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Pretty Bad Dad Photography

@prettybaddad.com
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Sometimes I click a thing and amateur photography emerges. It's probably witchcraft. (All photos mine, except for reposts. Those, I wish were mine. A lot of you photographers are incredibly talented and know what you're doing. Stop that. It's annoying.)

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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 29/09/2026
I felt like I was violating this pond slider's private moment. Turtle paparazzi. #turtle #kansas #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #canon #canonphotography #slider #pondslider
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 28/09/2026
I took a fair amount of insect photos to help a college professor pal in her iNat project today, but rather surprisingly, I liked this simple grasshopper image the best. #grasshopper #kansas #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #canon #canonphotography #insects
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 21/09/2026
Leucistic bison! (We're working on a better band name.) #bison #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #canon #buffalo #naturephotography #kansas
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 18/09/2026
Sometimes, Iowa ain't so bad. #iowa #nature #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #butterfly #canon #canonphotography #butterflies
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 14/09/2026
I suppose I now understand how a dingo could eat my baby. #dingo #australia #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #canonphotography #canon #kczoo
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 24/08/2026
It's Sunday, so it could have been praying. Or taking a shower. I dunno. Insects are weird. #mantis #prayingmantis #kansas #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #canonphotography #canon #insects
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 05/08/2026
Caught this lovely orb weaver tonight while perched (rather foolishly) on the edge of a stepladder. (You're not my real ladder! You're just my stepladder!) #spider #arachnaphobia #kansas #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #canonphotography #canon #spiders
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 01/08/2026
Bird on a wire. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #canon #bird #sandmartin #bankswallow #minnesota
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 31/07/2026
This Canadian, a white-throated sparrow, visited us in Minnesota. I'm okay with that. We could use more Canadians to help nice-up the U.S. these days. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #canon #bird #whitethroatedsparrow #sparrow #minnesota
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 13/07/2026
This may or may not have been based on true events.
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 13/07/2026
"Some Recent History" A two-act play w/ an Eastern Kingbird. Act I Father: "I can't wait to see you all! I miss you!" Act II ... Two minutes after the family arrives home. Fin. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #canon #bird #easternkingbird
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 10/07/2026
A brown-headed cowbird does a fair imitation of me as a kid as I poked at my older brother until he was ready to explode. (Have I learned any lessons since then? Probably not.) #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #bison #canon #buffalo #kansas #tallgrassprairie
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 07/07/2026
Colleen McCullough proudly presents, "The Thorn Bird". Dickcissels are kinda small, so this is definitely a mini-series. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #canon #bird #dickcissel #kansas #tallgrassprairie #thornbirds
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 05/07/2026
I don't know why this dickcissel was singing. Maybe it was a song about how dumb I must have been to walk miles across a prairie with no water in hand and no shade in sight. In summer. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #canon #bird #dickcissel #kansas
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 04/07/2026
Carrion Wayward Son (I'm only here for the pun.) #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #canon #canonphotography #bird #turkeyvulture #vulture #kansas
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 22/06/2026
Bees! Bees! Bees! (Well, that's wrong. Me and Willy Shakespeare: there are actually only two bees.) #bee #bees #kansas #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #canonphotography #canon
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 08/06/2026
An indigo bunting and a male red-winged blackbird hanging out. (Separately, 'cause they aren't pals and neither are invited to the cookout.) #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #canon #canonphotography #bird #indigobunting #redwingedblackbird #kansas
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 06/06/2026
He's very generous. He insists on putting everything on his bill.
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 06/06/2026
I was tracking a blue heron tonight and he let me get close. Very close. I almost asked him out on a date. We might be going steady. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #canon #canonphotography #bird #blueheron #heron #greatblueheron #kansas
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 05/06/2026
Found another house sparrow wandering around. It's a pity some invasive species are so pretty. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #bird #sparrow #housesparrow #kansas #canon #canonphotography
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 01/06/2026
There's nothing special (technically) about this photo, but I always enjoy close-ups of insects. I didn't have my macro lens mounted, so my 100-500mm did the heavy lifting. I love the eyes. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #insect #dragonfly #kansas
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 01/06/2026
I enjoyed the dragonflies and other fauna at the wildlife refuge over the weekend, but the thirty lone star ticks I walked with? Less pleasant. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #insect #dragonfly #kansas
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 31/05/2026
As I was waiting for a tow for my car, a house sparrow popped into view. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #bird #sparrow #housesparrow #kansas
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 28/05/2026
Dawn light, lake fog... am I jealous that it looks effortlessly cool, can fly back to Canada at any point and leave Trump behind, or that it poops anywhere it wants? Probably all three. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #bird #goose #canadagoose #kansas
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 27/05/2026
A red-winged blackbird doing the two-step in the morning sun. And then getting a little offended as he spied me. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #bird #blackbird #redwingedblackbird
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 26/05/2026
I may be betraying my age here, but this duck is giving some serious Max Headroom vibes. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #bird #duck
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 25/05/2026
Despite grabbing fun photos of larger birds, this is my favorite from this morning. This woodpecker was so high up and covered in shadows, I wasn't sure I got anything until I arrived home. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #bird #woodpecker
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Daniel Řeřicha @danielrericha.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
SEGLA PŘI PŮLNOČNÍM SLUNCI… z letní noci na ostrově Senja na severu Norska u známého vrcholu Segla. Nakonec pěkně zasvítilo a v pravou chvíli i nějaký ten mrak připlul... #bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature #lofoten
View of Segla mountain on Senja island in northern Norway during the midnight sun. Small white flowers blooming in the foreground.
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 24/05/2026
Thank you!
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 24/05/2026
I think this Great Blue Heron might be showing off a bit with its slight dip in the pool. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #canon #canonphotography #bird #blueheron #heron #greatblueheron
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 12/05/2026
I'm a fan of the second one.
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 15/04/2026
That's very kind of you to say. Thank you!
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 15/04/2026
Fantastic!
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 10/04/2026
I feel the permanently disheveled Hamerkop here is a direct parallel to both my son each morning upon waking, and me after photographing 5th graders today for their yearbook. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #canon #canonphotography #bird #hamerkop
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 01/04/2026
How my wife and I envisioned ourselves at the start of our relationship, and then how we actually turned out (especially when going up stairs). #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #monkeys #canon #canonphotography #baboons #monkey #marriage
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 31/03/2026
Emu, Brute? #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #canon #canonphotography #bird #emu #juliuscaesar #idesofmarch #shakespeare
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 30/03/2026
"I mean, does he KNOW he looks like a plague doctor?" the other animals whispered. "At least consider a nose job." Poor straw-necked ibis. I will never body-shame you. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #birds #canon #canonphotography #bird #ibis
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 29/03/2026
OnlyFans: It's for everyone. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #nature #kangaroo #canon #canonphotography
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 09/03/2026
Bluebirds? We got your juvenile Eastern Bluebirds right here. #kansas #bluebirds #birds #nature #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotgraphy #naturephotography #shawneemissionpark
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 24/02/2026
He's cute, but he just ate his pal. Welcome to the Donner Dinner. And that's all I have to say about mice I find in my basement. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #mice #mouse #naturephotography #kansas #rodent
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 19/02/2026
This is fantastic.
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 02/02/2026
Such a baleful look! Mind you, I did just watch him poop. No one likes a bathroom voyeur. #bison #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #canon #buffalo #naturephotography #kansas
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 01/02/2026
I made a new pal today. Something about hanging out in a field together at sunrise, in sub-freezing temperatures, really bonded the two of us. (One of us was backing away ever so expeditiously.) #bison #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #canon #buffalo #naturephotography #kansas
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 29/01/2026
Those are the just deserts of being talented and well-known! Some of the rest of us see our occasional burlesque and pornographish (very much 'ish') new followers and convince ourselves, no matter how deplorable the account, they must really like our spider shots.
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 16/01/2026
Aw, nuts. #birds #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #kansas #bird #naturephotography #woodpecker
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 12/01/2026
The light was too harsh and my lens was at the far end of 100-500mm (so, not at all sharp), but I'm fond of the tree line bokeh. Plus, the bison looks like it's wearing a wig. #bison #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #oklahoma #canon #buffalo #naturephotography #talequah
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 07/01/2026
I wonder if he just sits there thinking, over and over again, "Damn straight. I'm an eagle." #birds #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #kansas #bird #naturephotography #eagle
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 05/01/2026
😀 Deal! I think there's an old saying: "Never turn down shared rides to other continents, with strangers from the Internet." I mean, I can't promise you it's a very wise saying...
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 05/01/2026
I don't often post photos from zoos, but since an Uber to Africa (home of the Bue-Bellied Roller) would be comically expensive, and because this a pretty bird, here we are. No Uber required. #birds #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #kansas #bird #naturephotography #africa
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Pretty Bad Dad Photography @prettybaddad.com · 04/01/2026
An out-of-towner making a brief stop for some tai chi during her layover. #birds #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #kansas #bird #naturephotography #swan
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