Callen Harty

A pronghorn in a field of grass. it is standing up and facing the camera. Its body is mostly a light brown, but with a white underbelly and some white markings on its chest and neck. Its face is white, with a long black nose, a black line between its eyes, and black horns which stand straight up with a slight curve.

Pronghorn. #Pronghorn #AntilocapraAmericana #PronhornAntelope #Antelope #ANimal #Mammal #Nature #Photography #CusterStatePark #SouthDakota

Today is the release of On an Inland Sea, an anthology of reflections on the Great Lakes. My piece, On Thinning Ice, is one of the stories in the book. #OnAnInlandSea #WritingTheGreatLakes #GreatLakes #BeltPublishing #MichaelWelch #Book #Anthology #BookRelease #Writing #OnThinningIce

One of the wild mustangs in the Pryor Mountains of Montana. This one is grazing, with its head down. It is mostly brown with a long black tail and black mane. There is a white spot on the top of its head which runs down between its eyes. In the background are green plants and a canyon further back.

Wild horse. #WildHorse #WildMustang #Mustang #FeralHorse #Horse #PryorMountainsWildHorseRange #Montana

A robin fledgling in the grass. It is facing right. The bird is mostly brown. There is a white line under its eye reaching up to the base of its bill. There is a white spot on its breast and below that some orange color is starting to come in.

Robin fledgling. #AmericanRobin #TurdusMigratorius #Robin #Fledgling #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #KnobCreek #Kentucky

A slender spreadwing damselfly grasping a twig. It is facing up. The damselfly's body is black. The four wings are open and are transparent with small black marks at the outer upper edge of each. The thorax is also black with several light stripes. The stripes appear to be a light green in this photo. The head is also dark, with two brilliant blue eyes at the sides of its head.

Slender spreadwing. #SlenderSpreadwing #LestesRectangularis #Spreadwing #Damselfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin

An Eastern garter snake coiled around in a bunch of dead leaves. The snake is facing left toward the bottom left of the photo. It curves around and up to the top of the photo and then curves around under itself and moves out of the photo toward the bottom right. The tail is out of the photo. The snake is mostly green but with several yellowish stripes all along its body and yellow under its head. It has a small black eye. At the top of the photo the markings of another snake can be seen, indicating that this is a nest of snakes.

Eastern garter snake. #EasternGarternSnake #ThamnophisSirtalisSirtalis #GarterSnake #Snake #Reptile #SnakeNest #Nest #Animal #Nature #Photography #LakeFarmCountyPark #Madison #Wisconsin

A milkweed tussock moth caterpillar balancing itself on small stem. The caterpillar is very colorful. Its lengthy hairs are orange, white, and black.

Milkweed tussock moth caterpillar. #MilkweedTussockMothCaterpillar #MilkweedTussockMoth #EuchaetesEgle #TussockMoth #Moth #Caterpillar #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #MirrorLakeStatePark #Baraboo #Wisconsin

A golden-crowned kinglet in the middle of a number of branches. The bird is in the center of photo facing right. It is mostly a light gray underneath and a little darker grey on its wings. There is a white line above its black eye and white under its short black beak. The top of its head is black with a yellow line in the middle.

Golden-crowned kinglet. #Golden-CrownedKinglet #RegulusSatrapa #Kinglet #Songbird #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin

A boreal chorus frog with its vocal sac inflated. The frog is in a small pool of water. It appears to be in the middle of and perhaps standing on some reeds or plants in the water. The frog is white above its vocal sac and a black stripe above that which goes through its eyes and down its side. Its back is brown or a light grey.

Boreal chorus frog. #BorealChorusFrog #PseudacrisMaculata #Frog #Amphibian #Animal #Nature #Photography #GovernorDodgeStatePark #Dodgeville #Wisconsin

A pair of Canada geese in flight close to the ground. They are very close to each other and both with their wings up in flight. The one in the back is slightly ahead of the other. The geese have black heads and a long black neck. There is a white bar under the chin and the belly is also white. The tail is black with some white spotting. The rest of the body and the wings are a light brown.

Canada geese in flight. #CanadaGoose #BrantaCanadensis #Goose #Waterfowl #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin

A black-headed gull atop a fence. It is facing right. The gull has a dark head, which appears black. Its beak and legs are reddish, though in this photo the legs appear to be dark as they are shaded. Its neck and underbelly are white while the wings are a light grey. The ends of the tail feathers are black with a few white spots. The background is a blue sky with a few white clouds.

Black-headed gull. #Black-HeadedGull #ChroicocephalusRidibundus #Gull #Seagull #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #RosslareHarbor #Ireland

Little wood satyr resting atop a number of leaves. The butterfly is a light brown with dark brown spots along the outer edges of the wings.

Little wood satyr. #LittleWoodSatyr. #MegistoCymela #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #AbrahamLincolnBirthplaceNationalHistoricPark #Hodgenville #Kentucky

An American coot swimming through peaceful waters. It is just past the center of the photo heading right. The coot is all black except a small white spot on its side and its distinctive white frontal shield and beak with a black tip. The bird is reflected in the water.

American Coot. #AmericanCoot #FulicaAmericana #Coot #MudHen #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #LakeWaubesa #Madison #Wisconsin

A sculpture of Buffalo Bill Cody in Cody Wyoming. The photo is a silhouette, all black against grey and white clouds in the background. He is seated atop a horse that is facing left and ha sits right front hoof in the air. The horse's mouth is open and its tail is sticking out. Cody is picture from behind with a raised rifle in his left hand. A few treetops can be seen at the bottom left of the photo

Buffalo Bill--The Scout. #BuffaloBill--TheScout #BuffaloBill #TheScout #Sculpture #PublicArt #Art #WesternArt #Sculptor #GertrudeVanderbiltWhitney #BuffaloBillCenterOfTheWest #Cody #Wyoming

A Halloween pennant resting atop a plant. It is facing up right. The abdomen is orange and black and the tail is all black. It has a dark head. The wings are orange with thick black stripes and small red markings at the tips.

Halloween pennant. #HalloweenPennant #CelithemisEponina #Dragonfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #SilverwoodCountPark #Edgerton #Wisconsin

A close-up shot of a white-tailed deer. Only its head and neck are visible in this photo. The background is leaves. The deer is brown, with some white around its eyes, on its ears, and a little bit under its nose and mouth. IT has a long snout with a black nose and a few black lines across the end of the snout.

White-tailed deer portrait. #White-TailedDeer #OdocoileusVirginianus #Whitetail #VirginiaDeer #Deer #Mammal #Animal #Nature #Photography #BigBayStatePark #MadelineIsland #Wisconsin

A Cuban tree frog peeking out of a hole in a birdhouse. The birdhouse is at the left of the photo, taking up about 2/3 of it. The other 1/3 is green background. The frog is inside the birdhouse looking out with its feet spread out and holding the birdhouse. Its head is sticking out of the hole. It doesn't have a lot of color except for its large round yellow eye on the left. The other eye is off to the side and appears to reflect green.

Cuban tree frog. #CubanTreeFrog #OsteopilusSeptentrionalis #TreeFrog #Frog #Amphibian #InvasiveSpecies #Animal #Nature #Photography #TecoManateeViewingCenter #ApolloBeach #Florida

A pair of mule deer in field. The background appears to be the beginning of a pine forest. The tops of several pines are at the bottom of the photo. The deer are in an opening of grass. The one on the left is standing with its head down. It is brown with a white rear end and tail. The tip of the tail is black. The other deer is lying in the grass.

Mule deer. #MuleDeer #OdocoileusHemionus #Deer #Mammal #Animal #Nature #Photography #ShoshoneNationalForest #Wyoming

A greater scaup swimming in the Milwaukee River. The scaup is surrounded by brown water in the photo. It is facing left. It has a grey bill. The head is black, but also has a green iridescence along the side. The eye is a bright yellow. The duck's breast is black, but seems to have a purplish sheen to it in this photo. The belly is white and its feathers are mottled. The tail is dark with some white spotting.

Greater scaup. #GreatScaup #AythyaMarila #Scaup #Duck #DivingDuck #Bluebill #Waterfowl #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #MilwaukeeRiver #Milwaukee #Wisconsin

The dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol reflected in a window across the street. The refraction causes the building to appear as if it is vibrating or parts of it are curved. The background is black as the photo was taken at night.

Night Reflection. #WisconsinStateCapitol #StateCapitol #Capitol #Dome #Architecture #Architect #GeorgeBPost #Window #Reflection #Refraction #Photography #Madison #Wisconsin

Mallard portrait. The mallard is facing right and in water which is rippling ahead of it. Only its head a little bit of its body are visible. The body is brown with darker brown spots. The head is mostly brown with a patch of iridescent green at the back. It has a black eye and a yellow beak.

Mallard. #Mallard #AnasPlatyrhynchos #Duck #Bird #Waterfowl #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin

An Eastern tiger swallowtail on a butterfly bush. The bush's flowers are dozens of deep purple flowers leaning into the photo from the right. The swallowtail is mostly yellow with black stripes stretching down from the tops of the wings and a black line across the bottom with small yellow spots at the edge. The background of the photo is blurred.

Eastern tiger swallowtail. #EasternTigerSwallowtail #PapilioGlaucus #Buttefly #Insect #Animal #ButterflyBush #BuddlejaDavidii #SummerLilac #Wildflower #Flower #Nature #Photography #BellevueStatePark #Bellevue #Iowa

A moose grazing. The moose is in a field of grass, with trees behind it. The moose is all brown with a mane that is slightly darker. It is facing left and has its long snout down in the grass. Its ears are sticking up. This one has no antlers.

Moose. #Moose #AlcesAlces #Deer #Mammal #Animal #Nature #Photography #YellowstoneNationalPark #Wyoming

Jesse Jackson speaking in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. He is behind the microphone and wearing a black turtleneck and a gray jacket and has a broad smile. Is Sarah's black with a little gray on the sideburns. Behind them and at the left in the picture is a woman with a red hat and behind him on the right is a man with a gray beard and mustache and an orange shirt. A section of the Wisconsin Capital can be seen behind all of them. The sky and clouds are reflected in the windows.

#JesseJackson #ReverendJesseJackson #CivilRights #LaborRights #RainbowCoalition #Speaking #WisconsinUprising #Photography #WisconsinStateCapitol #Madison #Wisconsin

A Western gull on its nest with a chick to its side. The full is facing left. It is mostly white with grey on the back of its wings and a bright orange hooked beak. Its eye is yellow. The chick is on the ground to the left of the adult gull, looking straight forward. It is grey with black spots. The nest is in a small lower spot than the ground around it. In the background are trees on the left and sky on the right.

Western gull and chick. #WesternGull #LarusOccidentalis #Gull #Seagull #Bird #Chick #Animal #Nature #Photography #AlcatrazIsland #SanFrancisco #California

A great spangled fritillary atop a white flower. The flower is barely visible underneath the spread wings of the butterfly. The fritillary is facing left in the photo. It is a bright orange, with dark brown or black spots, lines, and crescents throughout its wings. The wings are brownish closer to its body.

Great spangled fritillary. #GreatSpangledFritillary #SpeyeriaCybele #Butterfly #Fritillary #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin

A hobomok skipper atop a pink clover. The butterfly is facing right and is on the left side of the pink flower. It has a brown body. The wings are closed and upright behind its back. The wing is also brown but with a thick tan or yellowish line going from top to bottom. Its proboscis is in the flower.

Hobomok skipper. #HobomokSkipper #LonHobomok #Skipper #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin

Wisconsin & Southern train engine 10C pulling a train across a short bridge over a small body of water. The water is in the foreground. The bridge is about the length of the train's cab and the railroad tracks continue on both sides. The background is trees and sky, with one large tree right in the middle behind the train. The engine itself is mostly silver with red trim along the bottom and around the cab's windows. The 10C designation is on a black ground with white letting on the right corner of the train. There are two lights one right below the windows and another further down, just above the Wisconsin & Southern logo at the bottom. There is a red light on the top of the cab. There are several small windows on the side of the engine.

Wisconsin & Southern engine 10C. #WisconsinAndSouthernEngine10C #WisconsinAndSouthern #Engine10C #Engine #10C #Train #Railroad #RailroadBridge #SmallRailroadBridge #NineSpringsE-Way #Madison #Wisconsin

A common yellowthroat balanced atop of a plant. It is facing left, with its tail up in the air. The bird has a yellow breast. It has a black mask, black eyes, and black beak. It has a white collar and light brown wings and tail.

Common yellowthroat. #CommonYellowthroat #GeothlypisTrichas #Warbler #Songbird #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #LakeFarmCountyPark #Madison #Wisconsin

A pair of spotted spreadwings in tandem. The male is at the left atop a stick which crosses the photo at the center. The female is on the right end of the stick. There is another stick behind them which crosses the photo diagonally from the left. The male is black with large blue eyes. Its four wings are clear except for veining and black spots at the bottom edge of each wing. He has his claspers in the back of her thorax, which is how they mate. She is grasping the bottom of the twig. Her body is more brown. Her front legs are grasping the stick and her body stretches down and curves back up to the stick, which she is holding onto the stick. Her eyes are dark.

Spotted spreadwings in tandem. #SpottedSpreadwing #LestesCongener #Spreadwing #Damselfly #Tandem #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #UniversityOfWisconsinArboretum #Madison #Wisconsin