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Moose Duo
A pair of moose, grazing on the roadside of Route 11. -
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Fox
Winter coat is looking a bit raggid, but a welcome sight nonetheless... -
Wheeling
A turkey vulture turns lazily, backdropped by the cliffs of the Genesee River. Letchworth State Park, NY. -
Glide
A turkey vulture rides the thermals in the Genesee River Gorge. Letchworth State Park, NY. -
Chipmunk
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Black Bear
Seen on the side of the road -
Pileated Woodpecker
Saw this (not-so) little guy two weeks previously... and discovered my camera had run out of batteries! Fortunately, he decided to turn up again. -
White-breasted Nuthatch
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White-breasted Nuthatch
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Cardinal
A cardinal claims a sunflower seed that the chickadees missed. Mendon Ponds, NY. -
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Eagle
Spotted a bald eagle cruising the lakeshore today. -
Duck Family
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Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
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Blue Jay
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Female Grackle
A female common grackle. -
Grackles
A pair of male common grackles. -
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Bald Eagle
I /think/ this might be the female... -
Evening Grosbeak
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Bumblebee
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Why, hello there...
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Great Northern Loon
Caught this loon feeding, maybe twenty feet from the shore? Shrub for cover + 400mm = success. -
Chickadee
A chickadee enjoys a small seed. Helderberg Escarpment, NY, USA. -
Why, hello there...
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Nap Time
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Mallard
What weighs less than a witch? -
Herd
A few specimens of a dozen-strong herd seen trekking through the woods beside a country road. -
Eastern Painted Turtle
Found this little guy hiding amongst some weeds, just sitting in the middle of the trail... -
The Birds
A flock of canada geese congregate near a red barn. Schenectady, NY. -
Turtle Crossing
A turtle crosses the road in front of the Huyck Research Station. -
Trifecta
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Cardinal
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Blue Heron in the Daisies
Silly heron, there are no fish up there... -
Heron Takes Flight
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Blue Heron
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Blue Heron
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Bald Eagle in the Bay
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Blue Heron in Flight
Gliding above the water. -
Blue Heron in Flight
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Blackbird on a Box
A young red-winged blackbird surveys his domain from atop a nesting box. Victor, NY, USA. -
I Said, NO SWIMMING!
He looks angry -- I'd do as he says... -
Attack Duck
♫ ... if they start a rumble, We'll rumble 'em right. ♫ -
Herons
Blue herons. Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, Seneca Falls, NY, USA. -
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Kingfisher on a Wire
A belted kingfisher surveys the Mohawk River below, perched atop a high-voltage electrical wire. -
Bluebird
An eastern bluebird. -
Blue Heron
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Great Egret
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Eastern Phoebe
Far from positive of the ID on this one -- can anyone confirm? -
Drying Her Wings
A Double-Crested(?) Cormorant dries her wings on the post of a small lobstering pier. Bar Harbor, Maine. -
Eastern Garter Snakes
Found these two snakes sunning themselves on the rocks near the summit. The snake on the left will shed soon -- note the milky-colored eye caps. -
Red-Tailed Hawk
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Snowshoe Hare
The summit that's host to the Balsam Lake Firetower has a healthy warren of three or four snowshoe hares, which are... suprisingly bold, for rabbits anyway. This hare was happily feeding not more than twenty feet from where I was sitting. -
Foreboding
Five buzzards, sitting in a tree watching me. Times like this, I'm glad I'm not superstitious... -
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Bluebird
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Bluebirds in Flight
A male and female blue bird pair in flight. Massachusetts-Connecticut border. -
Bluebird in Flight
An Eastern Bluebird in flight, as seen from below. -
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Bald Eagle in Flight
With a wingspen of nearly six feet, these raptors can cast a pretty formidable shadow when they pass ilow n front of the sun (but usually they fly higher)... -
Pheasant Hen
Stumbled across this little lady on the backroads of nothern Ontario. She was very close to the vehicle -- I had an extender on, and was pressing my head against the passenger's side window and shooting out the driver's side, trying to fit all of her in the frame. She ducked into the brush just a few moments later this was taken. -
Pre-Flight Check
An adolescent bald eagle practices flight from the safety of the nest. They weren't quite getting into the air yet. In another week or two this young predator will be able to lift himself a few inches off the nest; in three to four, he'll be flying on his own. -
Great Northern Loon
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Salad Bar
A beaver enjoys an evening snack. -
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Red Squirrel
A red squirrel enjoys some fresh pine sprout (s/he was arguably my most cooperative subject of the outing). -
More Bald Eaglets
Adolescent bald eagles -- still too young to fly -- couriously observe left on the river below, awaiting the delivery of their next meal by their parents -- at this stage in their growth, their appeities have balooned to keep their parents hunting nearly continuously during daylight hours. -
Bald Eaglets
A pair of adolescent bald eagles size each other up while waiting for lunch... -
Bald Eagle
I /think/ this might be the female... -
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The shadows around the eyes almost resemble eyebrows... (and I shall call him Bob). -
North American Porcupine
A porcupine turns a cautious eye toward passing bikers (off frame). Carriageway, Minnewaska State Park Preserve, New York. -
Suspicious
Think I've been spotted... -
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Late Breakfast
A male evening grosbeak discards part of a sunflower seed as he enjoys a late-morning snack. -
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Kingfisher
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Heron in the Weeds
A blue heron stands on the far bank of a canal. Taken about an hour before sunset. -
Belted Kingfisher
Found this little girl merrily fishing away, flitting down every few minutes to hit the water below. At nearly a hundred yards away, she appeared as little more than a white speck to the unassisted eye.