To close out the month of May I've got a few fun shots to share, including some lucky photos of a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher out on a perfect perch. I went out a few times to look for an Ash-throated Flycatcher and didn't see it, and I also missed a Wilson's Phalarope. Butterfly and dragonfly (and damselfly) season has begun here, so when I get the chance I figure I might as well get shots of them too.
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This is my first ever shot of Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy. I shot it over three nights, totalling 13 hours of data, with my Seestar S30. I'm a bit disappointed in the elongated stars in its images, but on the other hand this little telesope has allowed me to pretty easily take astro images more easily than ever. I'll update this gallery with a link to a full size version of this image once I've uploaded it to Astrobin.
1:42PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1:43PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1:43PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1:43PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1:55PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Red-tailed HawkI saw this hawk carrying what looked like grass or maybe a snake, and it turns out it was a snake. Unfortunately, all my shots were quite soft.
1:55PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Red-tailed Hawk
2:04PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Western Kingbird
2:04PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Western Kingbird
2:09PM Sunday May 25, 2025
2:09PM Sunday May 25, 2025
2:17PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Western Kingbird
2:25PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:25PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:25PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:25PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:25PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:25PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:27PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:27PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:27PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:27PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:27PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:27PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:27PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:27PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:27PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:27PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:27PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2:27PM Sunday May 25, 2025
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
8:37AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
American Robin (Juvenile)
8:37AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
American Robin (Juvenile)
8:37AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
American Robin (Juvenile)
8:37AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
American Robin (Juvenile)
8:38AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
American Robin (Juvenile), American Robin
8:38AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
American Robin (Juvenile), American Robin
8:45AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Western Wood-Pewee
8:45AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Western Wood-Pewee
8:45AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Western Wood-Pewee
8:45AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Western Wood-Pewee
8:45AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Western Wood-Pewee
8:45AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Western Wood-Pewee
8:45AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Western Wood-Pewee
8:46AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Western Wood-Pewee
8:46AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Western Wood-Pewee
8:58AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Warbling Vireo
8:58AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Warbling Vireo
8:58AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Warbling Vireo
8:58AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Warbling Vireo
8:58AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Warbling Vireo
8:58AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Warbling Vireo
8:58AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Warbling Vireo
8:58AM Tuesday May 27, 2025
Warbling Vireo
12:10PM Wednesday May 28, 2025
Mourning Dove
12:16PM Wednesday May 28, 2025
12:16PM Wednesday May 28, 2025
12:17PM Wednesday May 28, 2025
12:18PM Wednesday May 28, 2025
12:18PM Wednesday May 28, 2025
12:18PM Wednesday May 28, 2025
12:31PM Wednesday May 28, 2025
12:37PM Wednesday May 28, 2025
Lazuli Bunting
10:50AM Thursday May 29, 2025
10:51AM Thursday May 29, 2025
11:00AM Thursday May 29, 2025
This was a Photoshop focus stack of about 5 images to get more of the dragonfly in focus.
11:27AM Thursday May 29, 2025
Indigo Bunting
11:28AM Thursday May 29, 2025
Indigo Bunting
9:15AM Friday May 30, 2025
9:21AM Friday May 30, 2025
Bald Eagle (Juvenile)
9:35AM Friday May 30, 2025
Vaux's Swift
9:35AM Friday May 30, 2025
Vaux's Swift
9:35AM Friday May 30, 2025
Vaux's Swift
10:10AM Friday May 30, 2025
Virginia RailI saw a juvenile Virginia Rail in the distance (an entirely black fuzz ball with awkward big long legs) but it ran into the reeds before I could get close enough for a shot. There was so much heat shimmer that I wouldn't have been able to get a good shot anyway. I did end up with a few bad shots of adult Virginia Rails.
10:10AM Friday May 30, 2025
Virginia Rail
10:10AM Friday May 30, 2025
Virginia Rail
10:10AM Friday May 30, 2025
Virginia Rail
10:16AM Friday May 30, 2025
10:16AM Friday May 30, 2025
10:19AM Friday May 30, 2025
10:19AM Friday May 30, 2025
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