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Mike Saccone

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Conservation advocate and amateur bird photographer. Ohioan by birth, Coloradan by choice, living near the nation’s capital.
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 6 hr
A great-crested flycatcher with that dreamy after-bug glow. 📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 2800, f8, 1/2500s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · a day
A Northern flicker foraging after a rainstorm. 📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 5600, f6.3, 1/640s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 2 days
When the wood thrush's whistling song pierces the silence of the forest, you can be sure somewhere I'm smiling. 📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 3200, f6.3, 1/60s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 2 days
Why paint the town red when you can paint the forest scarlet? 📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 800, f6.3, 1/200s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 3 days
A belted kingfisher looking for breakfast on the go. 📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 12800, f8, 1/2500s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 5 days
I can't get over this Carolina chickadee's tiny talons. 📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1800, f6.3, 1/1000s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 7 days
Wrenever you're feeling good, it's wrensday. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 4000, f6.3, 1/2000s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 8 days
An indigo bunting is hard to miss and even harder to ignore. 📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 2800, f6.3, 1/2500s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 9 days
July brings the return of one of my favorite backyard birds, the great crested flycatcher. 📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1600, f8, 1/640s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 9 days
A queen among kings. 📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 5000, f9, 1/2000s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 10 days
Is this camouflage? 📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 4500, f8, 1/4000s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 10 days
A great blue heron off to its next fishing hole. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 4500, f10, 1/2000s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 11 days
This account is becoming a green heron stan. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 2200, f8, 1/1600s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 11 days
A great egret on the Maryland side of the Potomac along the C&O Canal. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 100, f6.3, 1/1250s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 12 days
A barred owl after dropping its crayfish lunch. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 4500, f6.3, 1/1000s) 🪶 #birds #owls #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 13 days
A gray catbird snacking on wild berries. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 4500, f8, 1/2500s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 14 days
An expectant green heron in the afternoon sun. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1600, f8, 1/2500s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 14 days
An osprey family photo. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1400, f8, 1/2500s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 15 days
A blue-gray gnatcatcher on the hunt on Theodore Roosevelt Island. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 5000, f6.3, 1/1250s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 15 days
A very vocal female red-winged blackbird. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 560, f6.3, 1/640s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 16 days
A camera-shy green heron guy. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1250, f6.3, 1/2500s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 16 days
A common yellowthroat showcasing its namesake. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1400, f6.3, 1/1600s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 17 days
Liftoff for this great blue heron along the C&O Canal. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 2000, f8, 1/2000s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 17 days
A barred owl hiding in plain sight at Maryland's McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 5600, f6.3, 1/640s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography #owls
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 20 days
A young Northern mockingbird at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 5000, f8, 1/500s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 21 days
A happy final #wrensday of June 2024 to one and all. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 5000, f7.1, 1/500s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 23 days
Start your week right with this American goldfinch. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 2000, f6.3, 1/400s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 25 days
Of all the backyard birds, white-breasted nuthatches have the biggest mismatch between their looks and sounds. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 6400, f6.3, 1/1600s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 1 mo
One of a nesting pair of Mississippi kites near Rockville, Maryland. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 2200, f10, 1/2000s) 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography
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Mike Saccone @mikesaccone.bsky.social · 1 mo
A great blue heron visiting the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens on Juneteenth. 📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography