Peeks

A digital photograph of an American kestrel. The bird is walking along a black metal fence, looking down to their right in search of prey; showing off their beautiful browns, tans, yellows, and greys.

Took my camera out for the first time this year and was treated to a prowling American kestrel at North Pond.

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#birds #wildlife #chicago #photography

gouache painting of a great blue heron with abstract colorful clouds and mountains behind it and abstract water and eelgrass dotted with orange fish eggs all around it

Sunrise Heron -Mountains & Eelgrass
7.75x10" Gouache on watercolor paper

Took a self-indulgent art day yesterday to paint a heron. I recently got picked to be a nest cam monitor for a local great blue heron colony & I wanted to celebrate by painting one :)

Prints up: www.inprnt.com/gallery/skid...

A digital photograph of a bee, we see the bee's left side as they gather pollen and nectar from a white clover flower, showing off their profile.

Another thing I miss about the warmer seasons are all the bugs. I miss sitting in the grass right by the lake, watching countless bees meander from flower to flower.

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#wildlife #chicago #photography

A painting of a bird beside the text "i've had enough of this bullshit to last me three lifetimes"

A green heron mid-leap and cut out of frame. It makes me laugh every time I see it.

Sometimes you capture what you want, and sometimes the heron has other plans #birds
📸 July 14, 2025 Washington Park - Springfield, IL

A small brown-toned bird with a bold white eyebrow surveys its domain. Watching them fly around inside the cavity in the tree like it's an open concept home makes me smile every time.

I love that this spunky little Carolina Wren has taken up residence in my front tree. So lovely to hear them singing!
📸 January 5, 2025 - Springfield, IL
#birds #wildlife #photography

The elusive Northern Flicker, photographed for the first time! Arguably the greatest 'pecker of all.
📸 December 19, 2025 - my front yard - Springfield, IL
#birds #woodpecker #wildlifephotography

A stylised set of icons featuring different birds with different themes based on Critical Role's campaign four set in Araman , with game master Brennan Lee Mulligan. The first is a stylised falcon whose beak forms the hilt of a sword, the word Soldiers is written below the icon. The second is a magpie holding a red thread that turns to a dotted line along it's neck , The word Schemers is written below the icon. The third is a stylised nightingale with its mouth open in song. Its eye forms the arrow of a compass and the text written below is Seekers. They are arranged horizontally on a gray background

Thank you Brennan Lee Mulligan for making a campaign themed around birds, I knew I could trust you.
Really enjoying this @criticalrole.bsky.social campaign in Araman so much

#criticalrole #criticalrolecampaign4 #crfanart #criticalrolefanart #araman #birds
#rpgs #ttrpgs #dnd

I spent a week in Georgia, and met some very vocal Boat-tailed Grackles at the beach!
📸 November 5, 2025 - Tybee Island, GA
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife

A light yellow moon in the center of a black frame, the scarred landscape visible. It is waning, the slightest slice taken from the right side.

The moon in all her glory, waning after the full moon
📸 October 8, 2025 my front yard - Springfield, IL
#photography #naturephotography #moon #astronomy

i'd be upset if you didn't

A digital photograph of a double-crested cormorant, with black/gray feathers, a bright orange bill, and striking blue eyes. They are facing the camera, with their body slightly turned away, wings held out wide to dry them off as the cormorant rests at the edge of harbor waters.

can I come over and stare at you like this

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#birds #wildlife #photography

Watching ducks forage through the mud is one of life's gifts to us all.
📸 September 20, 2025 Washington Park - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #illinois

My partner has a sharp eye, he spotted this Red-shouldered Hawk perch high above the pond
📸 September 20, 2025 Washington Park - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #illinois #hawk

Lovely mallard had the boardwalk all to herself!
📸 September 20, 2025 Washington Park - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #illinois

A male common grackle in a green spruce tree displaying! He is calling and fluffing all his feathers. And those feathers are vivid blue on his head, and incredible purple , blue and bronze on his wings!

I can’t help it. The grackles are still here, and need to be photographed 🤣
The male Common Grackles usually take every opportunity to display, especially in the spring! But it’s Fall, and this male was displaying a lot! Apparently, he knows what he looks like🤣
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

A small white and brown spider hidden under a flower, clutching onto a paralyzed butterfly much larger than itself. Nature is endlessly fascinating, and it happens all around you!

Captured a fascinating scene, this little crab spider nabbed herself a huge meal!
📸 September 7, 2025 Lincoln Memorial Gardens - Springfield, IL
#nature #photography #illinois

A curious green heron, keeping one eye on me across the pond and the other on the young Cooper's hawks in the tree just above
📸 August 21, 2025 Washington Park - Springfield, IL
#birds #photography #wildlife #illinois

Apologies, as these are not great but I have to share this Osprey sighting! Fall migration provided me the opportunity to see one locally, and the non-birders in my life don't understand my excitement over the sighting.
📸 September 7, 2025 Lincoln Memorial Gardens - Springfield, IL
#birds

I got to show off my spark bird to my partner over the weekend! This juvenile Green Heron was very calm, hanging out in this little puddle by the lake
📸 9/7/2025 Lincoln Memorial Gardens - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #illinois #nature

A house wren perched on a branch, giving my partner and I a piece of their mind!

I really enjoy how spunky wrens are, this little one was talking up a storm along the trail!
📸 August 2, 2025 Lincoln Memorial Gardens - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #illinois #nature

Ahhh Mia, it looks great!!

I've never been one for studies but took some time to try sketching some of @peeksphotography.bsky.social work

Kingfisher bird with its back to the viewer sitting on a stick done with blues and oranges with splashes of blue spreading off of the bird.

"Business as Usual"
New Print - Available now on artbytreycrim.com. This print, along with the original, and several other prints/originals will be with me at Mystic Art Festival in Mystic, CT 8/9-8/10.

#art #birdart #penandink #inkdrawing #inkpainting #inkart #birb #bird #inkpainting #kingfisher

Description: A sketchbook spread featuring a stylized coyote surrounded by bright coneflowers. Materials: mildliner markers, colored pencil, acrylic markers, fountain pen, white gel pen.

coyote & coneflowers
#traditionalart #canines #coyote

A photograph of a Killdeer, its beak open to call, standing among smooth beach stones at Mass Audubon Allens Pond.

A Killdeer giving a little screech at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond Sanctuary.

#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #dartmouth #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

Ahh I'm so excited to have captured a killdeer for the first time! I've heard their calls and seen them fly overhead for my entire life, but today I happened across several!
📸 July 18, 2025 Southwind Park - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #photography #illinois

A green heron perches alertly on a branch with one leg raised above a pond blanketed in green algae. Its sleek plumage features a dark crown, chestnut neck, and piercing yellow eyes, while its sharp beak hints at a hunter’s focus. The tranquil, mossy backdrop accentuates the bird’s vivid colors and elegant posture.

Beware of The Claw! Green Heron #birds

Belted Kingfishers.
#wildlife #photography #nature #birds #kingfishers

A brown bird perches in a fountain with its beak dipped in the water as it drinks.

Oh to be a Grackle, drinking from a cool fountain on a hot day
📸 July 13, 2025 Washington Park - Springfield, IL
#birds #birdphotography #centralillinois #wildlife #photography