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Daniel Riddle

@birdcrazed6

Bird Photography with a purpose: bringing awareness about the natural world. Specialist of North American Wading bird portraits & Nuptial plumage displays.

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GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity House Finches are one of those common birds that aren’t too common for me to come across and one that eluded me for a while. Fortunately, I worked on a property with many of these beautiful birds a few years back and I got plenty of

GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity 

House Finches are one of those common birds that aren’t too common for me to come across and one that eluded me for a while. 

Fortunately, I worked on a property with many of these beautiful birds a few years back and I got plenty of
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GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity Here’s a look at one of my favorite wading birds to photograph during the breeding season… the Cattle Egret! This image was taken early morning in a Florida rookery where I spent almost a week observing the courting behaviors of all the

GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity 

Here’s a look at one of my favorite wading birds to photograph during the breeding season… the Cattle Egret!

This image was taken early morning in a Florida rookery where I spent almost a week observing the courting behaviors of all the
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GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity 📸 🦉 Here’s one of the toughest subject for me to photograph, the Barred Owl! I rarely look for this species due to its incredibly secretive life and will only photograph them when they present themselves to me. This species is one of the

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Here’s one of the toughest subject for me to photograph, the Barred Owl! 

I rarely look for this species due to its incredibly secretive life and will only photograph them when they present themselves to me. This species is one of the
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GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity 🌏 📸!! One of our smallest Herons is this Little Blue Heron, seen here about to display his nuptial plumage to a nearby female. It’s hard to beat a bird with these incredible colors! #birdphotography #birdwatching #naturelovers #birds

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One of our smallest Herons is this Little Blue Heron, seen here about to display his nuptial plumage to a nearby female. It’s hard to beat a bird with these incredible colors!

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GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity The Snowy Egret are always giving it their all, no matter what they’re doing. Whether it’s feeding, fighting or trying to attract a mate… they are some of the most high strung birds around. This male here is displaying his Nuptial plumage

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The Snowy Egret are always giving it their all, no matter what they’re doing. Whether it’s feeding, fighting or trying to attract a mate… they are some of the most high strung birds around. This male here is displaying his Nuptial plumage
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GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity Of all the wading birds I’ve photographed this White Morph Reddish Egret still takes my breath away when it shows up. I was lucky enough to cross paths with this incredible species while still displaying its breeding colors. You can see the

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Of all the wading birds I’ve photographed this White Morph Reddish Egret still takes my breath away when it shows up. I was lucky enough to cross paths with this incredible species while still displaying its breeding colors. You can see the
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GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity 📸 🌺!! Here’s one of my very first Ruby Throated Hummingbird images where I utilized portrait orientation to avoid cropping. By setting up a mobile garden bed i was able to add new flowers and change its location for best lighting

GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity 📸 🌺!!

Here’s one of my very first Ruby Throated Hummingbird images where I utilized portrait orientation to avoid cropping. 

By setting up a mobile garden bed i was able to add new flowers and change its location for best lighting
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GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity 🌏 📸!! One of my all time favorite places to visit is Huntington Beach SP here in South Carolina. You never know exactly what you’ll see when out and about there. On this occasion i got the chance to watch some of this Great Blue Herons

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One of my all time favorite places to visit is Huntington Beach SP here in South Carolina. You never know exactly what you’ll see when out and about there. 

On this occasion i got the chance to watch some of this Great Blue Herons
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GOOD AFTERNOON #TwitterNatureCommunity 📸🌏 Here’s another look at that BEAUTIFUL Prairie Warbler singing in the high pines of South Carolina 🤗 #birds #birdphotography #BirdsOfTwitter

GOOD AFTERNOON #TwitterNatureCommunity 📸🌏

Here’s another look at that BEAUTIFUL Prairie Warbler singing in the high pines of South Carolina 🤗

#birds #birdphotography #BirdsOfTwitter
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GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity 🌏 📸!! Here’s a return to the very FIRST year i got the opportunity to photograph the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds.. This was one of the most dominate of all the females in our property and I nicknamed her jewel. The Blue Sage was always the

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Here’s a return to the very FIRST year i got the opportunity to photograph the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds..

This was one of the most dominate of all the females in our property and I nicknamed her jewel. The Blue Sage was always the
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GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity Having a good understanding of a species feeding habits up help you locate them and that’s exactly how I managed to get some great views of this Indigo Bunting. I spend a great deal of time traveling up and down Cook’s Mountain in search

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Having a good understanding of a species feeding habits up help you locate them and that’s exactly how I managed to get some great views of this Indigo Bunting. 

I spend a great deal of time traveling up and down Cook’s Mountain in search
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Here’s a throwback to 2022, my first 15 day trip to Florida visiting every rookery i could find. This image of the Great Egret was taken just as the sun was setting and creating some incredible colors in the sky. #TwitterNatureCommunity #birdphotography #BirdsOfTwitter

Here’s a throwback to 2022, my first 15 day trip to Florida visiting every rookery i could find. This image of the Great Egret was taken just as the sun was setting and creating some incredible colors in the sky. 

#TwitterNatureCommunity #birdphotography #BirdsOfTwitter
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GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity One of my favorite parts of photographing the wading birds nesting season is watching the courting behaviors of each species. Each species has their own way of displaying their plumes and calls they make. This Tricolored Heron had such

GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity 

One of my favorite parts of photographing the wading birds nesting season is watching the courting behaviors of each species. Each species has their own way of displaying their plumes and calls they make. 

This Tricolored Heron had such
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A Prairie Warbler singing his tunes and serenading the open pine woodlands on Cook’s Mountain, South Carolina. #TwitterNatureCommunity #BirdsOfTwitter #birds

A Prairie Warbler singing his tunes and serenading the open pine woodlands on Cook’s Mountain, South Carolina. 

#TwitterNatureCommunity 
#BirdsOfTwitter 
#birds
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The EXACT moment a Great Egret displays his Nuptial plumage trying to catch the eye of a nearby female. #TwitterNatureCommunity #BirdsOfTwitter #birds

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GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity The painted bunting (Passerina ciris) is a species of bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. It is native to North America. The bright plumage of the male comes only in the second year of life; in the first year, they can be

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The painted bunting (Passerina ciris) is a species of bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. It is native to North America. The bright plumage of the male comes only in the second year of life; in the first year, they can be
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GOOD MORNING #TwitterNatureCommunity The reddish egret is a medium-sized heron that is a resident breeder in Central America, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast of the United States, and Mexico. The egret is known for its unusual foraging behavior compared to other

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The reddish egret is a medium-sized heron that is a resident breeder in Central America, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast of the United States, and Mexico. The egret is known for its unusual foraging behavior compared to other
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Who doesn’t enjoy a fiery sunrise with a heavy dose of fog??!! American White Ibis foraging along the banks of Swan Lake Iris Gardens here in South Carolina. #TwitterNatureCommunity #BirdsOfTwitter #birds