I took this pic back in 2014 in the garage. #Iowa #IowaOutdoors #IowaWildlife 2
I took this pic back in 2014 in the garage. #Iowa #IowaOutdoors #IowaWildlife
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