Great Lakes Piping Plover- Father plover broods a chick as the sun rises over Lake Michigan at Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore as featured in National Audobon Magazine in its Summer 2025 issue.
A bird with blue and black feathers flying low over a calm body of water, with its reflection visible on the surface, against a soft yellow background.
Featured in Smithsonian Magazine as a top nature Photographer. © Steve Jessmore, 2023
Territorial Dispute- An immature Great Blue Heron tries to fend off the agressive Red winged blackbird from a small, environmental area on the Torch River in northern Michigan. © Steve Jessmore
Featured cover on Summer Audubon Awards issue- my 2022 National Audubon contest Fisher Prize winner: Most creative approach to photographing birds- "Feeding Frenzy" Northern Shovelers © Steve Jessmore, 2021
Sandhill Crane look to land in corn fields along the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska during the spring migration. © Steve Jessmore
A male Eastern Kingbird tries to get amorous with a female in midair as they make their way across the Torch River. © Steve Jessmore
A Red winged blackbird signals his stake on this section of the marsh. They are the first birds back from migration in early March. © Steve Jessmore
Bee and Lotus, Reeds Lake. © Steve Jessmore
2021 National Audubon contest professional division first place "Northern Cardinal" © Steve Jessmore
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A male American Goldfinch notices this photographer in his camo while feeding. © Steve Jessmore
A Common Loon comes back to mate after chasing off a rogue loon before sunrise from the Torch River. © Steve Jessmore
A marching band performing outdoors, with band members in red and white uniforms playing brass instruments and drums, led by a drum major with a white uniform and hat, on a grassy field.
An elderly woman in a garage workshop holding a welding or jeweler's tool, standing next to a metal dog sculpture decorated with chains and chains, surrounded by shelves with various metal objects and tools.
Six women in black clothing doing dance art, jumping in the air outside against a gray wall with a building in the background.
Close-up of an elderly woman's face wearing glasses that reflect piano keys.
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