@byronhurley.bsky.social
Photographer located in central Illinois. I love nature, I also do storm chasing and Aurora watching when I get the chance. Really into birds at the moment. 🌪️ = 5 Life list = 102 https://byron-hurley.pixels.com/
Been confirmed ef3+
Big tornado near Kankakee IL earlier today
#tornado #weather #illinois #ilwx
POV: you are a lemonade stand
#birds #wildlife #photography 🌿
Above average blue heron
Some people would call this a great blue heron. I would call it just a pretty good blue heron
#birds #wildlife #photography 🌿
I had to lay fully on the ground for about 20 minutes to get this shot lol
#birds #wildlife #photography 🌿
Got a good shot of the moon last night right before some clouds rolled in
#moon #astrophotography
Don't forget to appreciate the common birds. Just because they're common doesn't mean they aren't special
#birds #photography #wildlife 🌿
This is a golden crowned kinglet. These are one of the smallest birds in Illinois, being around 3-4 inches long on average. They also move faster and more unpredictably than a toddler that just chugged a redbull, so getting one to sit still long enough to get a photo was pretty difficult
#birds
Duck #birds #wildlife #photography 🌿
The ducks are returning
#photography #wildlife #birds 🌿
Well yeah but I don't wanna
HK and SS are some of the only metroidvanias I've played
Have you played silksong? I'm thoroughly enjoying it despite the difficulty. Clair Obscur is on my list
My condolences
I have returned to civilization. Should I not have?
A lone canoe drifting through waters that have not yet learned to fear the touch of man
#fishing #photography #canoeing
America's 3rd shoreline, the great lakes. We just left Grand Marais, on the north shore of lake Superior
#photography #landscapes
I'm going on a canoe trip in the boundary waters (NE MN) this week. May the call of the Loons ease my suffering and heal my soul
I almost got a good shot of one the other day but I wasn't fast enough. Those buggers don't like to sit still
Now that it's not a sauna outside, I've been breaking out the camera again. I'm glad to have caught a good photo of a monarch before they leave for the year
#photography #butterflies #wildlife 🌿
And after a while, one poked its head out of the hole. I hung out there for a little while longer, and managed to catch the pair switching spots in a series of photos. Here's the other 2
Yeah I was pretty lucky to find that spot. One day I was on a walk and saw one flying from a distance, and it was near a small wetland with a lot of dead standing trees. So a few days later I came back with my camera and tripod, hoping to be able to spot an active nesting cavity -
This is one of my favorite photos I've taken so far, from back in April
#wildlife #photography #birds 🌿
Beautiful little windstorms rolling through today #illinois #weather
Little squall line that rolled through sangamon county IL yesterday at around 11:30ish
#illinois #ilwx #weather
Sorry for the break from photos, I've been doing a lot of fishing this summer. Photos will return! I'm going on a canoe trip to the boundary waters in September, but I haven't decided if I feel comfortable bringing my camera equipment yet
#birds #wildlife #photography 🌿
A record of 9-49 means that something is seriously wrong. A strike would be a good idea for them
I'm not gonna say the Rockies are good, but watching them play against the Cubs they are definitely better than I was expecting. They put up a good fight, but at the end of the day they still lost all 3 games