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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 -

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).

What sounds like a monkey and loves to bang its he

What sounds like a monkey and loves to bang its head against a tree? Pileated Woodpecker: Dryocopus pileatus!

These fun birds avoid concussions thanks to some amazing adaptations! Their spongy skulls act like shock absorbers, while thick neck muscles help distribute the impact. Their beaks are slightly longer on the bottom, directing force away from the brain, which is small, tightly packed, and positioned to minimize injury. These features let them hammer away at trees without harm. Lots of biomimicry innovation potential!

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