She made me work for this, and I don’t blame her. She’d hide, then pop up just long enough to catch my eye— but not long enough to get her in the viewfinder. When I was in my car leaving the preserve, she was waiting in all her feathery glory. Beautiful brat! I ❤️ you!

The bebees are making their spring debut RIGHT THIS MINUTE! Don't miss the opportunity to tell them how perfect, brave and adorable they are, because it's hard to be tiny and new in this big world.

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in the dream of foxes
there is a field
and a procession of women
clean as good children
no hollow in the world
surrounded by dogs
no fur clumped bloody
on the ground
only a lovely line
of honest women stepping
without fear or guilt or shame
safe through the generous fields.

—Mary Clifton

It's so cool when they strike a pose! Fancy little kingfisher on a stormy day. I used a texture from the  @KathleenClemonsPhotography Wonderland Collection to add a little jes nes se quois.

Tiny American kestrels are ounce-per-ounce the badass-est raptors in the sky. So, they cringe every time you comment on how absolutely adorable they are. Oops.
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#allmightybirds #best_birds_of_ig #bestbirdshots #pocket_birds #raptor #bb_of_ig #bb_of

Jules Verne wrote that once you’ve tasted flight you’ll “walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return,” and when it comes to hot air balloons I’m betting he was right. 

#landscapephotography #wildidaho #spiritofboise

She breaks for rainbows. And for nectar. Especially for nectar!

It’s supposed to snow in Boise on and off for the next few days, and I’m finding that whole ”Out like a lamb” thing pretty sus. So here are some rioting summer flowers to remind you and me that it’ll soon be too hot to leave the house.

Feeling cute. Might delete later, IDK. #natgeowild #nature #yourshotphotographer #wildidaho #deer #boiseparks

Did you know that some dragonflies have a face like a cartoon dog? Well, now you do, and this knowledge will re-emerge whenever you walk past a pond on a summer evening and a dragonfly buzzes your head. "Who's a good boy?!" you'll ask, and the dragonfly will smile.

Finn the red-tailed hawk, looking fierce and fabulous (and huggable, but probably don't try that). #allmightybirds #best_birds_of_ig #bestbirdshots #pocket_birds #raptor

“I want to think again of dangerous and noble things.
I want to be light and frolicsome.
I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing, as though I had wings.”
—Mary Oliver

If you ever get the opportunity to discuss current events with a raven, you'll find that they're witty, insightful, and far more intelligent than most everyone who's "in charge." 

#best_birds_of_ig #natgeowild #wildlifephotography

Sadie Sparrow would like you to compliment her prom dress, please and thank you.

Slightly Cross-Eyed Monty: “Always look on the bright side of life.”

Hardly an old coot, in fact more of a coot de ville.

Makeda: Lanner falcon. Aerodynamic Wonder Queen.

“Majestically derpy.” How I see herons.

Also how herons see me, except for the majestic part.

I (and the herons) would be grateful AND delighted if you’d follow this new account and check out my new photo/art website, which is chock full of winged creatures and lots of other wild, wild, life. 

www.lindaledbetter.com

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