Today, we’re celebrating one year of Iowa Natives with our Winter 2026 issue. Thank you to all those doing the good work of stewardship in our state. We appreciate you!
#IowaNatives #Stewardship #NativePlants #IowaWildlife #CommunityStories
A young cardinal is perched atop a metal yard art bird.
Gus the yard bird serves as a perch for a young cardinal scanning the ground for spilled seed under our feeders. 🪶
#birds #backyardbirds #IowaWildlife #cardinal #birdfeeding #nature #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography
Cooper’s hawk in a sweet gum tree, showing his barred breast.
Cooper’s hawk showing a slate gray back.
Front and back of a Cooper surveying the backyard and trying to cope with the wind. 🪶 #birds #IowaWildlife
Just sat down at the dinner table when this bold young Cooper's Hawk lander on our deck railing. We have a feeder cluster about 10' away. I couldn't believe I was was to get a video through a dirty corner window. 🪶 #backyardbirds #birds #IowaWildlife
Yes, there certainly are advantages to having a secluded backyard at the fringe of the suburbs. #wildlifephotography #OMSystem #nature #IowaWildlife #deer #photography #wildlife
A sora paused just long enough for a couple of quick shots. Location is a western Iowa farm pond. 🪶
#birds #BirdPhotography #IowaWildlife #waterbird
A male yellow-shafted flicker sits in the snow, as snow is also dusted on the length of his beak.
Cold doesn't seem to bother this male yellow-shafted northern flicker. It has been a treat to host him for the whole winter. Flickers are usually pretty transient in this fringe suburban locale. 🪶
#birds #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography #woodpecker #nature #wildlife #IowaWildlife
Blue sentinel.
#birds #bluebird #easternbluebird #photography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #IowaWildlife
White-breasted nuthatches are like perpetual motion machines. You can catch them when they pause. But don't hesitate, they could be upside down and backwards in a flash.🪶
#birds #nuthatch #wildlife #nature #backyardbirds #IowaWildlife
This chickadee is either an optimist or just passing through. 🪶
#birds #birdphotography #backyardbirds #nature #birdfeeding #IowaWildlife #wildlife
Iowa is stepping up its game in wildlife conservation with a new bill that could redefine hunting practices for bison and nondomesticated sheep!
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#IA #ConservationEfforts #WildlifeManagement #CitizenPortal #IowaWildlife #SustainableHunting
A pair a tree swallows sitting atop a nestbox intended for eastern bluebirds, but in habitat well suited to swallows.
A pair of tree swallows who eagerly adopted a bluebird house near a farm pond. 🪶
#birds #nestbox #iowawildlife #nature #birdphotography
The Iowa winter winds can really wreak havoc on a feather-do. 🪶
#m43 #birds #hawk #OMSystem #nature #birdphotography #IAWX #IowaWildlife
Nearly the *polar* opposite of what I'm seeing out my window rn, here are two young dickcissels on the #prairie doing dickcissel things. 🪶
#birds #nature #iowaWildlife #omsystem #birdphotography #m43
One of our ever-present Downy Woodpeckers pauses to size up his target. 🪶
#birds #woodpecker #nature #iowaWildlife #omsystem #birdphotography #m43
Year in, year out the tip of the spruce is a Mr. Bluebird favorite. 2 of 2. 🪶
#birds #bluebird #IowaWildlife #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #nature #BackyardBirds #birdsofbluesky
Eastern bluebird on lattice
My 2015 bluebird was a smash hit. Thank you all. I have found more shots of that photogenic pair. 1 of 2. 🪶
#birds #bluebird #IowaWildlife #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #nature #BackyardBirds #birdsofbluesky
Curious catbird.
#birds #IowaWildlife #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #nature #BackyardBirds #birdsofbluesky
Cooper's hawk in snowfall
Using the snowfall for cover, he's back for more feeder surveillance.
#birds #IowaWildlife #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #nature #raptor #hawk #BackyardBirds #birdsofbluesky
Deer standing on two legs to reach for ear corn
During a past winter with much more snow, a possible sighting of the mythical white-tailed deeraffe. #nature #IowaWildlife #photography #outdoors
Hawk atop the feeder pole
There sure isn't much action at the feeders this morning. 🪶
#birds #IowaWildlife #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #nature #raptor #hawk #BackyardBirds #birdsofbluesky
The fog and gloom continues, but hey, a flicker has still gotta eat! We don't always get flickers at the feeder, but this one has been a regular for a few weeks. Glad to have him. 🪶 #birds #IowaWildlife #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #nature #woodpecker #BackyardBirds #birdsofbluesky
Bluebird on metal yard art
"Art, you are still not the boss of this yard." 🪶 #birds
#IowaWildlife #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #nature #bluebird #easternbluebird #birdsofbluesky
White-breasted nuthatches are ALWAYS right side up. 🪶 #birds #IowaWildlife #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #nature
Cedar waxwing with crabapple
"An apple a day..." A cedar waxwing snags his MDR. 🪶
#BirdWatching #Nature #waxwing #WildlifePhotography #photography #FeatheredFriends #Birds #BackyardBirds #IowaWildlife
Cedar waxwing
A roving cedar waxwing finds that the crabapple has been stripped bare. 🪶 #BirdWatching #Nature #waxwing #Olympus #WildlifePhotography #photography #FeatheredFriends #Birds #BackyardBirds #IowaWildlife
A newly fledged baby blue birb. 🪶
#Bluebird #BirdWatching #Nature #WildlifePhotography #photography #FeatheredFriends #Birds #BackyardBirds #IowaWildlife
Male eastern bluebird perched in flowering crab
Mr. Bluebird atop our little spruce has gone over so well I thought I'd let him reprise today in our blooming crab apple. 🪶
#Bluebird #BirdWatching #Nature #WildlifePhotography
#photography #FeatheredFriends #Birds #BackyardBirds #IowaWildlife
Bluebird on blue spruce
This is my warm season backyard co-manager. I have occasional visits from bluebirds during the winter, if it isn't too harsh, but I still miss this guy and his mate. #Bluebird #BirdWatching #Nature #WildlifePhotography #photography #FeatheredFriends #Birds #BackyardBirds #IowaWildlife
Bluebird with food for young
Catch of the Day! #bluebird #birds #photography #birdphotography #BackyardBirds #IowaWildlife #nature #insect
