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I'm already missing the charismatic Short-Eared Ow

I'm already missing the charismatic Short-Eared Owls and their erratic, sometimes bizarre flight patterns.

#birds #birdphotography #birdsofprey #Nikon #nikonphotography #diversifyoutdoors #birdsofinstagram #owl #owlsofinstagram #owls #nikonz6ii #nikonphotographer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #skagitbirds
#startasianlove #stopasianhate #diversifyoutdoors

Shot with: Nikon Z7ii, FTZ adapter, Nikkor 500mm f/4, Nikkor TC-14eii teleconverter, Really Right Stuff TVC-33 tripod, Really Right Stuff FG-02 fluid gimbal head.

700mm | 1/4000 | f/5.6

I think of the Common Merganser as @florangelad’

I think of the Common Merganser as @florangelad’s bird because it's one she can consistently identify (I think it’s the Woody haircut). This female is really motoring!

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Shot with: Nikon Z6ii, FTZ adapter, Nikkor 500mm f/4, Nikkor TC-14eii teleconverter, Really Right Stuff TVC-33 tripod, Really Right Stuff FG-02 fluid gimbal head.

700mm | 1/4000 | f/6.3

WHO IS MISSING FROM THIS PICTURE AND WHY DON'T ENO

WHO IS MISSING FROM THIS PICTURE AND WHY DON'T ENOUGH PEOPLE CARE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

This whole thing has made me sick in my heart and in my stomach. If you haven't figured it out yet, there is not an Asian American Pacific Islander person in this project by @Backcountry to promote an "inclusive, safe and welcoming outdoor community." At this moment in history, during #StopAsianHate and #StartAsianLove, @Backcountry thinks it's OK to leave us out of the picture.

BEING PARTLY INCLUSIVE IS IN FACT MARGINALIZATION!

If it were me, or a lot of other Asian Americans I know, who was in a group that was missing a representation from a significant community, I'd have spoken up. This is the culture of inclusiveness in which I grew up -- the legacy of the "Gang of Four" (Asian, Black, Latinx, Native) in Seattle's civil rights movement.

Backcountry's response: AAPI representation will occur in a future cohort and, by the way, a member of the photography and production crew is Asian American. SERIOUSLY??? Doesn't anyone recognize the reinforcement of the stereotype that Asians are best kept behind the scenes and invisible? That we're good enough to build the country's railroads, spread agriculture to the West, sew and clean people's clothes, but not good enough to be out front?

Please speak out for Asian Americans, and not just be Asian American to do so. We have strongly and consistently supported the causes of other communities for centuries in this country. So where are our allies?

Here's something you don't see every day, but I ju

Here's something you don't see every day, but I just saw one in the Magnolia neighborhood in Seattle. I guess such pigment-differentiated crows are called Caramel Crows. It was hanging with a mob of Black Crows, which weren't treating it differently at all. Maybe we can learn a thing or two from birds

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Shot with: Nikon Z6ii, FTZ adapter, Nikkor 500mm f/4, Nikkor TC-14eii teleconverter, Really Right Stuff TVC-33 tripod, Really Right Stuff FG-02 fluid gimbal head.

700mm | 1/4000 | f/5.6

The key to prolonging any relationship (on the lef

The key to prolonging any relationship (on the left), as demonstrated by a pair of Double Crested Cormorants.

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Shot with: Nikon Z7ii, Nikkor 500mm f/5.6 PF, handheld

500mm | 1/4000 | f/5.6

I've always admired the Northern Harrier's ability

I've always admired the Northern Harrier's ability to come screaming onto the scene, then slamming on its brakes and contort, mid-air, as it locks onto potential prey. No teleconverter used here, so it happened pretty much right in front of me.

#birds #birdphotography #birdsofprey #Nikon #nikonphotography #diversifyoutdoors #birdsofinstagram #nikonz7ii #nikonphotographer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #skagitbirds #best_birds_of_ig #birdsadored #birdbrilliance #bird_freaks #birdfreaks #birding #birds_brilliance #birdsofinstagram #birdsplace #dailybirdpix #elite_worldwide_birds #eye_spy_birds #feather_perfection #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifephotographer #startasianlove #stopasianhate

Shot with: Nikon Z7ii, Nikkor 500mm f/4, Really Right Stuff TVC-33 tripod, Really Right Stuff FG-02 fluid gimbal head.

500mm | 1/4000 | f/5.6

Here's more of the badass urban female Belted King

Here's more of the badass urban female Belted Kingfisher, this time showing how she handles her catch (and her business). Swipe left for all three images in the story (wind up and furiously bash, shake vigorously, and happily chomp away).

#birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #birds #bird #birdstagram #nikon #nikonphotography #nikonphotographer #nikonz6ii #startasianlove #stopasianhate #startasianlove #kingfisher

This is not just about a hippity-hoppity Easter, b

This is not just about a hippity-hoppity Easter, but a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beloved mother-in-law, Ligia Currea! She turned 80 yesterday, which, if you hadn't noticed, was a countdown day: 4-3-21. I'm noting this today instead of yesterday because there are more eyes on Sundays than Saturdays, and Ligia deserves them. One last thing: this is a western brush rabbit at @pointreyesnps, whose tule elk and other wildlife are under siege. See @restorepointreyes for more info.
#wildlifephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotographer #nikon #nikonphotography #nikonphotographer #easterbunny #restorepointreyes #stopasianhate #birthday #80thbirthday

Some urban wildlife, in honor of my daughter Sassi

Some urban wildlife, in honor of my daughter Sassia's birthday! This female Belted Kingfisher is tossing her catch to better position it for the big gulp.

#birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #birds #bird #birdstagram #nikon #nikonphotography #nikonphotographer #nikonz6ii #startasianlove #stopasianhate

Follow the sequence: It's a balancing act ... we'v

Follow the sequence: It's a balancing act ... we've all been there. Short-Eared Owls are about a pound at the maximum end. Still, this one was bold in choosing this single twig on which to attempt a landing. I've seen them perch in this tree, but at the very top.

#birds #birdphotography #birdsofprey #Nikon #nikonphotography #diversifyoutdoors #birdsofinstagram #owl #owlsofinstagram #owls #nikonz6ii #nikonphotographer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #skagitbirds
#startasianlove #stopasianhate #diversifyoutdoors

Shot with: Nikon Z6ii, FTZ adapter, Nikkor 500mm f/4, Nikkor TC-14eii teleconverter, Really Right Stuff TVC-33 tripod, Really Right Stuff FG-02 fluid gimbal head.

Just look up: Great Blue Heron, official bird of S

Just look up: Great Blue Heron, official bird of Seattle.

#birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #birds #bird #birdstagram #nikon #nikonphotography #nikonphotographer #nikonz7ii #startasianlove

Shot with: Nikon Z7ii, FTZ adapter, Nikkor 500mm f/5.6 PF,handheld.

500mm | 1/3200 | f/6.3

The constant in life is supposed to be change, but

The constant in life is supposed to be change, but the constant in my life has been these two. As of yesterday, my Mom and Dad have been married 65 (SIXTY-FIVE) years! Their love for each other, which began in one country and unfolded in another, has the wonder of my lifetime. Love you, Chiyoko and @mescott!!

📷 by @florangelad

"Asian Americans have long occupied a racial nethe

"Asian Americans have long occupied a racial netherworld in which other groups of color presume us as essentially white, even though white people don’t accept us as even marginally close to being like them as other non-white groups assume. That makes us convenient wedges in the usual Black/white binary of racial discourse in America."

The graceful story of Lei Ann Shiramizu and the closing of @hellomomoseattle balances out the anger against anti-Asian hate, expressed mostly by me. And in the end we offer a more peaceful outlook. Please check out and share my latest opinion piece for @southseattleemerald.

Please check out and share:

https://southseattleemerald.com/2021/03/27/opinion-seattle-needs-to-start-asian-love-in-the-face-of-hate/

#StartAsianLove #StopAsianHate

Shot with: Nikon Z6, Nikon Z 24-70mm f/2.8, Really Right Stuff TVC-33 tripod, Really Right Stuff BH-55 ballhead.

24mm | 1/25 | f/8

Since it's lunchtime for me, I thought I'd follow

Since it's lunchtime for me, I thought I'd follow up yesterday's hunting image with one depicting the product of such efforts. Short-Eared Owls overwinter in the Skagit Valley and Samish Flats because of the abundance of prey, including voles, in the dormant, often-flooded farmlands.

#birds #birdphotography #birdsofprey #Nikon #nikonphotography #diversifyoutdoors #birdsofinstagram #owl #owlsofinstagram #owls #nikonz7ii #nikonphotographer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #skagitbirds

Shot with: Nikon Z7ii, FTZ adapter, Nikkor 500mm f/4, Nikkor TC14e-ii teleconverter, Really Right Stuff TVC-33 tripod, Really Right Stuff FG-02 fluid gimbal head.
700mm | 1/3200 | f/5.6

Shot with: Nikon Z7ii, FTZ adapter, Nikkor 500mm f/4, Nikkor TC14e-ii teleconverter, Really Right Stuff TVC-33 tripod, Really Right Stuff FG-02 fluid gimbal head.

700mm | 1/4000 | f/5.6

On the hunt ... the disc-shaped face of a Short-Ea

On the hunt ... the disc-shaped face of a Short-Eared Owl helps them track small mammals by sound. They can helicopter in an attempt to lock on. Please like or share and help connect people to nature, one owl at a time.

#birds #birdphotography #birdsofprey #Nikon #nikonphotography #diversifyoutdoors #birdsofinstagram #owl #owlsofinstagram #owls #nikonz6ii #nikonphotographer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #skagitbirds

Shot with: Nikon Z7ii, FTZ adapter, Nikkor 500mm f/4, Nikkor TC14e-ii teleconverter, Really Right Stuff TVC-33 tripod, Really Right Stuff FG-02 fluid gimbal head.

700mm | 1/4000 | f/5.6

A Short-Eared Owl on arrival. My photography is me

A Short-Eared Owl on arrival. My photography is meant to connect people with nature. Please like or follow, so we can spread the love of the outdoors.

Shot with: Nikon Z6ii, FTZ adapter, Nikkor 500mm f/4, Nikkor TC14e-ii teleconverter, Really Right Stuff TVC-33 tripod, Really Right Stuff FG-02 fluid gimbal head.

700mm | 1/4000 | f/5.6

#birds #birdphotography #birdsofprey #Nikon #nikonphotography #diversifyoutdoors #birdsofinstagram #owl #owlsofinstagram #owls #nikonz6ii #nikonphotographer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #skagitbirds

STOP OTHERING WOMEN! I founded a media business ab

STOP OTHERING WOMEN! I founded a media business about women's basketball called HoopGurlz, so am hyper-sensitive to this issue. Threads of this also contributed to the murder of six women of Asian descent in Georgia last week! How do I figure? The othering is systemic. We bombard society with dehumanizing cues in mainstream media.

In today's @nytimes sports section front, the men's NCAA basketball tournament results are labeled, simply, NCAA tournament. The women's tournament results are specifically called out as the women's tournament. The assumption is that men are the default. This is NOT different than white supremacy, where a white person is just a person and the rest of us are othered with racial labels.

@seattletimes
sports section does better: It assigns gender to each tournament in all the "furniture" (results, headlines, graphics), but still refers in its main men's story to just the "NCAA tournament" (again, assuming the default is men's) and assigns gender in the main women's story.

Media can stop contributing to this gender inequality with a relatively easy fix: changing its politics and living up to those changes. That's the easy part; changing the rest of society is the truly heavy lift.

h/t @kershner.ali

"Shake a stick at" means something a whole lot dif

"Shake a stick at" means something a whole lot different in the world of Great Blue Herons. For them, it's a courting gesture.
#birds #birdphotography #nikonphotography #nikonz7ii #birdsofinstagram #birdsphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife

GRAMMYS SNUB? The crooning from this duo rocks an

GRAMMYS SNUB? The crooning from this duo rocks an entire neighborhood in Seattle!

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography #nikonz7ii

Shot with: Nikon Z7ii, FTZ adapter, 500mm f/4, Really Right Stuff TVC-33 tripod, Really Right Stuff FG-02 fluid gimbal head.

500mm | 1/2000 | f/7.1

My annual protest of #daylightsavings which, along

My annual protest of #daylightsavings which, along with the advent of spring and summer, robs me of the ability to capture images like this at 4:30 p.m. #nightphotography #nikonphotography #nikon #nikonz7ii #daylightsavingssucks

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