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pirogue
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I've never seen a YELLOW cardinal. It's pretty cool looking.
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Former Member
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Putting the spinnaker out in a novel way, using it as an air-break:
 The 2 local hawks have discovered a new refuge. Yesterday they were visiting the house taking seat on the terrace lamps just below the roof. Wet snow yesterday... 9C, so it was gone in few hours after dawn. The other birds were in awe and silent :D |
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pirogue
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That's a great shot. Seagulp for lunch?
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Former Member
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My son got this one. A Green Heron after a successful hunt under a walking bridge at Purgatory Creek Wetlands in Eden Prairie, MN. That is a fresh water Perch that took him a while to get down.
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wonderful thread and terrific pictures. ther are many people with a lot of talent and luck/patience to be in the rioght place at right moment to capture this kind of masterpieces in photografy.
congratulations to people dedicated in this area. really a surprise for me. |
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Former Member
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We thank you very much for your kind words gilberardi , and also my great thanks to all who post here
---------------------------------------- Mimicking birds, floating fire ants, ancient Mayan city, cartoon captions: From cockatoo calls to chainsaws, lyrebirds imitate the sounds of their environment and tell stories of their displacement NPR calls them nature’s living tape recorders [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Apr 28, 2011 1:20:12 AM] |
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He let us get real close to him today.
 Tree Swallow in Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, Savage MN. |
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 Shutter speed 1/125 sec Digital back/sensor 12mp Lens 35 - 135 Nikkor zoom Camera D200 Film Digital |
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Birds’ Eye View Is Far More Colorful Than Our Own
The brilliant colors of birds have inspired poets and nature lovers, but researchers at Yale University and the University of Cambridge say these existing hues represent only a fraction of what birds are capable of seeing... |
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Uncommon to see a Black Crowned Night Heron in our neck of the woods in the summer and it looks like she nested here. Standing on a log with her fledgling with a painted turtle in between them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/5941450112/in/photostream/lightbox/ Click on the "older" tab on the top to see birds from our birding trip in TX, OK and MN. |
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