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Lovely birds from St. Marks Wildlife Refuge. 1. O Lovely birds from St. Marks Wildlife Refuge. 
1. Orchard Oriole
2. Willet
3. Grackle (male)
4. Grackle (female)
*And a goofy soft shell turtle. 

#stmarkswildliferefuge #birdsonearth #floridawildlife #naturephotography #floridanaturephotography #maddenscience #tallahasseenature
Tallahassee Challenger Tennis 2025: Day 1 action. Tallahassee Challenger Tennis 2025: Day 1 action. Incredible Aerial Artistry and Power! Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera vs Michael Mmoh @michaelmmoh @tomasbarriosv @tallychallenger @cottennis @usta @ustaflorida #tennis #tallahasseechallenger #floridatennis #sportsphotography #maddenscience
Tallahassee Challenger Tennis 2025: Day 1 action. Tallahassee Challenger Tennis 2025: Day 1 action. Incredible Aerial Artistry and Power! Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera vs Michael Mmoh @michaelmmoh @tomasbarriosv @tallychallenger @cottennis @usta @ustaflorida #tennis #tallahasseechallenger #floridatennis #sportsphotography #maddenscience
Fun exploring at St. Marks and spending time with Fun exploring at St. Marks and spending time with these baby alligator siblings. I could (and almost did) spend all day observing these wonderful creatures. 

#stmarkswildliferefuge #babygators #floridawildlife #alligator #naturephotography #floridanaturephotography #maddenscience #tallahasseenature
Big gator! I heard this guy bellowing long before Big gator! I heard this guy bellowing long before I saw him. Sounded like an engine starting over and over! Also can see a large healing wound on his left side in picture 2. 

#stmarkswildliferefuge #gator #floridawildlife #alligator #naturephotography #floridanaturephotography #maddenscience #tallahasseenature
Sunrise at St. Marks Wildlife Refuge. #stmarkswi Sunrise at St. Marks Wildlife Refuge. 

#stmarkswildliferefuge #floridawildlife #sunrise #naturephotography #floridanaturephotography #maddenscience #tallahasseenature
Yellow Crowned Night Herons (Nyctanassa violacea) Yellow Crowned Night Herons (Nyctanassa violacea) are one of my favorite birds. Often funny looking - as seen here! These guys love to fly straight up and down rivers and springs. 

#wakullaspringsstatepark
#yellowcrownednightheron #floridawildlife #heron #naturephotography #floridanaturephotography #maddenscience #tallahasseenature
Baby and Mommy Alligator! 🐊 This is the first Baby and Mommy Alligator! 🐊 
This is the first time I noticed the leading edge webbing on the legs of baby alligators! (easiest to see on the last picture) Incredible!

#wakullaspringsstatepark 
#alligator #floridawildlife #gator #naturephotography #floridanaturephotography #maddenscience #tallahasseenature
What lurks below! 🐊 Amazing to see this beast What lurks below! 🐊 
Amazing to see this beast close up and underwater. Can even see the little fishies swimming around with her!
#gator #floridawildlife #alligator #naturephotography #floridanaturephotography #maddenscience #tallahasseenature
Special thanks to Morgan Hawkins @morgan_hawk80 - Special thanks to Morgan Hawkins @morgan_hawk80 - FSU Coastal Marine Lab. @fsumarinelab Morgan shared her enthusiasm and expertise with our biology classes in this lecture. See link in profile for last year's video. 

Check out these close up pictures of the amazing Bay Scallop (Argopecten irradians)!
These small marine creatures can have over 40 bright blue eyes along their mantle edges. Each eye is a marvel of nature, equipped with a lens, a two-layered retina, and a concave mirror to detect light and movement—perfect for spotting predators and making a quick escape! #BayScallop #MarineBiology #UnderTheSea #OceanConservation #ScallopEyes #NaturePhotography #MarineLife #ShellfishAquaculture #SustainableSeafood #MarineConservation #FSUCoastalMarineLab #EcoEducation #AquaticLife
I love seeing the reflected wave rings radiating u I love seeing the reflected wave rings radiating up and across the Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus). 
#maddenscience #hoodedmerganser #floridabirds #wildflorida #floridaaudubonsociety #audubon #wildtallahassee
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias). Wonderful to wa Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias). Wonderful to watch this deft bird hunt, and equally inspiring watching it fly. I didn't notice until I got home that I caught the wading Great Egret in the foreground as I tracked the flying Great Blue Heron! Pretty lucky. 
#maddenscience #greatblueheron #floridabirds #wildflorida #greategret #floridaaudubonsociety #audubon #wildtallahassee
The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is a deadly The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is a deadly hunter. I love being able to see the fish's eyes and the water droplets on the beak!
#maddenscience #greatblueheron #floridabirds #wildflorida #floridaaudubonsociety #audubon
A few more otter pictures from our adventures. Che A few more otter pictures from our adventures. Check out those whiskers!
We had a blast hanging out with my new best friend We had a blast hanging out with my new best friend - The North American River Otter : Lontra canadensis. What a delightful creature and amazing hunter. Nearly every time I watched her hunt, she came back with a yummy fish. The kids and I (armed with our walkie-talkies) spent many snow day hours on otter patrol.
#otter #floridawildlife #otterlife #naturephotography #floridanaturephotography #maddenscience #tallahasseenature
Snow wonderland above (and in) the clouds: Snowsho Snow wonderland above (and in) the clouds: Snowshoeing and exploring Snow Lake and Snoqualmie Pass with my man! Josh @beard_on_fire
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Two of the ~100 eagles we saw during our epic eagl Two of the ~100 eagles we saw during our epic eagle expedition on the Skagit River. @skagitrivereagletours 

#skagitriver #northcascades #northcascadesnationalpark #seattle #pnw #pnwonderland #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #baldeaglephotography #baldeagles #skagiteagles #maddenscience
Had an amazing experience on the Skagit River with Had an amazing experience on the Skagit River with @skagitrivereagletours and Luke, our captain. It was great to be back in the PNW. We saw over 100 eagles! The weather was as expected - pouring rain, 40 degrees - thank goodness the driftboats had heaters, and very grateful for our excellent captain, navigating especially high waters. 

I love being able to see the rain. Though we saw a ton of eagles, the photography conditions were not quite ideal - cold, rain, raging river and moving boat, low light, and far away eagles. But the nature experience was epic and we loved it nonetheless! I guess we'll have to come back! 

Any advice - I'm wondering how to take better photos in such conditions (I'm shooting Sony A7IV + 200-600mm, manual + auto iso) *some of the shots I'll post are actually screen shots from 4K video footage. 

#skagitriver #northcascades #northcascadesnationalpark #seattle #pnw #pnwonderland #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #baldeaglephotography #baldeagles #skagiteagles #maddenscience
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus). Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus).
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