Spidermax

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Amateur wildlife/animal photographer, zoology nerd, bug lover, tarantula keeper, herper, zoo lurker, aquarium hobbyist, frog guy, ecology enthusiast, beginner birder. He/him in Cincinnati, Oh 📸s: canon rebel T2i & T7i, iPhone 15 pro, GoPro hero black 13

A male cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) perched on the hook holding a feeder and inspecting the attachments

An eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) on the ground near a tree trunk in the left of frame. Their body is pointed toward the tree as they look over their left shoulder toward the camera.

Pied imperial pigeon (Ducula bicolor) perched on a branch in their zoo enclosure with their chest pointed to the right of frame and their face pointed cautiously towards the camera.

A bottle fly (Calliphora sp.) on a small twig facing the left of frame

A blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) perched on a branch with their back to us, but barely showing us the right side of their face as they peak over their shoulder.

A young common water snake (Nerodia sp.) dangling from the top left corner of the frame with their nose heading to the bottom right while giving the camera some side eye with their right eye.

A close up shot at the head of a common ostrich (Struthio camelus) with their beak pointed to the right of frame so we see the right side of their frizzy feathered head and their big black right eye

An eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) scrambling up a tree angled toward the top left corner of the frame. The squirrel has a nut in their mouth.

At the bottom of the frame, a crow (Corvus sp.) stands among the grass with their chest pointed to the right of frame and looking up at the eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) that is diving in attack.

An eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) perched on a thin branch in a grassy field facing the left of frame so we can see their white chest.

A rusty crayfish (Faxonius rusticus) shot top down facing the left of frame. The crustacean is slightly out of water but in a gravelly river bed and in a sort of tight body posture with all of their limbs and extremities tucked close.

A young common water snake (Nerodia sp.) being held in my left hand with their right sode resting on my palm.

An American black bear (Ursus americanus) on their build artificial tree (like a cat tree but definitely built for bears). Their body is facing us but they are looking toward the bottom left corner of the frame.

3 bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) perched on a log. The two toward the left of frame have their chests facing forward and their beaks pointed to the left of frame. The eagle on the right has their back towards us and their beak also pointed to the left of frame. The two eagles on the left are standing on only one foot as they tuck their limbs as tightly as possible to stay warm in the cold of February

A Canadian goose (Branta canadensis) standing in a puddle next to a curb at the bottom right of frame.

A barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) perched on barbed wire with their right side and chest to us as they point their beak to the right of frame.

A Jamaican boa (Chilabrothus subflavus) coiled up on a branch in the lighting so we see their iridescent colors behind the pothos leaves. Their eyes are cloudy as they prepare for shedding.

A blow fly (Calliphora sp.) facing left of frame.

A six-spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) with mostly their face in focus, pointing to the right of frame. All around them are twigs and roots

A male red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) perched on a branch and looking over the right of frame.

A common water snake (Nerodia sipedon) relaxed on a pile of leaves with their head in the middle of the frame and looped around by their body.

A Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul) in their zoo enclosure looking towards the right of frame. They kind of blend in to the fake rock work

A carrion beetle (Subfamily: Silphinae) crawling up a bone with the right side of their body mostly in view.

A common water snake (Nerodia sipedon) resting their head and neck on a branch with their back to the camera as their wet body drifts into the river.

A large American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) sitting on a pile of sticks and leaves as if it were a bird in a nest. The frog is looking toward the left of frame so we can see mostly the frog’s left side.

A female mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) sitting on what looks to be a nest of sorts that she got really comfortable with at the zoo over one of the pit enclosures. She’s calmly looking directly at the camera with her right side more visible and her head more to the right of frame.

A western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sitting in their zoo habitat with his right hand up and his head turned toward the right of frame

An eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) facing the camera with their head tilted so we can see the left side of their face. They’re holding their front right paw to their belly in a way that reminds me of a football player.

A northern blowfly (Portophornia terraenovae) on a deer skeleton with their head pointed towards the bottom of frame with mostly their right side to the camera.

Red hazelnut carpenter ants (Camponotus castaneus) working to move their brood to a new spot after I lifted their rock.

A large American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) with their back to the camera and nose pointed to the top right of frame. They’re chilling in algae and aquatic grass.

A common water snake (Nerodia sipedon) curled up on tree ranches or roots (I can’t tell or remember) but with their head resting on a coil and a green shoot of plant growth and pointing their nose towards the left of frame to keep the sketchy photographer visible to their left eye.

A southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) shot from the top down as they face the right of frame. They’re on wet gravely substrate.

An eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) on pavement facing the right of frame but looking suspiciously at the camera.

A white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) with their head held high with their beak pointed to the left of frame. Their brown body and neck contrasts with the greenery that surrounds them

A potter wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.) shot top down with head pointed mostly to the bottom right of frame. They’re mostly black with some yellow warning stripes and the base of their abdomen and on the neck end of their thorax. They’re perched in a thick green leaf

A queen snake (Regina septemvittata) in a long coil on a log over the river in the background. Their head is pointing toward the top right corner of frame.

A whole cluster of red cherry shrimp (Neocaridina sp.) swarming a clam shell that’s wide open

A galapogas tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra microphyes) laying on their belly on the sand at the zoo. They almost look like they just fell down.

A ferocious water bug aka toe biter (Abedus herberti) feasting on a cricket under water with her head pointed down. Some kind of insect larva is swimming next to her as well.

A barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) perched on a power line with their chest visible and reflecting the orange of a sunset. Their face is a deep red and the lighting makes their swallow tail very dark but contrasting the deep blue sky.

A close up shot of a very tiny common water snake (Nerodia sp.). Their face in mostly in focus on the right side of their face which almost looks like they’re smiling. They probably aren’t since you can see in the blurry background that they are being held in my left hand by the back of their body.

A macro shot of the central side of an orchard spider (Leucauge venusta) through the center of their orb web with their front legs extending toward the right of frame.

An Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor) coiled up in the corner of their enclosure with their head behind their outer coil but just raised up enough to see their eyes and nose pointed to the right of frame. The snake’s tan-white coloring blends a bit with their rock decor but contrast with the black background

A Kea (Nestor notabilis) perched on a thick wooden post with their ches pointed to the right of frame while they look over their right shoulder so we can clearly see the left side of their face.

A common water snake (Nerodia sipedon) resting their head on a piece of wood in the water, snake facing the left of frame. The perspective makes it look like their nose is touching a blade of grass.