Nate Toper

@natetoper.bsky.social

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All I want to do is photograph birds and play Blood on the Clocktower. All photos that I post are my own. He/him.

Three baby Grey Herons in a nest, with their parent Heron out of focus behind them. The middle baby Heron is extending its neck, and has its beak open. The other two are looking at each other.
A side view of a Sandpiper. It's facing the right of the frame, and is standing on some mud on the edge of a lake.
A young Magpie fills the frame, perched upon a thick tree branch. Its beak is open, as it was waiting for food to enter it. Its feathers are plumped up, as it had a shake just before I took this photo.
A Nuthatch sitting on a thick branch. There are bright green out-of-focus leaves in the background and foregroudn. The Nuthatch is in the centre of the frame looking to the left
A Grey Heron stands on a branch with one leg. It's looking to the right of the frame, and is framed by out-of-focus foliage in the foreground, creating a circle in which the Heron is visible.
A young Magpie on a branch, in the middle of the frame, with its back to the camera, stands wings outstreched while being fed by its parent. The parent is about double the size.
A Grey Heron in flight with a big stick in its beak. It's on the left side of the frame flying to the right.
Two young Coots facing each other on a lake. Their necks and heads are making a heart shape.
A Grey Heron in flight with a medium-sized stick in its beak. It's facing the left of the frame, with both wings outstreched.
A portrait photo of a Great Tit on a branch. It's looking to the top left of the frame, with its beak open mid-song
A Mallard flying over a lake pulling out of a landing. There is a Canada Goose minding its own business having a drink on the edge of the lake.
A Mallard a few inches from the surface of a lake as it takes off in flight. It's on the right-hand side of the frame, with the water splashing up in its wake.
A Grey Heron standing in shallow water. Its head is fully submerged in the water, with a splash rising around it. The spash is reflected in the water.
A Goldcrest on a branch. It's looking towards the left of the frame, with part of its yellow stripe on its head visible.
A Great Tit on a branch with its back to the camera. It's looking to the left with its beak open mid-song.
A Tufted Duck swimming from left to right on a lake. The water is green from the reflection of the trees on the other side of the water, not included in the frame.
A Chiffchaff perched on a branch, facing the right of the frame.
A Eurasian Magpie standing on short grass. It's facing the camera, looking slightly to its right.
Two Moorhens in the midst of fighting. One is on its back in the water with its legs in the air, while the other towers above it with wings open. There is water spray all around them.
A Robin on the ground with its body facing the camera. It's looking to its right, with its left leg forwards and left wing up above its head.
A Coal Tit perched on a thin branch facing forwards, but looking to the right of the frame. It has some moss in its beak, and more by its right leg.
A Grey Wagtail standing on a log floating in a lake. It's facing the right of the frame, with its reflection distorted in the water's ripples.
A Magpie is facing the camera, looking slightly to the right of the frame. It's in fairly long green grass.
A Swallow sitting on a roof. There are spots of moss growing, and the sky behind it is a pale blue.
A Carrion Crow perched on a branch of a tree. It's looking to the right of the frame, in sunlight, but the sky behind it is a dark grey.
A close up of the side of a Mallard. Only its feathers are in the frame, with the turquoise section central to frame.
A Blue Tit perched on the edge of a wooden top of a table with some seed on it. The photo is tightly cropped, and the bird is facing the right of the frame.
A Canda Goose facing the camera about to land in a lake. Its wings are out, feet just above the surface, and its tongue is sticking out. The goose's reflection is in the water.
A Portrait photograph of a Blue Tit on the branch of a tree. The tree is in bloom with many white flowers.
Four female Goosanders facing the camera. The one in the middle has a large fish - a Perch, I think, in its beak, with the other birds close behind.
A Canada Goose facing the camera. Its right wing is slightly out as it washes itself. There are water splashes surrounding the bird.
A Robin perched on a branch in the Spring sun.
A Coot standing on the muddy bank of a lake. Its facing the water, with its right foot outstretched behind it.
A Grey Heron standing in some water. It's beak is open, and it's in the process of eating a small fish. The fish is captured between the Heron's open beak.
A Treecreeper on the side of a tree, facing up. Two thirds of the photo from the left is the tree, with the bird on the right side of it.
A portrait photograph of a female Goosander leaping out the water with two-thirds of a big fish out of its mouth.
A female Goosander with a large fish in their beak, with four more Goosanders chasing her. They are all going from right to left, and there is water spray accross the entire photo.
An Oystercatcher sitting on dry earth, facing the left. Its beak is slightly open.
A Grey Heron looking forwards at the camera. There are branches filling the background.
A Marsh Harrier flying to the right. It's wings are outstretched, and there are light green foliage of the top of trees in the background.
A close-up of a Grey Heron facing to the left. It's head and neck are visible, in the shape of a question mark, with blurred branches in the foregored, adding some texture to the otherwise blue/grey background
A Great Tit perched on a branch, looking forwards over the left shoulder of the photographer.
A Grey Heron flying away from the camera, over water. Its wings are outstreched, and it's facing towards the right of the frame.
A male Goosander on a lake on its own. There is a muted sepia tone in the photo, with reeds and broken wooden fence panels in the background.
A Eurasian Robin standing on top of a bush. Its body is facing right, but it's looking over its right shoulder, with its wings out a little.
The head of a Goldcrest peeking out of a tree or bush. Its beak is pointing down to the bottom right of the frame, and its gold streak is visible and vibrant.
A Coot standing on a mostly frozen lake. A piece of bread that someone had thrown on to the ice is moments away from hitting the ground, having been dropped by the Coot.
A portrait photo of a Magpie on the end of a thick tree branch. It's looking to its left, directly towards the camera.
A Nuthatch above a circular feeder looking at the contents within.
The back of a Canada Goose with its wings outstreched. There are water drops frozen in the air across the photo, with some bigger splashes around the goose.
A Great Tit on a thick branch in strong sunlight. Its head is facing the top left of the frame, and there is a small silver ball of something on the tip of its beak.
A Tufted Duck swimming away from the camera but looking to the left of the frame. Its tuft is prominent, and there are water drops on its back.
A Robin cantre in frame perched on a branch. It's facing the camera, and is looking very round.
The head and shoulders of a young Grey Heron. Its back is facing the camera, and its looking to the left.
A Black-headed Gull facing the camera. Its wings are at half-stretch, and only blurred water is behind it.
A Black-headed Gull is pecking the underside of a Canada Gull while its front half is submerged in the water.
A Robin perched on the top of a tree branch. It's facing to the right of the frame. The sunlight behind the Robin gives the background a slightly washed-out look.
A Cormorant with its back to the camera, looking towards the right. It's drying its wings, and it's standing on a blue container in the water.
A Grey Heron standing at the base of a large, loose branch in a lake. The crop is tight, it's facing the right-hand side, with it's wings half outstrechted.
A Common Sandpiper facing to the right, with its beak slightly open. It's standing on a rock protruding from the water.