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Evening on the Beach ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Nothing in nature has a hard outline, but everything is seen against something else, and its outlines fade gently into something else." ~ Peter Henry Emerson
Southern Outer BanksNorth CarolinaseagullcolonyPine Knoll ShoresBogue BanksCrystal Coastringbilled gullbirdbeachLarus delawarensisshorelinecoastlineeveningblack band encircling yellow billgullsociablenatureoutdoorAtlantic OceanEastern Seaboardbirthday
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sunlight in tall grass ~ Texas
"I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight." ~ Louis Daguerre
grasssunlightTexassunnybrighttall grassvegetationmeadowfoliagegrasslandforageflowerwhitebirthday
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Orchard at Birtwick ~ Pacific Coast
"My troubles are all over, and I am at home; and often before I am quite awake, I fancy I am still in the orchard at Birtwick, standing with my friends under the apple trees." Anna Sewell, *Black Beauty*
horsemammalanimalbroncomustangsteedhoofed animalungulatetrestlebarebackbirthday
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Ranger, the Red-tailed Hawk ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan
Note tethering and perching gear for this rescued beauty of nature.
RangerRedTailed Hawkbirdcaptive birdButeo.jamaicensisraptorshrill cryoldest known 30 yearsred tailbroad round wingsshort wide tail2nd largest buteo hawkresidentshort distance migrant
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Red-Bellied Woodpecker Takes the Peanut ~ Melanerpes carolinus ~ Huron River and Watershed
“Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.” ~ Peter Adams
Redbellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusbarred backsred capoldest12 yearspale bellyred napeclings to tree barkundulating flight patternbird
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Blue Jay with Peanut and Friend ~ Cyanocitta cristata ~ Huron River and Watershed
"Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.” ~ Diane Arbus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataHuron River and WatershedMichiganbirdsongbirdcomplex social systemtight family bondsfondness for acornssometimes migratorymimi calls of hawkstool userblueoldest known 26 yearsprominent crestbold black necklacebold white wingbarwings tail barred wblackabundant near forest edgesknnown for intelligenceoften mate for lifecommunicate vocally wbody languageimmense vocabularyexcellent mimicsgular pouch
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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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Northern Cardinal ~ Cardinalis cardinalis ~ Michigan
"There is no discovery without risk and what you risk reveals what you value." ~ Jeanette Winterson
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisredbirdperching birdsweet whistles in the morningsongbirdcrestsunflower seedsnatureoutdooranimal
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European Starling ~ Sturnus vulgaris ~ Michigan
"If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin." ~ Ivan Turgenev
European StarlingSturnus vulgarisbirdShakespearemumationsongbirddark and glossy in summerperching birdDarwinian Danceroostnatureoutdoor
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What's Up?
"In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this." ~ Terry Pratchett
Oriental Shorthaircatfelinegreen eyesanimalpetkittyMauidomestic catalmondshaped eyestriangular head shapemuscular bodysocialintelligentvocalrelated to Abyssinians and Siameselarge earsmammalsoft furfelis domesticusfelidfelis catussvelteebony silverspottedkittenportraitbirthday
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