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@julielfrost.bsky.social

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Nature lover with a camera. Ethical photography with minimal editing. All photos/art are my own and copyrighted, unless reposts. No DMs. Thank you for likes, follows and reposts. I tend to follow accounts with some original content.

A red-headed woodpecker is perched on a branch against a very pale blue background.
A young red-tailed hawk sits is perched in dead branches at the top of a tree branches, wings spread as it adjusts its stance,
A giant yellow swallowtail butterfly on a pink coneflower.
A close-up, head-on view of a giant swallowtail butterfly on a pink coneflower, its proboscis unrolled into the central disk florets to sip nectar.
A black-capped chickadee hangs on to the side of a tree with a seed in its bill.
A widow skimmer dragonfly viewed from above as it pauses on the edge of a coneflower.
A cabbage white butterfly on purple ageratum.
A single compass plant flower on a long stem viewed from below and against a pale blue-gray sky.
A sunbathing Eastern phoebe on a wooden boardwalk railing. Birds sunbathe to regulate temperature, control parasites, and triggers Vitamin D production.
A fledgling bald eagle that has returned to the nest.
An adult bald eagle (with a fully white head) is perched on a thick branch near its nest.
A white peacock butterfly viewed from above as it sits with wings spread. It is light gray with spots on its wings and wavy orange borders.
A close up of a barn swallow with deep blue head cap and wings and a bright rusty orange face and throat.
A tiny black jumping spider looks toward the camera as it sits on the edge of a bright green zinnia leaf.
A skipper butterfly pauses on a green leaf.. Their stout bodies and big heads set them apart from other butterflies.
Portrait of a sandhill crane colt. This colt will stay with its parents for nine to 10 months.
A song sparrow sits atop a leaf-adorned branch against a blue sky.
A close up of a red-tailed hawk staring directly into the camera from its perch in low bushes.
A question mark butterfly sits on a leaf, wings folded.
Close up head shot of a barn swallow with its beak wide open.
An American crow is perched on a park sign. The content of the sign is cropped out of frame.
An adult bald eagle perched on a thick branch, its appears to be grooming to talons.
A lemon-yellow clouded sulphur on a blade of grass.
A barn swallow is perched on a branch body head and gaze downward, with its wings spreads up and behind its body.
A common yellowthroat stands out with the only color in the image - bright yellow underparts and a black mask.
A view into the distance osprey platform nest. The two of the four osprey visible in the nest are looking at each other. One has spread its wings wide.
A northern house wren sits, in side profile, atop a dead branch, beak slightly open.
Three barn swallows are nestled into a nest made of mud and straw.
A close up of a great spangled fritillary, with the butterfly's head as the focal point. The butterfly is on a milkweed flower against a bright solid green background.
Two blue jays are sitting on a branch with leaves in the background. One blue jay has a small green berry in its bill; the other jay is looking up at the berry.
A common wood-nymph butterfly in a rare still moment. They typically rest with their wings closed, as is the case in this photo.
A juvenile red-tailed hawk looks into the distance from its perch on a branch.
A yellow-billed cuckoo is perched on a branch under the cover of leaves. It is notable for its white under parts, long "polka dot" tail and yellow lower bill.
A monarch butterfly, wings spread, visits on a potted flower.
An Eastern phoebe sits on a boardwalk railing, beak open.
A common yellowthroat warbler, viewed from behind.
A male brown-headed cowbird in side profile.
A sandhill crane colt looks down to the gravel path, hoping to find a morsel. (A family that just left the trail had, despite signs prohibiting it, been throwing seed).
A young red-tailed hawk is perched atop a dead tree snag, it's bill wide open as it calls out.
A red squirrel, its tail curled up its back, sits on a downed log in the shade.
A bald eagle stands in a grassy field.
A long-billed thrasher sits in shallow water.
A widow skimmer butterfly, seen from above and behind, sits on a thin branch against a green background.
A Northern yellow warbler holds onto a branch in a horizontal posture.
A dickcissel, a songbird in the cardinal family, is perched on a branch. It has a bright yellow breast with a black "V" on its throat.
An Eastern towhee in the short grass at the edge of a trail. It has a rusty-orange side, white belly and black hood neck and body.
A great crested flycatcher sits atop a dead branch. While the bird is primarily in the shadows, its gray-white throat and its eye are highlighted by sunlight. The background is a soft mottled yellow green.
A yellow-billed cuckoo on a branch, hidden deep within a tree.
A song sparrow, in side view, on a branch against a bright green background.
A gray catbird is perched on a branch against a muted green background.
A downy woodpecker paused on a lichen-covered branch, contemplating its next strike on the branch.
A spicebush swallowtail with wings spread wide. This basking maximizes the surface area exposed to the sun and helps butterflies warm their bodies.
An orchard oriole peeks out from behind a green leaf.
An Eastern kingbird peeks out from its nest; viewed from below the nest.
Three green heron branchers -they have left the nest but do not fly - are pictured.
A thistle bloom viewed from above, a bright pink center surrounded by green.
A male Mallard makes gentle ripples as it moves through still water
A common yellowthroat warbler holds onto the side of a green stem. Its yellow throat contrasts with its black mask.