A southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) shot top down as they face towards the top of frame as if crawling over the pebbles and debris
#macromonday
Southern two-lined #salamander - Eurycea cirrigera
(Shot near Cincinnati 4-8-26) 🦎 #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephptography #wildlife #animal #nature #herps #amphibian
A Chestnut-backed chickadee extends its wings while attempting to extract suet from a small log feeding device.
Here’s another for our #BirdoftheDay with the theme of #FeederFriends and a Chestnut-backed chickadee feasting on suit in a log feeder.
#Photography #Birding
#Nature
DSP
Playing #hideandseek/#Peekaboo with an #Orangutang is one of the best #experiences we at #DSP have had whilst #photographing #wild #animals. The #nature of this #beautiful #animal reflect many of our best human #qualities. Shot using #UKNikon #wildlifephotography #photography
A brown butterfly with a big ole white spot on its wings. I see these guys all the time and never get tired of them.
Silver-spotted Skipper
#ButterflyWeek #butterflies
#photography
A queen snake (Regina septemvittata) on a branch and extending their head towards the left of frame, away from the branch. Their face in profile is the main focus of the shot.
Queen #snake - Regina septemvittata
(Shot near Cincinnati 4-3-26) 🐍 #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #reptiles #snakes
I want so bad just to feel them but I fear I would crush them before knowing what the velvet feels like
Orange and black colored butterfly on a lilac flower
For #ButterflyWeek, here is a Painted Lady that we released after watching its metamorphosis.
#MacroMonday
#photography
#nature
A red velvet mite (Trombidium sp.) crawling across sediment and leaf litter from left to right. They contrast completely with their surrounding being a bright red and velvety lump with legs.
#macromonday
Red velvet #mite - Trombidium sp.
(Shot near Cincinnati 4-6-26) 🕷️🪲🪳 #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #spidersky #bug #ento
An Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus) sporting vivid green and black markings.
Made friends with this lovely Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus) today. 🧪 🦎
Croaking frog with impressive puffed out vocal sacs. It's sitting in a green pond.
Photographed a bubble-gumming frog over the weekend. Vocal sacs spread to the max. And... is it actually hugging those bubbles? 🐸 🌿
#amphibians #frogs
A squirrel facing left, sits on a rough barked log. The squirrel is mostly brown with a white underbelly. It sits with it's tail curled up over it's back. The tail is rusty orange with a bit of black. The large brown eye has a broken white eye ring.
#Mammal #Rodent #SquirrelSaturday A little Red Squirrel stopped for a snack.
A nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) posed confidently on the ground with their dark blue held high and neck feathers blending into the dazzling iridescent colors of their wing feathers.
Happy Saturday
Nicobar #pigeon - Caloenas nicobarica
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐦🕊️🪶 #photography #animal #bird #dove #zoo #cincyzoopic #pigeonsky
An eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) posed on their hind legs with their front paws together as if sheepishly asking a question. Head pointed to the left of frame.
#squirrelsaturday
Eastern gray #squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis
(Shot near Cincinnati 3-18-26) 🐿️🦊 #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #mammal #rodent
Happy Snake Saturday! Here are new photos of a northern black racer #snake in the New Jersey Pinelands. I stumbled across this snake while searching for warblers, butterflies, turtles, and dragonflies yesterday. I saw all of those and more! 🐍
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#Snakes #wildlife
A snake sunbathing in the vegetation. It's body is black with yellow spots and bars on the sides. Eye is yellow with a black round pupil.
🐍
A western whip snake heating up in the shrubs.
Hierophis viridiflavus
Western Switzerland
A vertical, high-detail photograph of a female Pileated Woodpecker clinging to the side of a large, sunlit dead tree trunk. The bird is shown in profile, looking upward, highlighting its large size, black body, and signature bright red crest. Its face features bold black and white stripes, and its powerful beak is slightly parted. The background is a soft, out-of-focus mix of green foliage and blue sky, and the image is finished with a subtle vignette and a rounded white border.
Pileated Woodpecker for the #BirdOfTheDay theme #Woodland 📷🪶
#birds #photography #birdphotography #ECK #CanonR6
A small, round, grey bird hides in the shadows, a flash of red on its head. Its goal in life is to avoid photographers.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
#BirdOfTheDay #Woodland
#nature #photography
A wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) bending down to drink from the water in the left side of frame. Their bright yellow beak is nearly touching the water while their brown body and butt are high in the air.
Happy #flyday
Wattled #jacana - Jacana jacana
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐦🪶🦩 #photography #animal #bird #cincyzoopic #zoo
One male red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) in the foreground strutting to the right of frame with another male blackbird in the background.
Happy #flyday
Male red-winged blackbirds - Agelaius phoeniceus
(Shot near Cincinnati 4-2-26) 🐦🪶🐦⬛ #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #animal #bird #blackbird
Just met an Oil #beetle on the path through my woods.
It was munching on a yellow Celandine flower.
Volume up, you can hear it munching.
Picture of a beetle which is generally blueish in colour and which has largish mandibles
Top view of a beetle which is generally blueish purple in colour and which has largish mandibles
Carenum sp. (possibly Carenum occidentale)
A beautifully coloured predatory ground beetle which is endemic to arid regions of Western Australia. This guy was hanging out under our moth trap last night 🪲
#ausinverts #wildoz #Coleoptera #Carabidae #beetle #inaturalist
A male Violet Oil Beetle
Violet Oil Beetle (Meloe violaceus), found at Langridge, near Bath. This is a male, which have kinked antennae. Oil beetles are nest parasites of solitary bees.
#Nature #Wildlife #Beetle #Insects #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography
A disoriented but beautiful wasp, Yellowjacket I think, trying to warm up on our dark ice melter mats in the cool shady part of the yard in the morning.
Warm sunny #pollinators party yesterday. Saw brown #butterfly but winged off before ID—probably always early Red Admiral since they feed on more than just blooms. Plus giant bumble queens, other native #bees, honeybee scouts, #flies, #wasps & #hoverflies. #gardening #InsectThursday #invertebrates 🌱
Rust-Brown butterfly with vibrant orange stripes and purple circles (eyespots) sitting among brown tree leaves on the ground.
Take a break from the crazy world to admire this absolutely stunning female Buckeye butterfly. She was chillin’ in the oak leaves in our upper meadow this evening. #InsectThursday 🧡
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
A carrion beetle larva (Family: Silphidae) on a blade of grass facing the left of frame. A top down shop shows their mostly brown body with a sort of light skirting around the edges.
#insectthursday
Carrion #beetle larva - Family: Silphidae
(Shot near Cincinnati 4-6-26) 🪳🪲 #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #insect #bugsky #bug #ento
A large yellow butterfly with black stripes (an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail) perches on lime green leaves. The butterfly is a female as designated by the blue bordering the hind wings; her hind wings and right forewing have been injured, most likely by predators.
“Happiness is like a #butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will evade you, but if you notice the other things around you, it will gently come and sit on your shoulder.”― Henry David Thoreau 🦋🌿 #ColorADay #YellowThu #InsectThursday #Pollinators #ECK #Butterflies #LawnPatrol #Insects
Fuzzy yellow and black bumblebee on pale yellow grass seed stalks. Blue sky and green foliage are visible in the distance.
Bumblebee on dry summer grass seed stalks #ColorADay #YellowThu #Bees #nature #meadow #macro #photography #InsectThursday
Close-up of a honeybee collecting pollen on a white flower, with bright yellow pollen visible on its hind legs and a soft blue sky in the background
Wee #honeybee packing a yellow pollen pouch for #InsectThursday #Macro #MacroPhotography #Photography #BloomScrolling #ColorADay #YellowThur #bee #weebee
Have a lovely day you splendid humans
A male springtime darner (Basiaeschna janata) perched in a way where he’s sort of dangling from plants on the stream bank. His back is to the camera so we can see the cryptic pattern with blue and brown all down his body.
#insectthursday
Male springtime #darner - Basiaeschna janata
(Shot near Cincinnati 4-6-26) 🐉🪰🪳🪲 #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #insect #dragonfly #bug #bugsky #ento
A blue bird perches on a power line. The bird is small with a blue head, wings, and tail. It’s chest it orange and its stomach is white. It is lit by mid-morning sun. The background is a soft blend of green trees and blue sky.
@alan678.bsky.social‘s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ManMadePerch. Here’s a bluebird perching on a power line in Atlanta.
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #birds #birding #cute #eck
