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Ruby-throated Hummingbird ~ Archilochus colubris ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” ~ John Hughes
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird ~ Archilochus colubris ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~ Charlie Chaplin
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird ~ Archilochus colubris ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"May the forces of evil get confused on the way to your house." ~ George Carlin
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Spring Evening, with Scented Geraniums ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
“Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
purpleflowerseveningbloomsgardengeraniumsMichiganHuron River and Watershed
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird ~ Archilochus colubris ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
Rubythroated HummingbirdHummeron the wingbirdhummingbirdHuron River and WatershedMichiganfauna
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Female ~ Archilochus colubris ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” ~ Bertrand Russell
Rubythroated HummingbirdHummeron the wingbirdhummingbirdHuon River and WatershedMichiganfauna
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Female ~ Archilochus colubris ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"Forget the failures. Keep the lessons." ~ Dalai Lama
Rubythroated Hummingbirdon the wingHuron River and WatershedMichiganfaunahummerbirdhummingbird
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Female ~ Archilochus colubris ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.” ~ \Robert Lynd
RubyThroated Hummingbirdhummeron the wingbirdhummingbirdHuron River and WatershedMichiganfauna
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Female ~ Archilochus colubris ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
“The daily hummingbird assaults existence with improbability.” ~ Ursula K. Le Guin
Rubythroated Hummingbirdhummeron the wingbirdhummingbirdHuron River and WatershedMichigan fauna
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Wrapping All These Beautiful Pixels Around this Sweet Little Jewel ~ Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Female ~ Archilochus colubris ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed... That can make life a garden." ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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Hummer's World ~ Ruby-throated Hummingbird ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"A route of evanescence
With a revolving wheel;
A resonance of emerald,
A rush of cochineal;
And every blossom on the bush
Adjusts its tumbled head, —
The mail from Tunis, probably,
An easy morning's ride."
Emily Dickinson, "The Humming-Bird"RubyThroated HummingbirdhummerbirdArchilochus colubrison the wingHuron River and WatershedMichiganfauna
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird ~ Archilochus colubris ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"Listen to the hummingbird whose wings you cannot see. Listen to the hummingbird, don't listen to me." ~ Leonard Cohen
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American Goldfinch ~ Spinus tristis ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
This regular visitor to our hummingbird feeder carefully shimmies down the pole and turns upside down to help himself to a few sips of water from the ant moat ~ he seems to prefer the moat over our mister and birdbath.
Goldfinchspinus tristisbirdfinchacrobatshortdistance migrant
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Female ~ Archilochus colubris ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"Soyez gentil et ayez du courage." ~ Anne Frank
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Coming in for a Landing ~ Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Female ~ Archilochus colubris ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." ~ John Muir
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One Last Sip Just Before the Storm ~ Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Female ~ Archilochus colubris ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail." ~ Edwin Land
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Deep Roots and Old Loyalties ~ Maine
"Many small towns I know in Maine are as tight-knit and interdependent as those I associate with rural communities in India or China; with deep roots and old loyalties, skeptical of authority, they are proud and inflexibly territorial." ~ Paul Theroux
colorsflowerEastern SeaboardfloraMaineflowerssummertimeblossoms
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"For the poor Wren. The most diminutive of birds, will fight, Her young ones in her nest, against the owl." ~ William Shakespeare
House WrenTroglodytes aedonon the wintbirdnest boxfaunasongbirdforager
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Male ~ Archilochus colubris ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"Think and wonder, wonder and think." ~ Dr. Seuss
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Morning Glory ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.” ~ Buddha
Morning GloryblueglowHuron River and WatershedMichiganflowerfloranaturegardenvine
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Downy Woodpecker, Leaning Against Stiffened Tail Feathers for Support ~ Dryobates pubescens ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensHuron River and WatershedMichiganbirdacrobatic foragerblack and whitefaunafrequent members of mixed flocksdrum rather than sing songsoldest almost 12 yearsshort billwhite spottingmales have red napeshrill whinnying calleat mainly insectsexcavating nest holes takes 1 to 3 weeksundulating flight pattern
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Sea and Sky ~ Southern Outer Banks, North Carolina
"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over."
~ John MasefieldoceanseapelicansSouthern Outer BanksNorth CarolinawaterskywavescloudsbirdsseascapetideEastern Seaboard
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Snowy Egrets ~ Egretta thula ~ Eastern Seaboard
faunaSnowy.EgretsEgretta.thulaNew Smyrna BeachFloridaEastern SeaboardHeronwhite plumageshorebirdoldest17yearsl bird
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Summit Lake ~ Washington State
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Willets in Winter ~ Tringa semipalmata ~ New Smyrna Beach, Florida
"To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of years, to see the running of the old eels and the young shad to the sea, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be." ~ Rachel Carson
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Coastal Waters ~ Oregon
“Alis volat propriis” ~ Motto of the State of Oregon
Pacific Coastcoastseacoastal watersoceancoastlineOregonwatercloudsskyvastview
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Downy Woodpecker ~ Dryobates pubescens ~ Huron River and Watershed
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." ~ Albert Einstein. Thank you, Carl Berger.
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensHuron River and WatershedMichiganbirdnatureacrobatic foragerjoins mixed flocksdrummersdon't sing songsundulating fliersPico PubescentePic mineursmall versions of classic woodpeckersmales have small red patch on back of headcommon feeder birdfauna
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Tufted Titmouse ~ Baeolophus Bicolor ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"I once met a man who said he had visited every exotic place from the Grand Canyon to the Great Wall, but when I questioned him closely I discovered he hadn't seen the songbirds in his own backyard." ~ Richard Bode
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Black-capped Chickadee ~ Poecile atricapillus ~ Huron River and Watershed
"Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best." ~ Author unknown, quoted in The Ladies Repository: A Monthly Periodical, Devoted to Literature, Arts, and Religion, September 1874, commonly misattributed to Henry Van Dyke and Henry David Thoreau
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Happy Thanksgiving from Michigan!
"When I was younger, I used to drive up to a bunch of turkeys, roll down the window and say something. They'd all gobble back at once." ~ Levon Helm
Huron.River.and.Watershedfaunaon the wingnaturebirdWild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavofeathersgobblersonly 1 of 2 domesticate birds native to new worldmay be named after country Turkeysome turkey fossils date from more than 5 millions years agocan swimgame birdunfeathered headblack and red wattlesbronze and green iridescent plumageroost in treestravelroost and forage in flocksresponds well to efforts of game maangers2nd most sought game after deergive softpurring sounds while on ground
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Musquash ~ Huron River and Watershed
"Courage. What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?" ~ Cowardly Lion/L. Frank Baum
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Elusive White Deer ~ Huron River and Watershed
"....keep your eyes out for the elusive white deer. This deer is albino, an animal with a genetic mutation where it is unable to produce melanin ~ a dark pigment which produces the typical coloration of the animal. Albinism in deer is rare, there is a one in 10,000 chance of a parent passing the gene to its offspring.... Please allow them to enjoy their beautiful home by respecting their space." ~ Danielle Mauter
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River in October ~ Huron River and Watershed
“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.
You must travel it by yourself.
It is not far. It is within reach.
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.
Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land.”
~ Walt WhitmanriverskycloudstreesHuron RiverOctoberfallautumnMichiganripples
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Along Route 1, Pacific Coast
"Counted the stars on the Fourth of July
Wishing we were rockets bursting in the sky
Talking about redemption and leaving things behind
As the sun sank west of the Mendocino County line."
~ Willie NelsonRoute 1Pacific CoastoceanskywavessandFort BraggCaliforniawaterdunesshoreseasideseaPacific OceanshorelineMacKerricher State ParkMendocino Coast
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Blooming ~ Huron River and Watershed
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White-Breasted Nuthatch, with Photographer in Background ~ Sitta carolinensis ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." ~ proverbial saying
White breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisHuron River and WatershedMichiganbirdbird foodnaturefauna
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Blossom and Light ~ Shenango Valley, Pennsylvania
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." ~ Albert Einstein
blossomlightflowerflorapinkpondgreenleavesShenango ValleyPennsylvania
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Fluffy White-breasted Nuthatch ~ Sitta carolinensis ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains." ~ Anne Frank
White breasted NuthatchbirdSitta carolinensis Huron River WatershedMichiganfeeder birdon the wingfauna
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Rattlesnake Master ~ Eryngium yuccifolium ~ Huron River and Watershed
"Gardens are not made by singing, 'O, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade." ~ Rudyard Kipling
gardensflowersfloranaturenaturalHuron River and WatershedMIchigan
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Natural Beauty ~ Huron River and Watershed
"The butterfly is a flying flower, the flower a tethered butterfly." ~ Ponce Denis Ecouchard Lebrun
butterflynatural beautyyellowwingsantenaepetalsnatureon the wingflowersflora
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Design and Natural Beauty
"People travel the world over to visit untouched places of natural beauty, yet modern gardeners pay little heed to the simplicity and beauty of these environments...these special places we all must preserve and protect, each in his own way, before they are lost forever." ~ Mary Reynolds, Gold Medal winner at the Chelsea Flower Show, 2002, for her garden design; her story is portrayed in the lyrical movie, "Dare to be Wild." Here's an attempt to capture one small lovely corner of a local Master Gardener's efforts.
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Voice of the Marsh ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
"The voice of the frog is the glory of the marsh waters." ~ Sumerian Proverb
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"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” ~ Ansel Adams
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Summer Gold ~ Huron River and Watershed
"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still." ~ Dorothea Lange
floraHuron River and WatershedMichiganflowerswildflowerspetalsgoldensummertime
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Snowy Egret ~ egretta thula ~ Eastern Seaboard
“If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.” ~ Linda McCartney
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