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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 12h

Green herons drop bugs, small twigs, and even bread crumbs onto the water, stand motionless, and strike when a small fish investigates. I'd love to photo that behavior! But this heron just eyed me warily, then went deeper into the shadows to preen. #wildlifephotography #greenheron #mainewildlife

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Did you know that loon eyes are vibrant red in the summer and a dull red-brown in the winter? #loons #wildlifephotography #mainewildlife

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Set out on a quick paddle this morning, not expecting to see much ~ then this osprey appeared. I quietly watched from my kayak as it dove twice for lunch. I have many picd to wade through, but so many yard to-do's. Yet, I couldn't resist editing 1 pic to share with all of you. #wildlifephotography

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When creating my wildlife calendars, I try to use current photos to keep the content fresh. This year, I had a lot of great eagle pics to choose from! I narrowed it down to these six - and had a hard time choosing just one. In the end, I went with a flight shot. #wildlifephotography #eagles

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'm still seeing a hummingbird here and there in Maine backyard, thanks to my annuals, phlox and honeysuckle. #wildlifephotography #hummingbirds

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This Great Blue Heron was kind enough to let me try my hand at videotaping from the kayak through my 600mm lens while it foraged for lunch. #wildlifephotography #mainewildlife

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This past week I've had 1 hummingbird left in my gardens. All the remaining flowers must have felt like an all you eat buffet! This morning I woke up to 48 degrees . . . I have a feeling these pictures from yesterday might have been my last hummingbird captures of the 2026 season. #hummingbirds

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

One August morning I watched our visiting banded loon take off, circle our pond & fly over me toward her official nesting pond. I thought: She's chick-less & recuperated- she must be heading 'home'- not daring to hope she'd still be here mid-Sept with her mate. Yet here they've stayed. #wildlife

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

These pics of a juvenile loon are from a winter adventure at Perkin's Cove here in Maine. It was coooold that day, but we love the ocean no matter the weather. Fun fact: Juveniles spend their first 2 or 3 yrs on the ocean before returning inland to their lakes. #loons #mainewildlife

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I completed a writing thing & celebrated by going out on the lake. It was windy~ warm~ a hint of a t-storm~ when I came across our banded loon pair preening. These 2 pics are my favorites. The leg bands tell me this is the male. I swear he was posing. #loons #mainewildlife #wildlifephotography

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I've been going through my wildlife photos from 2025, and had totally forgotten about this snowy day #fox encounter from last February.

A red fox emerges from the woods on a snowy day

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This beautiful female cardinal stopped outside my window in the last light of day. #backyardbirding

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Below you'll find a link to read the full version of my latest Words and Wildlife Newsletter. In it, I talk about losing and finding my muse during the last five, incredibly stressful months. And of course, there's lots of wildlife photos. To subscribe, go to my website, the link is in my bio.

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I haven't posted in quite awhile. Life threw three health related curveballs at my family within one months time. I want to be creative. I need to be creative. But when I try, no words will come. So, instead, I'm falling into nature and collecting pics of interesting things I see.

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

My cardinals are still courting ❤️ I caught these pics over morning coffee just as the sun was peeking over the pine trees. Such a cute way to start my day. #cardinals #BackyardWildlife #WildlifePhotography

Male cardinal feeding a female cardinal on a wooden bird feeder

Male cardinal and female cardinal on a wooden bird feeder

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Our cardinals are courting! I can't wait until they bring their little ones to the backyard after fledging. #cardinals #BackyardWildlife #NaturePhotography

Male cardinal about to feed a female cardinal

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

It's been awhile since I posted . . . life has taken a turn. But you know what makes everything better? Hummingbirds. Our #hummingbirds are back and pairing up. #backyardwildlife #NaturePhotography

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Did you know? Roseate Spoonbills have a interesting way of feeding. They sweep their bills left and right and when they touch something that's edible, they close their bills quickly. They're foraging for fish or insects. #wildlifephotography

Two pink Roseate Spoonbills with their beaks in the water, foraging.

A pink Roseate Spoonbill dips the end of its spoon-shaped beak into the water.

A pink, wading, Roseate Spoonbill seems to smile as it opens its beak

In this reflection photo, a pink colored Roseate Spoonbill wades in the water while foraging for fish or insects

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Watch this beautiful snowy egret enter stage left and photo bomb my frame as I photograph a couple of preening spoonbills! I'm still going through #Sanibel birding pics in between editing a MG novel. More to come! #wildlifephotography #floridabirding

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Spoonbills and Woodstorks really look as if they should be in a fantasy novel, don't you think? They are so interesting to look at! #floridawildlife #wildlifephotography

A pink Roseate Spoonbill dips its spoon shaped beak in the water

A pink Roseate Spoonbill is wading in a marsh. Its spoon-shaped beak makes it look as if it is smiling.

A wood stork wading in a marsh. It has long legs, white feathers and a long sharp beak.

A wood stork flies overhead. It has long legs, white feathers with black underparts and a long sharp beak.

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

When I first got into photography, it was to capture wildlife behavior like this! What I thought I captured was a pretty series of a spoonbill landing and beginning to forage. Upon editing and zooming in - it turned out to be something quite different! #wildlifephotography #spoonbills

Adult pink spoonbill landing in the water near two foraging spoonbills

The adult spoonbill walks toward two foraging spoonbills

The adult spoonbill bites one of the foraging spoonbills on the leg

The foraging spoonbill spreads its wings and runs away from the biter

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I'm stuck on the Fort Meyers tarmac trying to get home after our 40th anniversary vacation. Might as well post some Sanibel Island wildlife photos! I was in photographer's heaven and have so many photos to go through that I'll be reliving this trip for a long time. #wildlifephotography

A pink spoonbill puts its beak in the water

An anhinga sits on a nest made of sticks and branches

An osprey with a fish on a tree branches hollers to an intruder.

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Whoops! I think this bluebird is a bit miffed at me! Two pair of bluebirds remain from a flock of 12 that showed up 3 weeks ago. I'm hoping they stay - I have two bluebird boxes set up, but I know my yard isn't the perfect open habitat they prefer. Still, fingers crossed! #wildlifephotography

Female Bluebird soaking wet in birdbath, staring at the camera

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

How cute is that face? ❤ More opossum fun facts - their tail can grasp things like sticks or leaves, and it helps with balance when climbing. They also rarely get rabies. More pics and facts in the post before this one. #mainewildlife #backyardvisitors #wildlifephotography

Opossum facing the camera. It has a white face, pink nose, black eyes and salt and pepper colored fur.

An opossum sits outside its den in a shed. It has a white pointy face, pink nose, long rat-like tail, black eyes and salt and pepper colored fur.

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

When temps turned 40 degrees in Maine, and the sun shone down warmly, a nose appeared in the opening under our shed. I think it had been hibernating under our shed, and came out to hydrate. I hope it stays nearby! #WildlifePhotography #MaineWildlife

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I had a list of authorly to-do's ready to go in case my school had a snow day today. #1 on the list was to prep for next week's school visit here in Maine. But over my first cup of coffee this beautiful fox stepped from the woods. The to-do list can wait. #BackyardWildlife #WildlifePhotography

A red fox steps from the tree line, walking across a layer of snow during a snowstorm.

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Bluebirds have been visiting my feeder for a week. I can't stop taking photos . . . #BackyardWildlife #NaturePhotography

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Bluebirds! I love when they visit my backyard! I took so many photos today, it'll take hours to go through them all. But it was worth it. #backyardbirding #wildlifephotography

A male bluebird and a male cardinal in a platform feeder

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I'm trying so hard to sit and write my February Newsletter, but I can see my to-do list isn't going to get done on this snow day! There is soooo much activity at the feeders! #authorlife #backyardbirding #Mainewildlife

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I feel so incredibly lucky to be able to read LOST LYNX with Shannon's and my class. I love hearing our readers gasp & grumble over chapter-ending cliff hangers. And their predictions! So much fun! We're modeling doodle notes! Our students love drawing out scenes to refer to later #authorteacher

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Bookelicious @bookelicious.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Join us and one of the subjects of the film @librarianjones.com next month! Save your spot now: xuyx9zzuvpq.typeform.com/to/WFTgCS9a?... 💪 ❤️ 📚 #thelibrarians #edusky #skybrarians #freadom

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This beauty showed up late in the day yesterday. Whoa, can Sharp-shinned hawks fly! Zipping through trees, around the feeders, it was fun to watch, but not so easy to get flight shots. Luckily, my song birds had seen the danger early enough, and had taken to the woods. #naturephotography

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

My January newsletter was released! Here are some teaser pics ~ In it ~ Why I ❤️winter photography, a story on the day I snuck up on an otter, and info on how LOST LYNX went from a spring to winter setting thanks to a FL class. To sign up for my newsletter use my website link in my bio. #MGauthor

Tamra snowshoeing on the lake with her camera

A doe, peeking out from under a snow-covered hemlock tree

A tiny snowman beside the middle grade book, Lost Lynx. A tufted titmouse is on the snowman's arm.

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Shannon's & my students are starting LOST LYNX soon. Our Maine classroom would love to connect with other classes reading Cooper and Packrat's 5th eco-adventure, set in a Maine winter. Pub'd by Islandport Press, Illustrated by Carl DiRocco 1/2 #MGLit

Cooper and Packrat: Mystery of the Lost Lynx book jacket. A middle grade eco-adventure set in a campground in winter in Maine

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I'm pouring through my 2024 wildlife photos. Here are some of my favorite, most taken on our lake or my gardens in Maine. I wasn't able to venture much further afield - but hopefully I can get back out there in 2025. #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #backyardvisitors

A yellow swallowtail butterfly sits on an orange daylily

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Winter doesn't offer many wildlife photo opportunities w/ work/early sunsets, ect. So I'm always looking for other creative ways to play with my camera. After a fun staff Christmas "junque swap", I was gifted these Lens Balls 💙 I'm looking forward to exploring with them #photographer #winterphoto

The picture is taken and appears inverted in the ball.

Image in the ball is of pine trees with the sun behind them. The image has been rotated.

Image inside lens ball is of a soft orange sunset behind trees, and overlooking a frozen lake

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

In 2019 I was snowday writing when a Barred Owl landed on my bird feeder. I literally slid off my chair & crawled to my camera so I wouldn't startle it. (I have tall windows) These are the photos I snapped before it flew to a tree to watch tunnel openings under the feeders. #WildlifePhotographers

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Happy December! Did you know the female cardinal sings while sitting on the nest? She does this to either ask for food or to tell the male to stay away as he might attract a predator to her whereabouts. Cardinals always bring me joy, no matter what time of year they appear, but especially now.

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Maine Authors! Look! There's a MAINE KIDS BOOK CREATORS Starter Pack... Check it out and share!

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Lynn Plourde @lynnplourde.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Enjoyed doing this Friends of Baxter State Park REMEMBERING DONN FENDLER podcast w/ Bill Green-Bill Green's Maine & Jensen Bissell-former dir. of Baxter State Park. We all learned some new things about Donn, the search, & the park in 1939 when Donn was lost www.friendsofbaxter.org/podcasts/lyn...

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Lynn Plourde: Remembering Donn Fendler — Friends of Baxter State Park

With a new movie out about Donn Fendler, Jensen and Bill talk with author Lynn Plourde. Lynn’s book, “Lost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness” was written with Donn and is the first graphic nove...

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

As we traveled home last night, I was fascinated by the moon and clouds. (My husband kept telling me to keep my eyes on the road!) When I got home, I took my camera and long lens outside and shot picture after picture playing with the settings. #moon #moonphotography #naturephotography

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

This looks amazing Kate! My students and our librarian would love it! #kidlit

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Bookelicious @bookelicious.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hi Bluesky! We are Bookelicious! The only thing we love more than books is READERS! We center readers from the start - their interests & identities - to match them with books they actually want to read, using our Bookmoji tech. www.bookelicious.com Let's be friends! What are YOU reading? #kidlit

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Tagging along with a ME biologist to tag eaglets in 2005 is one of my favorite nature geek adventures & it inspired Cooper & Packrat's 2nd eco-adventure Mystery Of The Eagle's Nest. Read about it in my monthly newsletter-link below. #eaglet www.tamrawight.com?mailpoet_rou...

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Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

So lovely to see THE ONE AND ONLY FAMILY on Amazon's list of Best Children’s Books of 2024: Ages 9-12—and alongside books by wonderful folks like @choldenko.bsky.social, @mrschureads.bsky.social, @kellyyang.bsky.social, and more. 💜 www.amazon.com/b/ref=s9_bw_...

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 14/11/2024

Welcoming so many new voices to Bluesky this week! If you're just starting out, Starter Packs are a great way to find your communities here! Here's one for MG novelists - a list of folks to follow for writing life posts, craft tips, book recs, & more! go.bsky.app/F5Ru7T2

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 13/11/2024

If you're sharing HISTORY SMASHERS: THE MAYFLOWER with readers this month, please consider pairing it with these fantastic Native-authored & illustrated picture books!

Three book covers: History Smashers: The Mayflower, We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, and Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story.

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Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I'm another #author / #naturegeek / #photographer who has migrated from X looking to connect with others. Here's a few of my favorite photos from 2024.

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