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    45 Seconds in Acadia National Park 

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    Tags #Acadia National Park #Bass Harbor Lighthouse #Bubble Rock #Cadillac Mountain #Jordan Pond #Little Hunter's Beach #Maine #Monument Cove #Otter Point #Schooner's Head #Thunder Hole
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    Based in Seattle, Wash., Glenn Nelson is the founder of The Trail Posse, which explores the intersection of race and the outdoors. He recently served as Community Director, leading antiracism activities for Birds Connect Seattle, where he also led the name change from Seattle "Audubon." He was included in the inaugural People of Color Environmental Professionals: Profiles of Courage and Leadership by the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Sustainability Initiative at Yale School of the Environment (JEDSI). Nelson has won numerous national and international awards for his writing, photography and Web publishing, including second place in 2020 from Best of the West for his columns on race for Crosscut and South Seattle Emerald, first-place honors from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 for his columns on race for Crosscut and South Seattle Emerald, and Outstanding Beat Reporting (Race, Inclusion and Environmental Justice) from the Society of Environmental Journalists. His photography is published in Bird Photographer of the Year and has been honored by Nature's Best Photography International Awards, National Wildlife Federation, North American Nature Photography Association, the Audubon Photography Awards, Best of Nikonians, and Share the View. Nelson also is a founding member of the Next 100 Coalition, a national alliance of civil rights, environmental and community groups advocating for more inclusive management of public lands, and a founding steering committee member of the Outdoor CEO Diversity Pledge, which advises outdoor brands on DEI work. A graduate of Seattle University and Columbia University, he was born in Japan and started his career at The Seattle Times. He later founded HoopGurlz (now at ESPN), which covered girl’s basketball and college prospects nationally, and helped found Scout.com, a network of sports websites. Nelson is the primary author of a teen book about the NBA, has been published in numerous magazines and book collections, had his photographic work appear at the Smithsonian, and has been profiled by NPR. He has served on the board of directors for several nonprofits, as well as the Washington Governor's advisory committee on outdoor recreation, the advisory committee for the Japanese American Remembrance Trail, and the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Task Force.

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    #WorldMigratoryBirdDay (May 10) is for celebrating #WorldMigratoryBirdDay (May 10) is for celebrating the many movers, whether outgoing like:

🦉: Short-eared Owl
🐦: Snow Goose

or passing through like:

🐦: Sandhill Crane

or arriving like:

𓅃: Osprey
🐦: Rufous Hummingbird
🐦: Yellow Warbler

Help create safe passage with native plants, clean water, and not using harmful chemicals.

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📷: #Nikon (various)
    If birds could communicate in semaphore, what woul If birds could communicate in semaphore, what would this one be saying? > for other wing positions. #FlyByFriday

🦉: Northern Hawk Owl

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📷: #NikonZ8, Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3
800mm | 1/1600 | f/6.3
    Hiding in the fog is a small but lethal serial kil Hiding in the fog is a small but lethal serial killer who never should be underestimated.

🐦: Northern Shrike

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📷: 560mm | 1/320 | f/7.1
    Do you know who's hoo on #WildlifeWednesday? 🦉 Do you know who's hoo on #WildlifeWednesday?

🦉: Barred Owlet

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📷: #NikonD810, Nikkor 500mm f/4
500mm | 1/180 | f/4
    The planet is worth singing for on #EarthDay and e The planet is worth singing for on #EarthDay and every day.

🐦: Western Meadowlark

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📷: #NikonZ8, Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3
800mm | 1/2500 | f/8
    Hoppy #Easter, y'all! 🐇: European Rabbit #out Hoppy #Easter, y'all!

🐇: European Rabbit

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📷: #NikonZ9, Nikkor 500mm f/4e, TC1.4x
700mm | 1/1000 | f/5.6
    It's #WildlifeWednesday, and owl be sharing anothe It's #WildlifeWednesday, and owl be sharing another blast from my recovered past images!

🦉: Northern Pygmy Owl

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📷: #NikonD750, Nikkor 500mm f/4, TC1.4x
700mm | 1/800 | f/5.6
    Here's a picture of an interesting seaside stump - Here's a picture of an interesting seaside stump -- and, oh yeah, a Snowy Owl sitting on it.

🦉: Snowy Owl

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📷: #NikonD800, Nikkor 600mm f/4, TC1.4x
840mm | 1/800 | f/5.6
    #FlyByFriday is a celebration. I recovered some lo #FlyByFriday is a celebration. I recovered some long-lost image files. This one is from the irruption of 2013, when I had no clue what I was doing -- except for recognizing a good subject and renting a nice long lens.

🦉: Snowy Owl

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📷: #NikonD800, Nikkor 600mm f/4, TC1.4x
840mm | 1/1000 | f/5.6
    It's #WildlifeWednesday -- still time to clean up It's #WildlifeWednesday -- still time to clean up your act.

🦅: Bald Eagle Yearling
🍗: Wood Duck

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📷: #NikonZ8, Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3
800mm | 1/1000 | f/6.3
    Why so hawk-eyed in flight? Swipe to the next imag Why so hawk-eyed in flight? Swipe to the next image and find out.

🦉: Northern Hawk Owl

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📷: #NikonZ8, Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3
800mm | 1/3200 | f/8
    It's #Wildlife Wednesday; are all your ducks in a It's #Wildlife Wednesday; are all your ducks in a row?

🦆: Gadwalls

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📷: #NikonZ8, Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3
800mm | 1/1250 | f/6.3
    Back in the day, we'd use the vernacular, "the haw Back in the day, we'd use the vernacular, "the hawk is out," to mean a cold, biting wind, which makes this image doubly true.

𓅃: Northern Harrier

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📷: #NikonZ8, Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3
800mm | 1/4000 | f/8
    Don't crane anything. It's #WildlifeWednesday and Don't crane anything. It's #WildlifeWednesday and it's all right in front of you.

🐦: Sandhill Crane

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📷: #NikonZ8, Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3
800mm | 1/2000 | f7.1
    Ho hum? Yes, it's only a twig, but the expression Ho hum? Yes, it's only a twig, but the expression says everything about how difficult this is (or isn't).

🦉: Northern Hawk Owl

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📷: #NikonZ8, Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3
800mm | 1/3200 | f8
    This is one of the very few days this winter that This is one of the very few days this winter that the sun, my camera, and a Shortie all were in the same place.

🦉: Short-eared Owl

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📷: #NikonZ8, Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3
800mm | 1/4000 | f8
    #WildlifeWednesday is for the craziest looking owl #WildlifeWednesday is for the craziest looking owl, with its impossibly huge, Japanese anime eyes, that I've ever seen.

🦉: Northern Saw-whet Owl

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📷: #NikonZ9, Nikkor 500mm f/4e
500mm | 1/640 | f/4
    A few years back, I drove up to Abbotsford, B.C., A few years back, I drove up to Abbotsford, B.C., to try spotting one of these pretty predators, only to be told it had left the area the day before. It was worth the try as Northern Hawk Owls are rarely seen as far south as even lower British Columbia. It's gone now, but one was in the Vancouver area for a few months, and I got a few glimpses. It was a thrilling, though crowded experience, as much because some days maybe 80-90 percent of the photographers were Asian. Down in the states, most of the time it's only me and occasionally another one or two. More to come ...

🦉: Northern Hawk Owl

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📷: #NikonZ8, Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3
800mm | 1/2500 | f/6.3
    #WildlifeWednesday is for a beautiful, slightly ca #WildlifeWednesday is for a beautiful, slightly camera-shy juvenile.

𓅃: Northern Harrier

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📷: #NikonZ8, Nikkor 500mm f/4e, TC1.4x
700mm | 1/2000 | f/8
    To the creatures that make us look (🐿️: Prair To the creatures that make us look (🐿️: Prairie Dog) → leap (🐺: Coyote) → stare (🦉: Short-eared Owl) and ❤️, Happy #WorldWildlifeDay!

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📷: #Nikon
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