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    This Harris’s Hawk got between me and the sun. [Bentsen State Park, Texas; January] #creativebirdphotography #harrisshawk #bentsenstatepark #bentsenriograndevalleystatepark #riograndevalleybirds #thephotonaturalist #sparkystensaas
    Snack time! Eastern Kingbird parent feeding the fledglings. [Western Minnesota; August] #prairiebirds #easternkingbirdfamily #easternkingbird #minnesotawildlife #sparkystensaas
    Frosty grass? Nope…just a high-key image of a breeding Short-billed Dowitcher [Churchill, Manitoba; June 2022; Canon R5 with Canon 100-500mm lens] #churchillwild #churchillmanitoba #tundrashorebird #tundrawildlife #shortbilleddowitcher #manitobawildlife #sparkystensaas #thephotonaturalist
    Being from Minnesota I don’t think of American Kestrels as being lizard-eaters, but this urban Kestrel in Brownsville, Texas made a meal of this Cuban Brown Anole. It took him a long time to kill and eat the lizard though. [Brownsville, Texas; January 2023] #americankestrel #preyofkestrel #raptoreatinglizard #lizardeatingraptor #sparkystensaas #brownsvilletexas
    The “king” butterfly of Minnesota’s western prairies….Regal Fritillary on Liatris [Felton Prairie; August] #regalfritillary #prairiewild #felton #feltonprairie #butterflybeauty
    Next winters bird food? Or grocery store cooking oil? [Western Minnesota]

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