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Iowa Gneiss

@iowagneiss.com

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*Hobby nature and sports photographer *5am garage gym crew *Spreadsheet nerd *Married to a childless cat lady *Cedar Rapids, IA

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Iowa Gneiss @iowagneiss.com · 02/08/2026

New camera body today. I went out to Mount Trashmore/Cedar River with the birding lens, but I guess it's not bad for insects. I saw House Sparrows, which are everywhere, and I heard a Gray Catbird but couldn't find it.

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Iowa Gneiss @iowagneiss.com · 01/06/2026

More fun from my aspiring jungle of a back yard. A very smol, adorable, juvenile Eastern Cottontail was munching on clover. A gorgeous female cardinal found the first ripe serviceberries that young tree produced.

A juvenile Eastern Cottontail bunny eats some clover

A female cardinal stands on a concrete landscaping edger eating a serviceberry.

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Iowa Gneiss @iowagneiss.com · 25/05/2026

A Monarch butterfly is feeding on some flowers in a wildflower garden.

A Red-winged Blackbird is taking flight from a tree.

A turtle is resting on a log that protrudes from a lake. Its mouth is open, as if it is shouting.

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Iowa Gneiss @iowagneiss.com · 21/01/2025

I never got into Instagram all that much, but I'm glad to see more alternatives emerging.

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Iowa Gneiss @iowagneiss.com · 24/11/2024

A turtle, possibly a map turtle, rests on a mossy log in a lake.

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Iowa Gneiss @iowagneiss.com · 16/11/2024

A bee flying towards some yellow flowers

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Iowa Gneiss @iowagneiss.com · 11/11/2024

I hope you find your Twitter friends. I offer pictures of my cats in return. They're in their usual states here. B&W: lazy; gray: master of his domain; mixed grey/brown/white: curious; orange: hooliganism and chaos

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Iowa Gneiss @iowagneiss.com · 28/04/2024

Morgan Creek Park/Arboretum this morning in Cedar Rapids, IA. I tried to get on the ground with him, but that caused him to move directly at me, making it difficult to get a focused shot. He was too close for the telephoto lens to focus several times. He was curious and calm.

Western Foxsnake, side view, in grass but with its face in a clearing.

Western Fox snake that appears to be moving directly towards the camera.

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Iowa Gneiss @iowagneiss.com · 14/04/2024

Finally feeling like spring here in Iowa. Saw a goose rustling the jimmies of some turtles at the park, and I caught a squirrel off-guard in my back yard.

A Canada Goose fluttering in the water in front of several Map Turtles

A squirrel standing on the hat of a concrete garden gnome. The squirrel has an acorn in its mouth, and the gnome is looking up at the squirrel.

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Iowa Gneiss @iowagneiss.com · 26/02/2024

Sunny and 60s in Iowa. Caught several Bald Eagles and Ring-billed Gulls in flight over the Cedar River. These were a couple of my favorite. 🌿 Sony A7ii, Sigma 100-400mm contemporary

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Iowa Gneiss @iowagneiss.com · 17/09/2023

Tis the season for grasshoppers in my back yard, apparently. Red-legged grasshopper in wildflower patch.

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Iowa Gneiss @iowagneiss.com · 17/09/2023

Sort of a wildlife photo. It's the consequence of having four cats of my own and a few hundred square feet of wildflower cover in my back yard. A suburban apex predator has taken over. In case you wondered, it 100% DOES use my raised garden beds as litter boxes.

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Iowa Gneiss @iowagneiss.com · 09/09/2023

I might only go out for photos once or twice every month or two, but I had to grab the camera earlier when I saw this guy chilling on a landscaping edger. Grasshopper at my house in Cedar Rapids.

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Iowa Gneiss @iowagneiss.com · 09/09/2023

Only one older pic from the collection. I'll only post new ones after this, but how cool was the timing to find this? Ellis Park, Cedar Rapids. Water Snake.

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