Its been a good year so far. I haven't been on reddit enough but that just means I have these heavy hitting photo dumps.

Bald eagles, American Kestrel, Broadwing hawk?, African Goshawk, osprey, barred owl, great horned owlets, swallows, osprey, burrowing owls, dunlin, snowy owl, barred owl, Robin, petrel?, kestrel, barred owl

I tend to be more on Threads and IG as @@8_bit_explorer

He popped up next to me while I was walking in the forest and foraged all around me, not caring at all that I was there and getting super close! It was an amazing encounter <3
New Orleans, LA

Taken with the OM system OM-1 MK2 w/ 300mm F4

Hungry fellas

Walking in the park and saw her standing extremely still on the fence. They look so gigantic up close.

Port Clinton City Beach. Lake Erie.

Port Clinton City Beach. Lake Erie.

Shot with Nikon Z9 Nikkor 600 mm PF f/6.3 lens, shot at 1/500 s, f/6.3, ISO 9000, EV -0.33

Piermont Pier, Piermont, NY, October 11, 2026 around 9:30 AM. Did its little dance in some light rain.

Some lovely fellas from this weekends walk in Northampton, UK

Whidbey Island, WA