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Jason Frels

@texasphotographer.bsky.social
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Hobby photographer based in Central Texas. Photography helps motivate me to get out on the hiking trails and enjoy nature. I also write a blog at the website shown below and post to Flickr. jasonfrels.com www.flickr.com/photos/jasonfrels

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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 6h
I hiked up the Old Man of Storr trail. Seems like one of the most important things to do on Skye. Was blessed with dramatic weather; worth getting rained on for a while. 📷 #hiking #landscape #photography #nature #outdoors #travel #scotland
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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/09/2026
Trump Warns Iran To Accept His Ultimatum Or Face Wrath Of Next Ultimatum theonion.com/trump-warns-iran-to-ac…
Trump Warns Iran To Accept His Ultimatum Or Face Wrath Of Next Ultimatum
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
jasonfrels.com/2026/10/02/c... Posted blog today about going a couple of trails in the Cairngorms. #hiking #photography #nature #outdoors #scotland #nikon 📷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Craigellachie and Creag Bheag
I did a lot of hikes in the Cairngorms. I generally picked a morning hike around sunrise and a late afternoon hike before sunset. During the middle of the day, I generally did something easy. With …
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Man! A few minutes ago I heard a loud noise outside. I went to look and it was kind of dark out there. The next thing I know, water literally started falling out of the sky! Crazy times.
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I posted a blog about ospreys this morning. All the photos and words are mine. #blog #wildlife #photography #birdsky #nikon #nature 🪶📷 jasonfrels.com/2026/08/11/o...
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Ospreys
Ospreys are a close relative of hawks and are sometimes called fish-hawks. They almost exclusively hunt and eat fish, rarely being seen very far from a waterway. Many of the sources I have read sug…
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The Onion @theonion.com · 20/07/2026
U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week
U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
White Ibis in Galveston #Texas. 🪶📷 #birds #birdsky #wildlife #photography #nature
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Hummingbird in my wildflowers. 🪶📷 #birds #birdsky #wildlife #photography #hummingbird
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Hello there. 🪶📷 #birdsky #wildlife #nature #photography #texas #birds #geese 🪿
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Black vultures claim a tractor on a Monday morning at the fish hatchery. 🪶 #birdsky #birds #wildlife #texas #nature #photography #vultures
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Along the road in central #Texas near Enchanted Rock. #wildflowers #nature #photography #nikon 📷
Wild flowers and barbed wire on a roadside
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
House Finch in my back yard this morning. #Leander #Texas. Shot with #Nikon Z6 III with 100-400mm lens + 2.0x teleconverter. 🪶📷 #bird #birdsky #wildlife #nature #photography
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Black-bellied whistling duck at a pond in Texas. 🪶📷 #birds #birdsky #wildlife #photography #nature
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Israel says it will hold off striking key Iranian natural gas field as war rattles energy markets - The Associated Press Note that they aren’t concerned about killing innocent people just energy prices.
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This is the Rio Grande from Big Bend National Park. It’s in a remote desert far from any city on either side of the border. We don’t need a pointless fucking wall to ruin this place. #texas #nature #nationalparks #photography #usa
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Great white egret flyby at dawn. 📷🪶 #bird #birdsky #wildlife #nature #photography Leander #Texas
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A Saturday morning scene at Devine Lake park in Leander #Texas. A flock of coots on the pond. 🪶📷 #birds #photography
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
White egret launching from a tree. Devine Lake Park, Leander #Texas. 🪶📷 #birdsky #wildlife #birds #photography #nikon #nature
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I got to be in a live webinar yesterday for Emerson/NI total ease some new products. Not sure if I am cut out for video.
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Pelican flying over the fish hatchery. Shot with 100-400mm lens + 2x teleconverter. It just filled the frame with a lucky shot. Nikon Z6iii autofocus tracking it the whole way. 🪶📷 #birdsky #bird #texas #wildlife #photography #nature #nikon
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Bufflehead ducks wintering in #Texas at the Inks Dam Fish Hatchery. 🪶📷 #birdsky #bird #wildlife #photography #ducks
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Osprey building a nest on a power pole. Possible a very bad idea. 🪶📷 #wildlife #photography #bird #birdsky #nikon #texas #raptor
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Osprey flying away after catching its breakfast. 🪶📷 #wildlife #bird #birdsky #texas #nature #nikon #photography
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Vulture rests on a boulder at Inks Lake State Park. 📷🪶 #hiking #birds #birdsky #texas #photography #wildlife
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Some mushrooms at the Balcones Canyonlands Wildlife Refuge. #hiking #mushrooms #photography #Texas 📷
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
A black vulture during accent. 🪶📷 #texas #bird #photography #wildlife #birdsky #nikon
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Egyptian goose with some Canada Geese in the background. Inks Dam National Fish Hatchery #Texas. 🪶📷 #wildlife #birdsky #photography #birds #nature #nikon
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Happy November. This time of year we get a lot of butterflies here. The flowers in my backyard attracted a dozen or so. 🦋 📷 #butterfly #bugs #photography #flowers #nikon #insects #wildlife
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Today, I am 6 months a widower. This is the beach we got married on. 🏝️ #beach #photography #gulfofmexico #sunrise
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Off the coast or Washington State. 📷 #seascape #nikon #photography #nature #olympicnationalpark #travel
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Mt. Rainier with wildflowers in foreground. 🏔️ 📷 #mountrainier #landscape #photography #nature #nikon #nationalpark #washington #travel
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
My. Rainier and its reflection in Bench Lake. 📷 #landscape #photography #mountrainier #nationalparks #nikon #washington #hiking
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Stretching elk. 🦌 📷 #wildlife #photography #nikon
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Moon over Seattle. 📷 #seattle #cityscape #nikon #travel
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Barn Swallows raising a family above my front porch. Chicks waiting for food and then getting it. Shot at ISO64000 and denoised in Lightroom. Nikon Z6III + 100-400mm + TC. 🪶📷 #birds #birdsky #wildlife #photography #nikon
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Sunrise and golden hour at the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge last Sunday. 📷 #Texas #photography #goldenhour #nikon #hiking #nature #sunrise
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
A rabbit at the refuge. Balcones Canyonlands NWR #Texas. #Nikon Z6iii + 100-400mm lens; ISO16000 (ouch). 🐇 #wildlife #rabbits #photography #nature #hiking
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Deer on the cliffs at Colorado Bend State Park #Texas #wildlife #photography #hiking 🦌. #Nikon Z7ii 100-400mm + 2.0x tele.
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
A heron flying up the Colorado River in central #Texas. 🪶📷 #birdsky #bird #wildlife #photography #nikon
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
A shot from a deer blind at Inks Lake State Park #Texas. Lots of green plants for the deer after the late spring rains. 🦌 #wildlife #photography #hiking #nature
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Deer amid the cactus and wildflowers. Taken on a hike at Inks Lake State Park #Texas #wildlife #deer #hiking #nature #photography 🦌
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Hiked out before dawn for a solid cloud sunrise. But got some nice hiking in the morning breeze anyway. #hiking #wildflowers #nature #photography #texas
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
A western whiptail close up. 🦎 #lizard #photography #wildlife
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Spiny lizard getting some morning sun at Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge #texas #wildlife #photography #nature 🦎📷
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Saturday morning song at the wildlife refuge. 🪶📷 #birdsky #bird #wildlife #photography #nature #hiking
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Canada goslings. 🪶📷 #birdsky #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon #texas
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
A Canada goose shepherding some cute goslings. Taken at a fish hatchery in central #Texas #Nikon Z6III with 100-400mm lens + 2x tele. 🪶📷 #birdsky #birds #wildlife #photography #nature
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Honk! 🪶📷 #wildlife #photography #goose #birdsky #bird #nikon
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Blog I wrote about photographing cactus blooms at Inks Lake #texas #photography #landscape #nature #nikon #blog 📷 jasonfrels.com/2025/04/29/b...
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Blooming Cactus
I went out to Inks Lake hoping to see maybe some wildlife and a sunset Saturday afternoon. But, I ended up mainly focusing on the blooming cactuses. I ran across an area rich in pink-purple cactus …
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Jason Frels @texasphotographer.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Sunlight beaming through the clouds at Inks Lake. Today I have been widowed for a month. Still think about what my late wife would think about everything I do. #texas #photography #landscape #hiking #nikon
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