Matt Hucke

Spotted sandpiper on the South Fork Stillaguamish River, Big Four Mountain Trail. Expedition led by Neil Zimmerman and Roniq Bartanen of Birds Connect Seattle.

@birdsconnectsea @she_birds #bird #birds

Male white-spotted sawyer beetle, on fireweed, Big Four Mountain, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. The elytra (wing cases) are open as he unfolds his wings to take flight. #beetle #insect #washington #nationalforest #bugs

Cedar waxwing from not very far away. Big Four Mountain, WA.

#bird #birds #cedarwaxwing

Big Four Ice Cave. July, 2017.

Rhinoceros auklets, a seabird of the North Pacific, closely related to puffins. The horn-like structure on the nose is present only in breeding adults, and is shed every year.

#auklet #bird #seabird #birds

Reorganized my space museum today. This shelf commemorates the American moon landing and the programs that led to it. Mercury-Redstone, Mercury-Atlas, Gemini, Apollo, and Artemis. And under the glass dome, a fragment of the moon itself.

#space #spacecraft #nasa #lego

Sister-wives? Red-winged blackbirds are polygynous - several females will share the territory of, and mate with, one male. These three stayed close together as they flew from one location to the next. The male stayed at the top of his usual tree, watching over us all. #bird #birds #blackbirds

Smith Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the destination of the @pugetsoundexpress puffin cruise. The lighthouse here, built in 1858, was abandoned in the 1950s due to erosion of the bluff, and crumbled into the sea in 1998.

#lighthouse #birds #smithisland

A belted kingfisher queen is startled, and departs.

From this week's puffin tour to Smith Island on the Swiftsure, out of Edmonds.
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#bird #birds #kingfisher #salishsea

Tufted puffin near Smith Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, as seen from the catamaran Swiftsure, operated by @pugetsoundexpress out of Edmonds, WA, in partnership with @birdsconnectsea.

#bird #birds #puffins #salishsea

Steptoe Butte, WA. June 2018.

#palouse #washington #sunset

Chicago River, 2018. From the rooftop bar at London House.

Fuji 10-24mm

#chicago #chicagoriver @lhchicago

Juvenile great horned owl. Its plumicorns, or horn-like tufts of feathers, are barely there but will grow more awesome with age.

Wiley Slough, Skagit Wildlife Area, WA.

#bird #birds #owl #owls #greathornedowl #skagitcountywa

Purple martins, the largest swallow in North America. Marymoor Park, Redmond WA.

#bird #birds #martins #purplemartins #swallows

wet-ass chickadee

skagit county, wa

#bird #birds #chickadee

"The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow"

Marymoor Park, Redmond WA

#birds #bird #swallow #treeswallow

Chestnut-backed chickadee leaving its nest in a woodpecker hole. Kirkland, WA.

COMPOSITE IMAGE made from two consecutive shots at 1/10 fps.

#bird #birds #yesitsaphotoshop

"Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am." Sid and Nancy, the resident ospreys in the cell tower next to my condo building, caught in the act. The whole process took about twelve seconds. Sid then flew off in the direction of the river, probably thinking of his next meal.

#bird #birds #osprey #birdporn

#chicago #popeleo #popeleoxiv

Same here. First with reading, around 5th grade, then math a year or so later. Self-study at a cafeteria table alongside one other advanced student. In high school, they let me do the same with Latin, though I had to remain in the room.

The next generation of guest stars on YouTube police bodycam channels.

I see a lot of broken car window glass and matching sets of steel bracelets in their future.

birds facing forward #birds #birdsfacingforward

On your mark, get set, go! Song sparrow, Meadowbrook Pond, Seattle.

#bird #birds #sparrow #songsparrow

crow (noun), a black hole in the sky that yells at you

#bird #birds #crow

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#bird #birds #blueheron #heron #seattle

glaucous-winged gull

you can't see its wings but I assure you they are glaucous

Kirkland, WA, March 2025

#birds #gull #seagull #glaucous

Buffleheads at Meadowbrook Pond, Seattle. The male has iridescent black feathers. The female has a prominent white cheek. They are a small duck that dives for prey. (2 pics)

#bird #birds #ducks #buffleheads

This was about 10 minutes ago, so this the freshest bird photo you'll likely see today!

Spotted a goldfinch just outside my home office window (Seattle area). Had a few minutes (shooting through window glass) before he spotted me and took off.

#bird #birds #birb #goldfinch

Female common merganser, a fish eating sea duck, landing near Montlake Cut, Seattle. December.

#bird #birds #merganser #ducks