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Zach G Gayk

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Ornithologist researching bird migration in the Lake Superior region. PhD in acoustic monitoring of bird migration. www.superiorbioacoustics.org/

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Bete Grise - morning flight (MI) 2025/8/23, 06:57-11:17 - Totals: 1563 individuals, 46 species, 4:20 hours

morning flight of around 1,500 passerines in the Keweenaw Peninsula, following strong northwest winds over Lake Superior. www.trektellen.org/count/view/5...

23.08.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminds me of the Group of Seven!

24.06.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Copper Falls overlook in the Fog. Keweenaw Peninsula. oil/board #pleinair #art #painting #oilpainting

28.04.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Swainson's Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii), also known as the Canebrake Warbler for its preference for native cane (Arundinaria). I spotted one in a rhododendron thicket during a trip to the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina. A work in progress. #birdart #art #naturepainting

27.04.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations! I think I recognize that desk.

11.04.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rough sketch of Golden-crowned Kinglet seen on October 10, 2017 at Gratiot Mountain, Keweenaw County. oil/paper. #art #pleinair #oilpainting #LakeSuperior #birds

05.04.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! I tried to quickly capture the essence of the bird.

05.04.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sketch of Loggerhead Shrike on dead primrose. Seen on June 14, 2016 in the Grand Sable Dunes, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. oil/paper. #art #pleinair #oilpainting #LakeSuperior #birds

04.04.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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October forest, Bete Grise. o/c. #art #pleinair #oilpainting #Keweenaw

03.04.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thawing creek, March 2014. o/c. #art #pleinair #oilpainting #Keweenaw

02.04.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Eagle River, spring flood. May 2013. o/c. #art #pleinair #LakeSuperior #oilpainting #Keweenaw

02.04.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tired Black-throated Blue Warbler on rocky shoreline, Manitou Island. May 2017. o/c. #art #pleinair #LakeSuperior #oilpainting #birds #birdmigration

02.04.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bete Grise Bay, sunset. 2011. o/c. #art #pleinair #LakeSuperior #oilpainting

02.04.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Agate Harbor coastline. 2012. o/c. #art #pleinair #LakeSuperior #oilpainting

02.04.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Smith Fisheries Road, looking downhill. 2018. o/c. #art #pleinair #LakeSuperior #oilpainting

02.04.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Light dappled stream, late winter.2016. o/c. #pleinair

02.04.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Keweenaw Peninsula coastline, rough weather. Fall 2011. o/c #pleinair

02.04.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Cliff Range, Bumbletown Hill, 2017. o/c.

02.04.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ilex berries in the fen, fall. o/c 2016

02.04.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Early Bald Eagle and Rough-legged Hawk migration over Cliff Drive in the Keweenaw Peninsula (south shore of Lake Superior).

13.03.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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