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Over the Ocean
soaring waves tide sea ocean pelicans Atlantic Ocean nature birds brown pelicans seaside birdsinflight water sky journey seacoast
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Skies over Canaveral Seas (Panorama)
"Tell me and I will forget, teach me and I will remember, involve me and I will learn." ~ Benjamin Franklin
sky clouds Canaveral National Seashore Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Seaboard water waves tide sand tidal pools white caps blue New Smyrna Beach Florida Eastern Seaboard beach beach flora seaside vista landscape seascape ocean sea
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Sanderlings, with Sleeping Dunlins
"Life is a gift, given in trust - like a child." ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Dunlin Sanderling bird wading bird Calidris alpina coastal bird sandpiper shorebird Calidris alba
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In Silhouette ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
silhouette; Cormorant; birds; Huron River and Watershed; Michigan; in silhouette; image; solid shape; backlit sight of a Cormorant; emphasises outline; Etienne de Silhouette; outline portrait; profile; portrait; clouds; sky; bird; bird; tree; branches; limbs; perching; fauna
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Portrait of Maui
"Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it." ~ Rod McKuen
Maui portrait cat feline kitty Oriental Shorthair pet animal mammal domestic cat related to Siamese almondshaped eyes triangular head large ears elongated slender muscular body vocal intelligent social athletic greeneyed genetically from Thailand Himalayan family of breeds fauna ebony silver spotted tabby
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Summertime Fun on the Water Slide
"Truth is like a waterslide ~ only fun when it's slippery and wet." ~ Bob Dylan
water waterslide summertime wet slippery boy child play fun portrait flume water chute slide recreation runout.chute
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Red-tailed Hawk ~ Buteo jamaicensis
"Anyone who has ever stopped to watch a hawk in flight will know that this is one of the natural world's most elegant phenomena." ~ John Burnside
redtailed hawk Buteo.jamaicensis hawk open.woodlands animal oldest at least 30 yrs Michigan eat small mammals sharp taloned mate for life buteo bird of prey
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Michigan in Winter
"Hill tops we sled down hill tops
As fast as we can go
Snow man we built a snow man
When came the first snow
Hot chocolate we sip, hot chocolate let it warm our soul
All the lakes are frozen over so ice fishing we go
It's winter time, winter time, winter time in Michigan."
~ Jetty Rae
fallow fields corn corn fields sky clouds snow winter trees
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River in Winter
"My favourite places on earth are the wild waterways where the forest opens its arms and a silver curve of river folds the traveller into its embrace." ~ Rory MacLeanr
clouds blue river trees sky lines reflections nature waterway curve of river water tree serene wood bridge
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Double-crested Cormorant ~ Phalacrocorax auritus
"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive." ~ Eleonora Duse
double crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus prehistoric looking matte black related to frigatebirds and boobies divers waterbird colonial waterbird cormoran à aigrettes cormorán orejudo
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Surfin' U.S.A. ~ Southern Outer Banks, North Carolina
"If everybody had an ocean
Across the U.S.A.
Then everybody'd be surfin'
.... Surfin' U.S.A."
~ written by Chuck Berry, performed by The Beach Boys
surf Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Seaboard ocean sea coastline Eastern Seaboard North Carolina Eastern North Carolina waves surfboard sky clouds
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Fields of Gold ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"I never made promises lightly
and there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left we'll walk in fields of gold
We'll walk in fields of gold." ~ Sting
golden Huron River Watershed Michigan flora flower flowering plant nature petals macro wildflower
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Nature ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." ~ William Shakespeare
rose.of.sharon seedpods nature plant bokeh flora Huron River and Watershed Michigan macro
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Scullers on the River ~ Huron River, Michigan
"Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Merrily merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream."
~ Eliphalet Oram Lyte
sculling Huron River water trees oars stern sculls rowers crew shells sculler vessel boat tree people Michigan
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Blue, Oriental Shorthair
"It is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens." ~ Cynthia E. Varnado
whiskers feline cat kitten Oriental Shorthair carnivorous mammal fur green eyes short snout kitty pet fauna animal
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Yellow-rumped Warbler ~ Setophaga coronata ~ Southern Outer Banks, North Carolina
"I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright." ~ Henry David Thoreau
Yellowrumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Southern Outer Banks North Carolina onthewing fauna nature Eastern Seaboard yellow versatile forager warbler bird tree
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Siberian Iris ~ Huron River and Watershed
"I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow." ~ Abraham Lincoln
Siberian Iris Huron River Watershed purple flower flora petals plant garden buds perennial herbaeceous rhizomatous violetblue ornamental nature
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Black-capped Chickadee ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"[1] Every autumn, Black-capped Chickadees allow brain neurons containing old information to die, replacing them with new neurons so they can adapt to changes in their social flocks and environment even with their tiny brains..... [2] Flocks have many calls with specific meanings, and they may contain some of the characteristics of human language." ~ Cornell Lab of Ornithology
bird Black capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus Huron River Watershed black cap hides seeds to eat later Chickadee flocks alert birders to migrants perching bird acrobats feathers leaves fauna nature
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Forest Floor ~ Southern Outer Banks, North Carolina
"When the oak is felled, the whole forest echoes with its fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze." ~ Thomas Carlyle
forest floor green moss leaves stones tree needles nature flora rocks macro wood
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The Cove ~ Southern Outer Banks, North Carolina
"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?" ~ David Attenborough
Southern Outer Banks Eastern North Carolina North Carolina Redbreasted Merganser Mergus serrator waterfowl water cove diving duck sawbill saltwater wetland coastal water Bonaparte's Gull herd minnow bird
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Bonaparte's Gull ~ Chroicocephalus philadelphia ~ Southern Outer Banks, North Carolina
"Birds flying high you know how I feel
Sun up in the sky you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel."
~ Nina Simone
Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Southern Outer Banks North Carolina Eastern North Carolina bird water sea ocean Atlantic Ocean gull nonbreeding thin black bill adults are dark hooded waves in flight bird in flight Atlantic Seaboard breeds in isolated taiga boreal forests fauna nature
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Early Morning Ripples ~ Huron River
“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ~ Eudora Welty
reflections Huron River ripples water tree fallen tree trees leaves sky blue clouds banks shore river landscape
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Mute Swan ~ Cygnus olor ~ Huron River
"To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg." ~ Hans Christian Anderson
Mute Swan Cygnus olor bird Huron River elegant Russian ballets European fairytales imported from Europe form long lasting pair bonds white plumage black knob enormous appetite The Ugly Duckling waterfowl
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Straight on 'til Morning ~ Huron River
“Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning." ~ J.M. Barrie
nature fauna Canada Goose Branta canadensis birdsinflight bird geese Huron River Black necked white chinstrap honker northward range shift assortative mating 33 years oldest known wild Canada Goose waterbird waterfowl long webbed feet wide flat bill long neck dabbler grazer on the wing
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Prairie Morning ~ Huron River and Watershed
"We have taken into our language the word prairie, because when our backwoodsmen first reached the land [in the Midwest] and saw the great natural meadows of long grass—sights unknown to the gloomy forests wherein they had always dwelt—they knew not what to call them, and borrowed the term already in use among the French inhabitants." ~ Theodore Roosevelt
long grass prairie Huron River ecosystem North America French term for meadow
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Dandelion Wishes ~ Huron River Watershed
“Most of the dandelions had changed from suns into moons.” ~ Vladimir Nabokov
wishes Huron River Watershed seed head plant nature seeddispersed winddispersal dandelion flower Taraxacum beneficial weed wildflower dentdelion lion's tooth taprooted perennial herbaceous parachutes cankerwort doonheadclock whitch's gowan milk witch yellowgowan Irish daisy monkshead priest'scrown puffball faceclock swine's snout white endive whild endive maskros oikukka lates dantylyliew wine coffee root beer macro
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Red-winged Blackbird ~ Agelaius phoeniceus ~ Upper Mahoning River Watershed, Ohio
"Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise."
~ John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Redwinged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus male bird boldly colored abundant glossy black tumbling song territorial blackbird slender conical bill red shoulder patch bordered with yellow agile flyer
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Rudbeckia ~ Huron River and Watershed
"All in the downs, the fleet was moored,
Banners waving in the wind. When Black-Eyed Susan came aboard,
and eyed the burly men.
'Tell me ye sailors, tell me true
Does my Sweet William sail with you?'" ~ John Gay
Blackeyed Susan Rudbeckia wildflower gold Preakness Stakes Maryland State Flower justice related to coneflowers flower plant nature summertime
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Petals ~ Huron River Watershed
"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." ~ Edgar Allan Poe
flower petals pink orchid garden macro
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Migrating Double-crested Cormorant ~ Phalacrocorax auritus ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Fly silly sea bird, no dreams can possess you, no voices can blame you for sun on your wings." ~ Joni Mitchell
preening river wings beak feathers rock seabird DoublecrestedCormorant bird Phalacrocorax auritus Huron River Watershed Michigan gangly prehistoriclooking fishing bird frigate birds are relatives black waterbird migration colonial waterbird water
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Soul of a Cat
"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~ Anatole France
cat eyes blue soul Siamese animal pet macro portrait kitten
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Juvenile Sandhill Crane with Family, Keeping Watch and Foraging ~ Antigone canadensis ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." ~ Shakespeare
Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis farmers field green bird gray body crimsoncapped elegant rolling cry gangly grace trumpeting sound dancing skill mate for life and yearround juvenile family oldest Sandhill Crane 36 years bugling call bustle of dropping feathers beak broad wings white throat tall bird foragers plumage feathers Huron River watershed Michigan pasture choose partner based on display dance survival tied to fate of habitat animal
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Great Blue Heron's Escape ~ Pointe Mouilee, Lake Erie
This Great Blue Heron had been, just moments before, majestically poised motionless along the Lake Erie freshwater marsh, scanning for prey. Suddenly, a juvenile Bald Eagle soared in and perched in high, dead tree branches just outside the wetland area, surveying the area and enjoying his grand visibility. Once spotting this "intruder," a colony of Caspian Terns from a nearby beach area immediately began aggressively harassing the Eagle in the tree, swooping down on him in droves, sounding their heron-like cries while protecting young Caspians in their colony. The Eagle then decided it was best to escape all the raucous. His escape flight path was nearly over the Great Blue Heron, and as soon as the Heron spotted the Eagle in the skies overhead, he immediately headed toward and landed in a herbaceous wetland thicket for cover. I managed to snap this photo of the Heron just before he disappeared into the brush. The Eagle shortly left the territory for more peaceful grounds, the Caspian Terns settled down and seemed satisfied that their young were safe once more, but the Great Blue Heron seemed happy to remain hidden in the thicket for at least quite a while.
hollow bones Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Pointe Mouilee Michigan Lake Erie coastal wetland bird thicket marsh wetland animal nature Great Lakes heron bluegray plumage escape inflight
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Caspian Tern, Juvenile ~ Hydroprogne caspia ~ Pointe Mouilee, Lake Erie
"I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright." ~ Henry David Thoreau
dark cap largest tern in world shallowforked tail bird tern Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Pagaza Piquirroja shoreline Lake Erie Michigan Pointe Mouilee aerial ballet divers Sterne caspienne aerial acrobats drive away blad eagles to protect young water swallow name refers to Caspian Sea call is loud heronlike croak plungers highly vocal seabird monogamous animal sky flight bird in flight juvenile
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USAF Thunderbird No. 5 ~ Thunder over Michigan Air Show ~ Willow Run Airport, Michigan
"Major Whit Collins is the Lead Solo Pilot for the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, flying the No. 5 jet. He earned his commission in 2006 as a graduate of The Citadel’s Air Force ROTC program. While studying Computer Science, he enjoyed playing intramural soccer and was president of the school’s aviation club.... Before joining the Thunderbirds, Collins served as an F-16 Operational Test and Evaluation Instructor Pilot at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. He has logged more than 1,500 flight hours as an Air Force pilot, with more than 150 combat hours. Collins is in his second season with the team and hails from Warner Robins, Georgia." ~ text from AFThunderbirds.com
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Upside Down USAF Thunderbird #6 ~ Air Show ~ Willow Run Airport, Michigan
"Major Matt Kimmel is the Opposing Solo Pilot for the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron. flying the No. 6 jet. He earned his commission in 2008 as a graduate of the University of Southern California's Air Force ROTC program.... Before joining the Thunderbirds, Kimmel served as an F-16 Evaluator Pilot at Shaw AFB, South Carolina. He has logged more than 1,700 flight hours as an Air Force pilot, with more than 715 combat hours. Major Kimmel is in his first season with the team and hails from Vacaville, California." ~ text from AF Thunderbirds.com
United States Air Force USAF squadron Willow Run Airport Michigan flight Thunderbirds Thunder over Michigan pilot aviation military aviation aircraft airplane sky fighter technology start your engines airshow Thunderbird demonstration airman volunteer America's Ambassadors in Blue Thunderbird 6 maneuver inflight precisionflying sharp choreography F16 Fighting Falcon lead solo pilot cockpit jet wings 57th Wing
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Thunder over Michigan ~ Willow Run Airport
Renowned aerobatics flyer and one of the Living Legends of Flight, Sean Doherty Tucker, pilots his stunt bi-plane, Oracle Challenger III, an Extra 300L. This was his final flight as a solo performance. "We did a ballet in the sky together." ~ Sean D. Tucker
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Caspian Terns ~ Hydroprogne caspia ~ Pointe Mouilee, Michigan
"The oldest recorded wild Caspian Tern was at least 29 years, 7 months old when it was found in Louisiana in 1989. It had been banded in Michigan in 1959. The average life span of Great Lakes Caspian Terns is estimated to be 12 years." ~ Cornell Lab of Ornithology
aerial acrobats dark caps largest tern in world shallowforked tail bird tern Caspian tern Hydroprogne caspia Pagaza Piquirroja shoreline Lake Erie Michigan Pointe Mouilee aerial ballet divers drive away bald eagles to protect young Sterne caspienne sand water animal beach rock
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White Ibis ~ Eudocimus albus ~ Southern Outer Banks
“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.” ~ Robert Lynd
Ibis Eudocimus albus Southern Outer Banks Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Seaboard shallow wetland estuary red legs red bill males are highly protective coast coastal wetland bird wading bird marsh blue eyes social bird roost and nest in trees water animal
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet ~ Regulus calendula ~ Southern Outer Banks
"'Pan, who and what art thou?' he cried huskily. 'I'm youth, I'm joy,' Peter answered at a venture, 'I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.'" ~ J.M. Barrie
Rubycrowned Kinglet bird Regulus calendula forager Southern Outer Banks constant flicking of wings Bogue Banks sea isle Atlantic Ocean seaside sea seashore sea coast passerine kinglet olivegreen plumage twowhite wing bars white eye ring male has ruby crown animal
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Time and Tide ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Time and tide wait for no man." ~ Geoffrey Chaucer
sea glass weathered glass beach sandy beach glass Southern Outer Banks frosted glass sand coast coastline coastal Carolinas Eastern North Carolina North Carolina Eastern Seaboard Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Seaboard take 20100 years to form drift glass drift process originally shard of broken glass rolled and tumbled in ocean shipwreck genuine sea glass wave rigored oceanic saline green shoreline seaside seashore sea sea coast sea isle shore Bogue Banks gift from the sea macro time and tide
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Ring-billed Gull, Juvenile (1st two years) ~ Larus delawarensis ~ Southern Outer Banks
"I call to a seagull
Who dives to the waters
And catches his silver-fine
Dinner alone
Crying where are the footprints
That danced on these beaches
And the hands that cast wishes
That sunk like a stone
My dreams with the seagulls fly
Out of reach out of cry" ~
Joni Mitchell
Larus delawarensis ringbilled gull juvenile bird birdinflight seaside seashore sea coast sea isle seascape seabird seaboard Southern Outer Banks Bogue Banks Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Seaboard wings acrobat coastal plain coast coastline coastal carolinas North Carolina Eastern Seaboad Eastern North Carolina builtin compass black band on beak graceful flyer can race at more than 40 mph varied vocal repertoire dunes dune grasses sky animal
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The Approach ~ 1978 Cessna 152
Fixed-wing, single-engine. Owner: Butternut Aviation, LLC, Jackson, Michigan.

"The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul." ~ Walter Raleigh
aircraft airplane Cessna singleengine approach fixedwing flight inflight tricycle gear onthewing
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Portrait of a Red-Tailed Hawk ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak and stared with his foot on the prey." ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
redtailed hawk bird raptor Buteo jamaicensis Huron River Watershed birdofprey buteo shape sharptaloned monogamous animal
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Three Little Goslings ~ Branta canadensis ~ Huron River, Michigan
"The early Celtic Christians called the Holy Spirit, 'the wild goose.' And the reason why is they knew that you cannot tame him." ~ John Eldredge
goslings Branta canadensis Huron River Michigan Canada Geese chilsrap honker vformations water animal river
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Great Blue Heron ~ Ardea herodias ~ Pointe Mouillee, Lake Erie
“And I rose
In a rainy autumn
And walked abroad in shower of all my days
High tide and the heron dived when I took the road
Over the border
And the gates
Of the town closed as the town awoke.”
~ Dylan Thomas
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias bird Pointe.Mouilee water animal nature Lake Erie Great Lakes heron majestic bluegray.plumage hollow bones
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Marsh Creature ~ Perhaps a Muskrat? ~ Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area, Ohio
“I have an immoderate passion for water; for the sea, though so vast, so restless, so beyond one's comprehension; for rivers, beautiful, yet fugitive and elusive; but especially for marshes, teeming with all that mysterious life of the creatures that haunt them. A marsh is a whole world within a world, a different world, with a life of its own, with its own permanent denizens, its passing visitors, its voices, its sounds, its own strange mystery.” ~ Guy de Maupassant
animal Metzger marsh wildlife Ohio semiaquatic rodent diver swimmer mammal riparian zone wetland Great Lakes Lake Erie plant lily nature water
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Black-necked Stilt, Juvenile ~ Himantopus mexicanus ~ Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area, Ohio
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