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I'm Ryan M. Tech geek. Avgeek. California Native plant gardener. All photos on this blog, unless stated otherwise, are mine. Cameras: Fujifilm X-T5 and X100V. Views are my own.

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    A Yellow-rumped Warbler was on the lookout for insects in our ‘lil nectarine tree. It was a very last minute decision to get the camera #YellowRumpedWarbler #BirdPhotography #Birds #HomeOrchard #Fujifilm #SOoC

    A Yellow-rumors Warbler is perched in a leafing out nectarine tree with pink to magenta flowers that are about to fall off. The warbler’s back is to the camera as it looks almost 90° to the left, giving side eye to the photographer. Its yellow spot on its head is just visible. Its feathers are black to gray. The background is completely blurred out.

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    House Finch showing their spring colors #HouseFinch #BirdPhotography #Birds #Yarden #Fujifilm #SOoC

    A house finch, with bright red upper body, perched on an at-capacity yellow seed feeder. Its chest is facing the camera but its head is cocked to the left, as if it is eyeing the seed port. Some one out peanuts in the bottom feeder tray

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    Back in March, 2024, we went to Death Valley. It was nowhere close to this year’s reported superbloom, but it was a treat seeing the cloud shrouded desert landscape painted with yellow north of Ubehebe Crater #DeathValleyNP #BloomScrolling #Fujifilm #SOoC

    A wide-angle view of an area north of Ubehebe Crater where yellow flowers carpet the valley and some hills. Clouds are low, touching the peaks of some far off mountains. In the midground, a dirt road crosses the frame in front of some endoheric basins shine, but they're not filled with water, just really freshly deposited sediment.

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    Yesterday, at the refuge, a Bald Eagle was soaring in a thermal. I’m going to miss the winter sunlight illuminating everything from the side!

    #BaldEagle #Birds #BirdPhotography #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #Fujifilm #CropToZoom

    A Bald Eagle, against a clear blue sky, soars overhead, with the camera looking straight up at the bird. Its dark brown wings are outstretched, its feet are tucked against its white tail feathers, and its sun brightened right eye is just visible. Its beak is slightly open, showing off a tongue.

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    The Red-shouldered Hawk again visited our backyard at sunrise. Meanwhile, White-crowned sparrows are oblivious. And later, a Nuttall’s Woodpecker did pest control on our Nectarine, looking for bark-beetles #RedShoulderedHawk #WhiteCrownSparrow #NuttallsWoodpecker #Birds #BirdPhotography #FujifilmA Red-shouldered Hawk through a bunch of Tree of Heaven branches. It's got a bit of clouded over morning sun on its face. The branches criss-cross its body.A close-up of a White-crowned Sparrow is in a tray full of seeds cocks its head up just a bit, as if looking at the camera. It has clear white stripes on its head, one behind its eye and another at the top of its head. The rest of the body is gray to beige with white stripes along its wings. A Nuttalls Woodpecker is furiously pecking at a Nectarine, pausing for a second, eye towards the camera with its tree dust covered beak. It is black with white.

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    'Negative space' #FotoVorschlag

    At Berlin Tempelhof airport, December 5, 2023. #Berlin #Germany #Fujifilm #SOoC

    On a cloudy day with snow covered ground, a runner in a blue outfit travels along one of the Berlin Tempelhof's taxiways. A little father away, a dog runs in parrallel on gnow and grass. The scene is very white with few breaks of buildings along the skyline.

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    June, 2022: Munich’s Palace of Justice with the Neptune Fountain #Munich #Germany #Fujifilm #SOoC

    The rear of the Neptune Fountain, with Neptune's rear end prominent in front of the Palace of Justice. It's a nice blue but cloudy day, and the sky with clouds reflect in the palace's oversized windows. The copper and glass dome reaches toward the sky.

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    Finally, I got a telephoto of the hawk hanging out around our backyard. Looks like a Red-shouldered Hawk, not a Red-tailed
    #RedShoulderedHawk #Birds #BirdPhotography #Fujifilm #SOoC

    A Red-shouldered hawk sits in a Tree of Heaven, ever watchful. It is mostly brownish-red with white patches, especially on its chest. It has some slicked back feathers upon its head. Its beak is black at the tip and orange closer to the face. Some blurry elderberry leaves obscure a portion of the bird.

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    “I ONLY HAVE ONE LEG, COME AT ME!” - Western Meadowlark #WesternMeadowLark

    #Birds #BirdPhotography #LlanoSeco #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #Fujifilm #SOoC

    A meadow lark is perched upon a swing gate, with only one leg, and its back to the camera. Its head is turned to the left, beak open, as if it is singing. A patch of orange can be seen on its throat and behind its beak. The rest of the bird is mottled brown and white. The background is blurred out but there's a strip of green among the brown.

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    Last night's rising moon, near the horizon, through a whole lot of atmosphere and some wispy clouds #Moon

    A yellow-orange glowing moon where some of the darker maria can be seen as splotches. There's a shape kind of like a dog wearing oversized sunglasses. Or so my partner says. There's a vague hint of glowing clouds in front of the moon.

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