Colin Keith

I also use a 90D and Sigma 150-600, plus topaz denoise for post-processing, which tends to sharpen up images a lot.

I was standing probably 8 feet from it with my 600mm lens, and it just sat there and posed. Also super good lighting.

Detailed portrait of a female boat-tailed grackle

Boat-tailed grackle would like to speak with your manager 🪶

Monday motivation:

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

-Margaret Mead

Merlin dismantling a House Sparrow 🪶

Pair of juvenile cliff swallows on a telephone line. Swallow on the right has its mouth wide open while the swallow on the left gives the other a look.

Cliff Swallows 🪶

Warbling vireo perched on a bare branch

Warbling vireo perched on a twig

Warbling Vireo 🪶

Black-and-white warbler sitting on one foot and singing

Black-and-white Warbler 🪶

Red-bellied snake in my hand

Red-bellied snake

Juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk eating a robin

eBird life list showing 350 species

Saw my 350th #bird species over the weekend

The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation bill that quietly includes language that could devastate our public lands. It would:
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land

Good old Pennsyltucky

‼️Take Bold Action for Birds NOW: We’re 400 signatures away from 10,000 calling on Congress to protect migratory birds.

Up to 1 billion birds die each year from preventable causes. The MBTA has protected them for 100+ years — but it’s at risk.

🖊️Act now at this link:
act.abcbirds.org/a/take-actio...

This Red-tailed Hawk was found unable to fly on the #NationalMall. 🇺🇸

At our clinic, she tested positive for #rodenticide & lead poisoning.💔

Rat poison does NOT just kill rats. It poisons ecosystems. Learn more about the harm of rodenticide & alternatives at raptorsarethesolution.org

It has the darkest skies in all of PA. Some of the photos out of there are phenomenal.

Adult blue-winged warbler perched on a hawthorn branch

Adult blue-winged warbler perched on a hawthorn branch

Wanted to share this lifer (sort of) Blue-winged Warbler from late May 🪶

Finished product 🔥

Oh, look. It’s a horrible video of a yellow warbler! Enjoy my pitiful attempts to keep my camera stable, plus all of the wonderful noises my camera makes while autofocusing :) 🪶

Digital illustration of a large tornado crossing a river between wooded mountains. UNPREDICTABLE: The Pennsylvania Tornadoes of 1985, Created and Musically Scored by Connor Sipe.

Tomorrow marks 40 years since the Pennsylvania/Ohio tornado outbreak on May 31, 1985 that far surpassed anything else in local history in both magnitude and destruction. If you haven't seen my short cinematic doc UNPREDICTABLE on YouTube, check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m47Q...

May 31st 1985 Tornado Outbreak Remembering one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history 40 years later.

May 31st, 1985:
One of the worst outbreaks to hit the Northeast US and Canada spawned 44 tornadoes. 9 were violent, with the strongest being an F5 that devastated Niles, OH & Wheatland, PA. Many other towns in PA, OH, and southern ON were ruined. 88 people were killed.

“If it ain’t making someone billions, forget it” -some republican probably

For me, it’s cloudy every night I plan to do astro here. That’s just me though, everyone else seems to have better luck with weather.

Check out Cherry Springs SP in north-central PA. No guarantee of clear skies (usually always cloudy here in the armpit of the US)

#BlueSkyArtShow

Painting of an adult peregrine falcon perched on a branch, surrounded by tree branches. Painted with acrylic on canvas

First time painting something. A couple things I could work on moving forward, but overall I’m pretty happy. #bird #art

Penn State board approves closing 7 campuses Trustees voted to close the DuBois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre, and York locations.

Fuck you, penn state. Fuck you. www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege...

Probably one of my best shots of the Arnett Oklahoma supercell with a tornado this Sunday. 🥹

I understand "NWS was still successful and did a good job despite the adversity" is the fact, but we also need the "Trump & his cronies have knee-capped the NWS and aren't done with the torture" message to be VERY VERY loud. "We did it despite less people" just means more cuts until it break breaks.