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@daniel.observer

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daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 14/09/2026

Love a plume moth. Like the moth equivalent of a dinosaur reconstructed from just the bones

Close photo of a plume moth resting on a brown wall near a porch light. The moth has a “skinny” look, with thin wings held out in a T-pose, and a thin abdomen that curls upward at the end. Its spindly legs somehow barely cling to the wall.

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 14/09/2026

A very closeup photo of a California Tortoiseshell butterfly resting on a gravel path near a bush full of yellow flowers. The butterfly’s wings are closed, but the sun light shining from behind show the intricate bands and patterns of color throughout its wings, all shades of browns and oranges. Small yellow flower petals ate strewn around nearby.

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 09/07/2026

Here's a great bug Strawberry crown moth, Synanthedon bibionipennis. A beautiful wasp mimic visiting Showy Milkweed

A macro photo of a wasp-mimic moth visiting the star-shaped pink flower of a Showy Milkweed plant. The moth is striped in black and bright yellow, and closely resembles a yellow jacket. It has "clear" wings, with translucent patches in between black and yellow sections

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 18/06/2026

A closeup photo of a Lady's Slipper orchid in dappled forest light. The flower is elaborate, there is a large white pouch of a "slipper" hanging down, with three long, twisting dark red petals/tendrils emerging from the top upward and to the side. The leaves are long and ribbed, and there are bright yellow stamens peeking out of the white "slipper"

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 11/02/2026

Missing the butterweed a bit 💛

A ground level view of a “forest” of butterweed, with its lobed green leaves, long stalks and buttery yellow flowers growing across a large ditch from a stand of woods

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 13/12/2025

some mosses from this week 💚

A macro photo of the leaves of a moss, wet and vibrant green. Its leaves are forming arrow-shaped clusters, thick and pointing in all directions

Another macro photo of a feather moss, with long, feathery branches of pale green leaves

Another closeup of a cluster of moss, dark green and with the leaves growing in what looks like little plaits or braids

A macro photo of a vibrant bright green starry moss, with its leaves growing in starry clusters with thin, wiry tips

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 05/12/2025

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.

An image of the Buddhist deity Acalanatha, remover of obstacles. He sits surrounded by fire on a lotus throne, legs crossed. He has dark blue skin and red hair, and his faced is contorted in a grimace of extreme determination. In his right hand he holds a sword to cut through delusion, in his left he holds a rope to bind the will with Preceptual action.

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 03/12/2025

couple of Mallards at the WMA last week

A large pond full of male and female mallards (large ducks). The males have dark green heads, yellow bills, and a silvery-white body with dark feathers along the wings and black on their rumps. The females are a mottled brown all over, with grayish heads and bills that are more of an orange-yellow

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 26/11/2025

scene report

A view of fallen brown cottonwood leaves covered in light snow fills the frame, extending into the distance

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 14/11/2025

Tall pine trees ascend up the side of a mountain, disappearing into dense low clouds

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 12/11/2025

First-winter Mule Deer fawn resting at our old house, November 2018

A young mule deer rests on a grassy patch of a yard in the midday sun, partially shaded by nearby trees. The fawn is looking to the right in the photo, showing its relatively short snout

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 10/11/2025

scene report from this weekend

The bright afternoon light shines through the tall trees on a small rocky stream, covered in freshly fallen golden yellow cottonwood leaves. The leaves fill the banks of the stream, some are floating in the clear water, some have come together to form small dams along the stream's course. The huge trunks of the cottonwoods overlook the scene

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 30/10/2025

Seen any good jellies lately?

A closeup photo of a very vibrant orange cluster of jelly fungus growing from the cracked gray bark of a log. A small piece of wispy bearded lichen is sticking out of the side of the jelly

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 29/10/2025

getting in to Moss Season!

Macro photo of a colony of moss growing on a large downed log. The moss is bright green, with many small stalks of blunt-tipped leaves

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 16/10/2025

Dipper in the river 🥰

A small, plump, stone-grey bird rests on a rock in the middle of a mountain river, the sunlight glistening off of the rumbling water. It has light grey legs, and a small, pointed beak with a black eye.

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 16/09/2025

A large green praying mantis hangs upside-down from the thin green stems of a Queen Anne's Lace plant. Its long, slender body has a brown stripe along its side/wings, and a bit of brown on its sharp forearms. Its long antennae are hanging down, and long angular legs grasp the stem

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 15/09/2025

I saw some gray whales this weekend! Lifer cetacean #3

The hump of a gray whale pokes up out of the endless waves of the Pacific, showing the patchy white blotches on its back

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 06/09/2025

A bright orange, nearly full waxing gibbous moon hangs against the black night sky, colored by the smoky haze in the air

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 05/09/2025

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 04/09/2025

A small, hairy bee collects nectar and pollen from a pale purple flower the bright late afternoon sunlight. The bee's face is covered in long, pale yellow fuzzy hairs, and its eyes are a greenish color. Its body is similarly covered in many yellow fuzzy hairs

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 28/08/2025

An intricately patterned spider covered in small hairs hanging upside-down from the seed head of a stalk of grass. Its large abdomen is a burnt orange, its cephalothorax is a bit of gray-brown, and its long legs are alternating stripes of brown and white

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 21/07/2025

A vibrant orange and black butterfly with white spots on its hindwings rests on the seed head of a stalk of grass. The color brown, dry grass fills the blurry background

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 16/07/2025

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 10/07/2025

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 26/03/2025

White-breasted Magpie-jay from Costa Rica, 2023

A large blue and white bird sits perched in a bare tree, looking intently. It has a very long white tail, and a very long white and black crest of feathers on its head, curling forward, high over its large black beak. Its face and belly are a clean white, outlined and necklaced in black, with a light blue on its crown, back and wings

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 26/03/2025

Ponderosa Pine #bark #trees

A closeup, full frame photo of the bark of a Ponderosa Pine tree. The bark peels away in layers, shifting gradually from a light gray to a deeper and deeper reddish brown

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 02/12/2024

Steller's Jay enjoying some of the seed we put out. Starting to get some more visitors now that the cold and snow have really set in Love those eyebrows!

A full-frame photo of a large songbird resting on a snowy deck railing. There are a few flecks of black in the snow -- sunflower seeds. The birds is mostly dark blue on its back, with deep blue wing and tail feathers barred in black. Its head is solid black, with crystal blue "eyebrows" above its eyes. It has its head turned so that only one side faces the camera, it's black bill facing right and its black crest feathers springing up to the top-left

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 23/11/2024

Some of the couple thousand Snow Geese that flew by a little while ago

Hundreds of white geese streak across the gray sky, dots forming multiple flying Vs that converge into one larger V formation

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 13/11/2024

Barrow's Goldeneye at the lake a few days ago #birds #birding

A small duck with an iridescent blue-green head, bright yellow-gold eye and black and white body (the top black except for a series of white spots on the wing, and the bottom clean white) floats on clear blue water in bright sunlight.

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 22/10/2024

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 19/10/2024

A mountaintop full of tall, conical conifers looks icy and covered in a dusting of snow shines in the sun against the still-green trees framing it in the foreground

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 29/06/2024

oh hell what y’all doin

A large sunflower growing in a yard, with several unopened buds on the plant nearby

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 07/02/2024

A small turtle with a green head with yellow-green and red stripes rests on a log floating in water

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 01/09/2023

A small green and white lizard hangs from the stem of a plant, its face lit up in the bright early evening sunlight

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 31/08/2023

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 27/08/2023

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daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 22/08/2023

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 08/08/2023

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 02/08/2023

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 27/07/2023

Waterspider Bog Orchid 💚

A green flowered orchid grows in an iris bed next to a large pond

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 24/07/2023

Tall trees against a blue sky

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 06/07/2023

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 02/07/2023

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 02/07/2023

Passionflower 💜🙏🏻

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 18/06/2023

morning glories

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 13/06/2023

Winged Loosestrife

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 06/06/2023

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 22/05/2023

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daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 18/05/2023

mush room

daniel 🐅🏔️ @daniel.observer · 14/05/2023