathers, grey back feathers, dark grey-black wing and tail feathers, black head feathers with white and black mottled chin feathers, dark eyes surrounded by white eyeliner, orange-yellow beaks, and brown legs and feet.
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Tiger lily on an overcast day.

Photograph of a large tiger lily flower extending from a green stem with out of focus flowers, green foliage, and a gray overcast sky in the background. The lily takes up most of the left frame. Tiger lilies have six orange petals covered in small brown-black spots that radiate from the the center and then curl back on themselves. The flowers typically droop downward with the petals creating a hat-like top with six large, long pale orange stamens with large orange-brown anthers and a large long pale orange pistil with an orange-brown stigma splayed out and hanging downward from the flower's center.
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A cardinal('s) moment.

Photograph of a male cardinal perched on a slender tree branch amid a tangle of small branches with patches of morning blue sky in the background. The cardinal is facing left in profile with its left eye looking in the camera's direction. Male cardinals have brown legs and feet with grasping claws, red feathers with darker red on their back, wings, and tail, an orange beak, dark eyes, a black mask that wraps from top of the beak to its neck, and a crest on the top of their head that can be raised or lowered. When viewed from the front, the crest tapers from the top of the bird's head into a conical shape with a sharp tip.
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I'm admittedly anthropomorphizing, but I like to think that birds are often seen with their chins up because they understand, on an instinctual level, that after the 2 steps backward there's the 3 steps forward to look forward to.

Extreme closeup photograph of a white-breasted nuthatches' upper shoulder, neck, head, and beak with vague grays and browns in the background. At this level of magnification, the details in the bird’s feathers, skin, and beak are revealed including individual feathers and a finer and more detailed overall texture. Perhaps the most interesting features are those around the bird's eyes. At this angle the bird's pupil is not visible so the eye appears black. There is a slender row of beaded black skin that surrounds the eye. This black band is then surrounded by a slender row of small tufts of white feathers that encircle the skin and eye. White-breasted nuthatches have white bellies and chests with a patch of ruddy-orange near the base of the tail. They have blue-grey backs and blue-grey wings and tails with blue-black markings, a white face with dark eyes, a blue-black cap that extends to the back neck and shoulders, a silvery-black beak, and black legs and feet.
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Photograph of a male house finch perched on a cluster of branches covered in overwintered crabapples with a blue sky in the background. The finch is facing left in profile and it has its chest feathers fluffed up to stave on the cold. Male house finches have white and brown mottled feathers with a strawberry-red blush around the head and chest that varies in intensity from male to male, brown backs, brown wings with white edging, dark eyes, a silvery-grey beak, and dark brown legs and feet.
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An eastern phoebe contemplating.

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Photograph of an eastern phoebe perched on a branch with out of focus branches and shadows in the background. The phoebe is facing left in profile with its head tilted slightly. Eastern phoebes have cream-white belly, chest and neck feathers, brown-gray body feathers, brown-gray wings feathers with dark and light markings and barring, sharp black beaks, dark eyes, and dark gray legs and feet.
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@peachfront

Perhaps a bit of dejection in addition to contemplation, yes👍

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Photograph of an adult Canada goose and two goslings standing in short grasses and feeding on green vegetation in front of them. All the geese are facing right in profile. The adult goose is in the foreground of the left frame and only its head, bent neck, and upper torso are in frame. The two goslings are behind the adult but lead it in the center frame. The goslings are mostly visible but their hindquarters are obscured by the adult's head and neck. Canada geese have white and tan mottled chest and belly feathers, white under-tail feathers, brown back and wing feathers, a long, slender black neck, a black head with a white cheek patch that run under the upper throat and chin, dark eyes, black bills, and black legs and webbed feet. Canada geese goslings have brown and yellow mottled body feathers, dark eyes, black beaks, and brown, textured legs and webbed feet.
Photograph of two adult Canada geese and one gosling swimming in gently rippled green water . One adults and the gosling are swimming towards the camera. The adult has its head turned to the right in profile and the gosling has its head turned slightly to the right in fore-shortened profile. The other adult is out of focus and is swimming to the right in profile in the lower left corner of the frame. Only its neck and head are visible with the rest of its body out of frame on the left. Canada geese have white and tan mottled chest and belly feathers, white under-tail feathers, brown back and wing feathers, a long, slender black neck, a black head with a white cheek patch that run under the upper throat and chin, dark eyes, black bills, and black legs and webbed feet. Canada geese goslings have brown and yellow mottled body feathers, dark eyes, black beaks, and brown, textured legs and webbed feet.

Photograph of two adult Canada geese and one gosling swimming in gently rippled green water . One adults and the gosling are swimming towards the camera. The adult has its head turned to the right in profile and the gosling has its head turned slightly to the right in fore-shortened profile. The other adult is out of focus and is swimming to the right in profile in the lower left corner of the frame. Only its neck and head are visible with the rest of its body out of frame on the left. Canada geese have white and tan mottled chest and belly feathers, white under-tail feathers, brown back and wing feathers, a long, slender black neck, a black head with a white cheek patch that run under the upper throat and chin, dark eyes, black bills, and black legs and webbed feet. Canada geese goslings have brown and yellow mottled body feathers, dark eyes, black beaks, and brown, textured legs and webbed feet.
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My favorite spot on Clear Creek Trail to catch foliage ('23, '24, '25). The wall (lower right) & ground (left) is where I find my favorite spring wildflower (Anemone hepatica) which is one of the 1st to bloom.

Vertically cropped landscape photograph of a fall scene on Clear Creek Trail in Coralville, Iowa. There is a gray concrete trail that extends from the bottom right frame that turns left, turns right, and then disappears behind dense trees and foliage. The trail is in shadow and highlighted here and there by sunlight passing through the canopy above it. The trail is bounded on either side by dense tall slender trees and undergrowth. There is a mix of shadow and light in the trees and most of the foliage is gold or yellow with patches of green and rust. The upper branches and leaves of a tall golden maple in the left frame are brightly highlighted by sunlight that has just topped the tall trees in the right frame.
Vertically cropped landscape photograph of a fall scene on Clear Creek Trail in Coralville, Iowa. There is a gray concrete trail that extends from the bottom right frame that turns left, turns right, and then disappears behind dense trees and foliage. The trail is in shadow and highlighted here and there by sunlight passing through the canopy above it. The trail is bounded on either side by dense tall slender trees and undergrowth. There is a mix of shadow and light in the trees and most of the foliage is gold or yellow with patches of green and rust. The upper branches and leaves of a tall golden maple in the left frame are brightly highlighted by sunlight that has just topped the tall trees in the right frame.

Vertically cropped landscape photograph of a fall scene on Clear Creek Trail in Coralville, Iowa. There is a gray concrete trail that extends from the bottom right frame that turns left, turns right, and then disappears behind dense trees and foliage. The trail is in shadow and highlighted here and there by sunlight passing through the canopy above it. The trail is bounded on either side by dense tall slender trees and undergrowth. There is a mix of shadow and light in the trees and most of the foliage is gold or yellow with patches of green and rust. The upper branches and leaves of a tall golden maple in the left frame are brightly highlighted by sunlight that has just topped the tall trees in the right frame.
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Big ol' brown-belted bumble for (2023).

Extreme closeup photograph of a brown-belted bumblebee standing on top of the red and orange florets of a purple coneflower with vague greens in the background. The bee, which takes up roughly half of the upper frame, is facing right in profile and has its proboscis inserted into the florets directly ahead of it. This species of bumblebee has a black abdomen covered in fine black hairs, a "belt" of fine brown hairs where the abdomen meets the thorax, a thorax covered in fine yellow hairs, a black head covered in black and yellow hairs, two large compound eyes and three, small simple eyes, two short antennae, large mandibles, and six legs with long hairs on the hind legs used to store gathered pollen.
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The Guardian kindly selected a photo👇 I submitted for their "Reader's Best Photos" section. This is 3rd pic I've submitted & 2 of 3 have been selected. No, they don't offer💰 for your photo. It's just a nice little honor & an affirmation that my work isn't half bad👍

https://www.theguardian.com/community/gallery/2025/sep/23/street-art-and-a-cuban-cab-readers-best-photographs

Closeup photograph of an orange sulphur butterfly (Colias eurytheme seems likely) clinging to the side of a pale purple New England aster flower with out of focus flowers and green foliage in the foreground and in the background. The butterfly is facing left while clinging to the face of the vertical flower with its proboscis extended and ready to probe the next floret. Asters are a member of the Asteraceae family and have the typical flower shape of that family with layers of long overlapping petals that radiate from a center filled with florets. This variety has pale purple petals and orange and yellow florets. Orange sulphur butterflies have yellow-orange wing backs with a thick black edge with orange-yellow markings. The upper back wing has a black spot in the upper middle portion of the wing and an orange spot in the center of the lower back wing. The wing fronts are plainer with black spots opposite the black edge of the back wing and white spots with a black outline opposite each black and orange spot on the black wing. The butterfly's abdomen and lower thorax are covered in fine yellow-green hairs that transition to fine burnt orange hairs on the upper thorax and head. They have two lime green compound eyes with dark spots, six orange segmented legs, and two long burnt orange antennae that end in brown tips.
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I'm out of practice photographing birds since I've mostly been taking flower and insect photos all summer. But I did catch a halfway decent shot of a turkey vulture in flight on Tuesday. I'm a big fan of these incredible birds.

Photograph of a turkey vulture in flight against a gray overcast sky. The turkey vulture has its wings spread to the left and right and it is flying to the right leaving the right side of its body visible. Turkey vultures have dark brown feathers, red featherless heads covered with heavily wrinkled skin, curved, nearly white beaks, and grey legs and feet with dark talons.
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Differential grasshopper giving out free hugs along Clear Creek Trail yesterday.

Headed down to the Iowa River this morning to see if I can catch a sunrise. Wish me luck 🤞👍.

Closeup photograph of a differential grasshopper (ID app suggests Melanoplus differentialis) clinging to the stem and leaf of a green plant. The grasshopper is facing left and has its lower legs wrapped around the stem while its upper legs are wrapped around the base of a large leaf as well as the stem. Differentiated grasshoppers have a long segmented abdomen, a small plate-covered thorax, a bulbous head with large compound eyes and mandibles, two segmented antennae, and six segmented legs with long powerful back legs for jumping.
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@JimsPhotos

Not much in the way of color but it was a lovely walk, the sky/clouds were still beautiful, and it was a gorgeous morning on the river. Can't ask for much better 👍

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As of Monday the lovely hummingbirds are still enjoying the feeder as well as the flowers in the garden👇. Haven't seen the ♂️ recently but this♀️female & either another♀️or a juvenile were visiting.

If it a juvie, It'd be cool if its the ♀️'s fledgling

Photograph of a female ruby-throated hummingbird perched on the side of glass hummingbird feeder with a red base. The hummingbird is facing left in profile leaving the left side of its body visible. Female ruby-throated hummingbirds are small birds (4-5 in wingspan) that have tan-white under-tail, belly, chest, and throat feathers, green iridescent tail, back, neck, and head feathers, dark eyes with white eyeliner, a long pointed beak and longer tongue used to probe the interior of flowers, and black legs and feet.
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This monarch, a skipper, & some bumblebees were enjoying the zinnias Thursday. Seen monarchs around the garden nearly every day now. They seem to especially like the zinnias, the most abundant large flower in the garden right now.

Photograph of a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) standing atop a pink zinnia flower with out of focus flowers and green foliage in the foreground and in the background. The monarch is facing left in profile leaving only its left side visible and it has its proboscis inserted into one of the flower's orange-yellow florets. Monarch butterflies have orange wings with black and white patterned edges and black veining, black bodies and heads covered with white polka dots and fine black hairs, large black compound eyes, two long black antennae, and six black segmented legs.
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1st planted lacy phacelia 3 yrs ago. Noticed lots of small (¼ in) sweat bees that climbed the stamens to gather pollen. Not often you see a metallic green bee covered in purple pollen so I plant phacelia every yr to try to (re)capture it.

Extreme closeup of a small sweat bee (ID apps suggest a white-footed sweat bee) climbing a vertical stamen of a lacy phacelia flower with out of focus stamens and a gray wall in the background. This bee's back legs and pollen baskets are covered in purple pollen collected from the dark purple anthers that top each pale purple stamen. This species has similar features to honeybees with a dull metallic green abdomen, thorax, and head covered in fine gold hairs, two segmented antennae, three simple eyes on the forehead, two large compound eyes on either side of the head, six legs, and transparent amber wings with dark veining.
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@earthworm @gecole

That's an awesome name! It's considered the same in the US. I think it's nature in the US southwest and Mexico but highly recommended for pollinators. I haven't caught a photo yet but the big bumble bees visit it a lot too👍

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This 4'-5' native common milkweed volunteer showed up in my garden 2 yrs ago (pics from this past Sunday). The flowers smell marvelous! Love that it pulls in a insects/arachnids & creates a cool micro-environment. Great for macro pics!

Photograph of a common milkweed plant inflorescence with out of focus leaves and flower in the background. This species of milkweed has large ball-shaped inflorescences made up small, pink flowers. Each flower has five sepals and five pink petals that bend downward around the stem. Atop each flower is a structure called a corona that consists of five hood-like florets that contain curved hook-shaped structures called horns.
Photograph of a common milkweed plant inflorescence with out of focus leaves, flower, and a faux brick wall in the background. This species of milkweed has large ball-shaped inflorescences made up small, pink flowers. Each flower has five sepals and five pink petals that bend downward around the stem. Atop each flower is a structure called a corona that consists of five hood-like florets that contain curved hook-shaped structures called horns.

Photograph of a common milkweed plant inflorescence with out of focus leaves, flower, and a faux brick wall in the background. This species of milkweed has large ball-shaped inflorescences made up small, pink flowers. Each flower has five sepals and five pink petals that bend downward around the stem. Atop each flower is a structure called a corona that consists of five hood-like florets that contain curved hook-shaped structures called horns.
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Still really busy so just popping in to drop off some baby photos.

1st gosling pics this yr & these tykes were already quite big. Park/creek/ponds in this location becomes a day care center for goslings every yr. Hopefully I'll see some ducklings soon too🤞

Photograph of a Canada goose gosling sitting amid short green grass and blooming creepy Charlie (or maybe henbit?) with a pair of fellow goslings in the foreground and the lower belly of an adult goose visible in the background. The gosling is facing left leaving one eye visible. Canada geese goslings have brown and yellow mottled body feathers, dark eyes, black beaks, and brown, textured legs and webbed feet.
Photograph of a Canada goose gosling standing amid short green grass and blooming creepy Charlie (or maybe henbit?). The gosling is facing left and has its head tilted down to peck at grasses to the left. Canada geese goslings have brown and yellow mottled body feathers, dark eyes, black beaks, and brown, textured legs and webbed feet.

Photograph of a Canada goose gosling standing amid short green grass and blooming creepy Charlie (or maybe henbit?). The gosling is facing left and has its head tilted down to peck at grasses to the left. Canada geese goslings have brown and yellow mottled body feathers, dark eyes, black beaks, and brown, textured legs and webbed feet.
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Violet pals having a a bit of a row.

Closeup photograph of a pair of common blue violet flowers on purple-brown stems with out of focus browns and greens in the background. The violet on the right is facing out at the camera while the one on the left is turned to the left in profile. Violets have five petals in a zygomorphic arrangement with two teardrop petals above and behind three lower petals that form a cup or trumpet around the center with stigma styles circling and obscuring the entrance to the flower's interior.
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@JimsPhotos

Thanks! And the one on the right has its head tilted sort like it feels bad about whatever happened to make the other turn away, lol.

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Orange Tip butterfly on spring blossom

The orange-tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) is a delightful sign of spring. The males are easily recognized by their white wings with bright orange tips, which give the species its name
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@JimsPhotos

Marvelous photos! That orange sherbet and white on that bubblegum pink ice cream is fantastic. I think I need to go buy some sherbet/ice cream now, lol.

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Proud parents take the kids out for a spin on the deep, blue-green waters of Lake Michigan.

Photograph of a pair of Canada geese with five goslings swimming in blue-green water. All bird are mostly facing right in profile. Canada geese have white and tan mottled chest and belly feathers, white under-tail feathers, brown back and wing feathers, a long, slender black neck, a black head with a white cheek patch that run under the upper throat, dark eyes, black bills, and black legs and webbed feet. Canada geese goslings have brown and yellow mottled body feathers, dark eyes, black beaks, and brown, textured legs and webbed feet.
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Photograph of a male house sparrow perched on a branch next to another branch with out of focus branch and vague browns and greens in the background. The sparrow is in shadows except its abdomen which is highlighted while the rest of the frame is in soft light. The sparrow is facing right in profile leaving one eye visible. Male house sparrows have grey belly and chest feathers with a black and grey bib, brown wing and back feathers with white and black markings, a brown head with grey cheeks and grey cap, dark eyes with a black mask that wraps around the eyes, beak, and chin, a silvery-grey beak, and brown legs and feet.
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Windchill this am is -27°F 🥶. Going outside for a walk seems ill-conceived unless your extremities are superfluous. I believe the technical term for this weather pattern is "cold as keeeerap". And so, dear reader, my cabin fever continues, unabated 🙁.

Time to build a fire👇.

Closeup photograph of a columbine flower with out of focus flowers and green foliage in the background. Columbine flowers are difficult to describe. Probably the best description is the common nickname "granny's bonnet" because they look somewhat like a hat with five pointed tops. The flowers droop down from a long stem which attaches to the top of the flower. Surrounding the stem are five large, conical structures that open down, flare wide at the bottom, and are made up of petals and sepals. At the top end of the cones these structures have bulbous ends rather than the pointed end of a cone. A large bundle of stamens and pistils extends from the bottom of the flower. This variety of columbine have orange-red petals that fade to yellow near the petal tips as well as yellow stamens and pistils.
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Monkshood.

Photograph of a monkshood plant inflorescence with green foliage and brown branches in the background. This variety has purple flowers that are made up of 4-5 triangular petals that surround the flowers center with a large petal-like sepal that rests on top like a hood or helmet.
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Starling on crabapple.

Photograph of a European starling perched on a crabapple branch covered in red and green leaves with out of focus leaf-covered brnches and a morning blue sky in the background. The starling is in the left frame and is facing left in profile leaving one eye visible. European starlings have black breast feathers that flash iridescent green and purple in the right light, dark wings with brown edging, dark eyes, sharp yellow beaks, and brown legs and feet. They have pointed feathers on the breast and head that can be raised and lowered creating a spiky appearance with each feather giving the impression of a porcupine's quill.
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Shocked* killdeer.

*Ahem. No animals were actually shocked during the taking of this photo. That is simply the killdeer's resting "shocked" face.

Photograph of a killdeer sitting amid short green and yellow grasses. The killdeer is facing left in profile leaving one eye visible and it has its beak open. Killdeer have long, brown, slender legs, white belly, under tail, and breast feathers, brown back, wing, and tail feathers, black chest and neck rings, a white neck ring between the two black rings, black and white masks, black beaks, and dark eyes surrounded by bright orange fleshy skin.
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Gonna be offline for a few weeks friends. Hit by an unexpected issue that saw me hospitalised last week. Gonna take a few weeks too recover.

In the meantime, I'll be looking forward to all your nature/bird photography/art etc. To help keep me close to what I love.

Something funny to leave you with from earlier this year. 'Bombs Away'.

Take care all, enjoy getting out with nature.

A flying Little Egret making a deposit as it passes
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That's a pretty effective fertilize spreader, lol.

Sorry to hear you're having health issues. Hope you recover quickly. Get lots of rest and see you back here soon.

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Photograph of a honey bee on a white sweet autumn clematis flower. This variety of clematis has four, long white petals that radiate from a center filled with long white stamens with white anthers and an off-white pistil with a white stigma. This bee species has a black and brown striped abdomen, a dark brown thorax with fine gold hairs and black hairs, a black head covered in fine black hairs and gold hairs with large, dark compound eyes, mandibles and two antennae, six, black, segmented legs, and two transparent wings with amber veining.
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🟠 !!!!
(10/17/25)

Photograph of a smaller maple tree (possibly a sugar ample) with vivid golden orange leaves with a vivid blue sky in the background. Sunlight filters through the leaves leaving highlights and creating shadows.
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Image of a crow perched on a tree branch with out of focus branches, twigs, and a grey, overcast sky in the background. The crow is facing the left leaving one side and one eye visible. Crows have black body feathers, dark eyes, shiny black beaks, and black legs and feet.
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The Guardian's website was kind enough to feature a photo👇 I submitted for their reader submissions.

I thought that was cool! First time I've had someone publish a submission let alone featuring at the top of the page. Luckily a friend told me because I'm on a news blackout for awhile.

The other readers' submissions are fantastic (especially the mammatus clouds👍). Here's the link is you want to take a look.

https://www.theguardian.com/community/gallery/2024/jul/03/a-busy-bee-and-stormy-sea-readers-best-photos?embedded_webview=true

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Grackle keeping an eye on things and flashing some iridescence at S.T. Morrison Park in Coralville, Iowa.
(05/06/24)

Photograph of a male grackle perched on a branch amid other branches with out of focus green leaves, branches, and patches of blue sky in the background. The grackle is facing the camera with its head and body turned to the right. Male grackles have black feathers that flash a rainbow of iridescence depending on the angle of light. This male is flashing a bit of blue-green around the throat and collar with some purple around the face. They have bright yellow-green eyes with black pupils, black beaks, and dark grey legs and feet.
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