Fauna

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Cardinal, female ~ Michigan
"...so softly you go in your swagger." ~ Pablo Neruda
Cardinal Michigan Cardinalis cardinals Continental United States Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II perching bird bird
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American Robin, Juvenile ~ Turdus migratorius ~ Huron River Watershed
"In one of the stars I shall be living, in one of them, I shall be laughing. And so it will be, as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
American Robin robin Turdus migrators Nikon D7100 juvenile Michigan bird perching bird songbird migratory thrush reddish orange breast state bird of Michigan Connecticut Wisconsin among first birds to sing at dawn symbol of spring AFS Nikkor 70 200mm f2.8G ED VR III
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Downy ~ Picoides pubescent ~ Michigan
"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery, rather than avenge it?" ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescent AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Nikon D7100 Michigan bird Continental United States
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curious squirrel, juvenile ~ Michigan
"With freedom, books, flowers and the moon, who could not be happy?" ~ Oscar Wilde
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fawn two of three ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;—
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems."
~ Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy
fawn deer Michigan Continental United States Huron River Watershed Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II portrait of a fawn fauna cover
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Song Sparrow ~ Melospiza melody ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Life could be limitless joy, if we would only take it for what it is, in the way it is given to us." ~ Leo Tolstoy
AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II song sparrow melospiza melody huron river watershed Michigan Nikon D7100 bird
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Song Sparrow ~ Melospiza melodia ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"We don't remember days, we remember moments." ~ Cesare Pavese
Song Sparrow sparrow Melospiza melodia Huron River Watershed Michigan AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Nikon D7100 songbird bird
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Brown-headed Cowbird ~ Molothrus ater ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might and, when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough." ~ Ernest Hemingway
brownheaded cowbird Molothrus ater cowbird gallup park huron river watershed AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II watershed Michigan Nikon D7100 Continental United States bird
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Downy Woodpecker, female ~ Picoides pubescent ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." ~ George Bernard Shaw
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescent AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Nikon D7100 Michigan bird Continental United States Huron River Watershed
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Baltimore Oriole ~ Icterus galbula ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"And that other self, who watches me from the distance of decades, what will she say? Will she look at me with hatred or with compassion, I whose choices made her what she will be?" ~ Jane Hirshfield
Nikon D7100 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Huron River Watershed Michigan AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II bird
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Willet over the Atlantic ~ Tringa semipalmata ~ Southern Outer Banks
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inner significance." ~ Aristotle
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White Ibis ~ Eudocimus albus ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down." ~ Ray Bradbury
White Ibis North Carolina island Southern Outer Banks Crystal Coast Nikon D7100 Eastern North Carolina AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Eudocimus albus Fort Macon State Park SOBX wader Bec croche L'Ibis blanc Petit flaman Corocoro blanco Coco blanco Ibis blanco Coclito blanco Bogue Banks longlegged wader barrier island bird
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White Ibis ~ Eudocimus albus ~ Southern Outer Banks
"A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words." ~ Ansel Adams
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Ruby-Crowned Kinglet ~ Regulus calendula ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Wash the gum from our eyes and dress ourselves for the dazzle of light." ~ Walt Whitman
bird SOBX North Carolina Southern Outer Banks Crystal Coast Pine Knoll Shores Bogue Banks island Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II rubycrowned kinglet kinglet Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium wetlands Regulus calendula Continental United States perching bird barrier island
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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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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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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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Cedar Waxwing ~ Bombycilla cedrorum ~ Southern Outer Banks
A ogni uccello il suo nido è bello." ~ Unknown
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum North Carolina Fort Macon Atlantic Ocean Bogue Banks Crystal Coast bird Nikon D7100 Southern Outer Banks AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II
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Brown Pelican ~ Pelecanus occidentalis ~ Southern Outer Banks
"It's a new canvas and I am painting wide and free, remembering what I was then, am now, and ought to be." ~ Alice Boley
bird Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II North Carolina Pine Knoll Shores Bogue Banks Crystal Coast Atlantic Ocean birdinflight Brown Pelican Pelicans occidentals
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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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"A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything." ~ Irish Proverb
Oriental Shorthair kitten playful Continental United States
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Brown Pelicans ~ Pelecanus occidentals ~ Southern Outer Banks
"I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with rivers and lakes below us, still holding the last light." ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Pelecanus occidentalis Brown Pelican birdsinflight bird water ocean Atlantic SOBX Southern Outer Banks North Carolina Pine Knoll Shores Crystal Coast Bogue Banks Atlantic Ocean coast coastal waters ducklike bird pelican Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II island Continental United States barrier island inflight
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Brown Pelican ~ Pelecanus occidentals ~ Southern Outer Banks
"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor." ~ Charles Dickens
Pelecanus occidentalis Brown Pelican birdsinflight bird water ocean Atlantic SOBX Southern Outer Banks North Carolina Pine Knoll Shores Crystal Coast Bogue Banks Atlantic Ocean coast coastal waters ducklike bird pelican Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II island Continental United States barrier island inflight challenge
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Brown Pelicans at Dusk ~ Pelecanus occidentalis ~ Southern Outer Banks
"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other." ~ Charles Dickens
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Sanderlings ~ Calidris alba ~ Southern Outer Banks
"The truth is, sometimes things don't happen to you for a reason. Sometimes it's just about being in the right place at the right time for someone else." ~ Jodi Picoult
calidris alba sanderling beach evening sand bird shorebird sandpiper sandy.beach water peeps wavewashed beach wavechasers surf Southern Outer Banks North Carolina Bogue Banks Crystal Coast Atlantic Ocean seacoast ocean sea island nature outdoors feast birthday
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Sanderling ~ Calidris alba ~ Southern Outer Banks
"When we show respect for other living things, they show respect for us." ~ Arapaho proverb
sanderling Calidris alba shorebird bird Southern Outer Banks Crystal Coast Emerald Isle island Atlantic Ocean sandpiper wavechasers beach sand sandy beach peep forager probing migrant nature outdoors seacoast seaside ocean birthday
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Willet ~ Tringa semipalmata ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." ~ Helen Keller
willet Tringa semipalmata Southern Outer Banks North Carolina piercing calls distinctive wing markings shorebird beach coastline bird striking white and black stripes on wing in flight runner barrier island water's edge chunky shape subdued plumage Eastern Seaboard Atlantic Ocean Crystal Coast seaside nature birthday
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Willet ~ Tringa semipalmata ~ Emerald Isle
"Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.”
~ Mary Oliver
shorebird distinctive wing markings piercing calls Tringa semipalmata willet Emerald Isle Atlantic Ocean beach Southern Outer Banks North Carolina barrier island sea ocean shore bird sand water
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Ring-billed Gull ~ Larus delawarensis ~ Southern Outer Banks
"A place to rest, maybe linger awhile
With those who've been, and those who'll be,
With nature and me." ~ Jo Reuss
Ringbilled gull North Carolina Pine Knoll Shores Crystal Coast island Bogue Banks Atlantic Ocean Larus delawarensis bird birdinflight gull gulllike bird Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Continental United States golden hour inflight cover
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ring-billed gull ~ Larus delawarensis ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Make your own magic -- life's too short not to fill it with everything that makes you smile." ~ Unknown
AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Nikon D7100 bird ringbilled gull Larus delawarensis Atlantic Ocean Crystal Coast Pine Knoll Shores Bogue Banks North Carolina birdinflight
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Ring-billed Gull ~ Larus delawarensis ~ Southern Outer Banks
"The quieter you become, the more you can hear...." ~ Ram Dass
Ringbilled Gull Larus delawarensis Southern Outer Banks Crystal Coast North Carolina Bogue Banks Emerald Isle birdinflight bird gull acrobat island sociable nimble.flyer opportunistic.feeder coast Atlantic Ocean seaside ocean beach isle sea coast outdoor animal birthday
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Old Colony Council ~ Southern Outer Banks
"I don't mind being bones and feathers. I just want to know what I can do in the air and what I can't, that's all. I just want to know." ~ J. L. Seagull
Larus delawarensis Southern Outer Banks North Carolina shorebird Emerald Isle Bogue Banks seacoast Atlantic Ocean seaside beach sand dune colony bird acrobats coastal black band encircling yellow bill gull sociable nimble flyers opportunistic feeder assembly feathers ringbilled gull ocean coast birthday
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on the wing ~ Southern Outer Banks ~ 2nd winter sojourn to Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina, with special guests ~ January 6, 2014
“There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they find to laugh at.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
bird on the wing inflight Bogue Banks SOBX Southern Outer Banks North Carolina coast island silhouette waves ocean Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Continental United States Crystal Coast Atlantic Ocean golden hour
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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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European Starling, winter/non-breeding adult ~ Sturnus vulgaris ~ Huron River
"Just a dream and the wind to carry me and soon I will be free" ~ Carter Burwell
Sturnus vulgaris European Starling winternonbreeding adult bird songbird blackbird sized look like stars in flight white spots in winter boisterous short square tail black and white undertail yellow bill in summer aerial ballet Shakespeare enthusiasts added 100 to NA little genetic variations from 1st 100 vocal mimic strong flier
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American Herring Gull ~ Larus argentatus ~ Lake Michigan
"Do what makes you happy. Look upon what gives you joy. Listen to what lifts your spirit. Speak to those who warm your heart. Surround yourself with sights and sounds and people who make you smile." ~ Unknown
bird Old Saugatuck Lake Michigan inflight American Herring Gull Larus argentatus Nikon D7100 gull
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Sanderling ~ Calidris alba ~ Lake Michigan
"You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved." ~ Ansel Adams
AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Nikon D7100 Michigan bird sanderling Old Saugatuck Lake Michigan shorebird birdinflight Continental United States Calidris alba inflight
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Sanderling ~ Calidris alba ~ Old Saugatuck, Michigan
"In order to see birds, it is necessary to become part of the silence." ~ Robert Lind
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American Herring Gull ~ Larus argentatus smithsonianus ~ Lake Michigan
"If you want to know where your heart is, look to where your mind goes when it wanders." ~ Walt Whitman
gull Lake Michigan Old Saugatuck Continental United States inflight bird Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II
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American Herring Gull ~ Larus argentatus ~ Lake Michigan
"Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul." ~ Walt Whitman
gull Lake Michigan Old Saugatuck Continental United States inflight bird Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II
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Sanderlings ~ Calidris alba ~ Lake Michigan
"When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky." ~ Buddha
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American Herring Gull ~ Larus argentatus ~ road trip to Lake Michigan with new D7100 and lens
"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world." ~ Voltaire
gull Lake Michigan Old Saugatuck Continental United States inflight bird Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II gull like bird Michigan
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Sanderling ~ Calidris alba ~ Great Lakes and Watersheds
"All good things are wild and free." ~ Henry David Thoreau
Sanderling Calidris alba Lake Michigan sand surf beach bird peep sandpiper shorebird breed only on High Arctic tundra winter along beaches wave chasers water nature outdoors birthday
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Ring-billed Gull, Strolling ~ Larus delawarensis ~ Old Saugatuck
"Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull's life is so short, and with those gone from his thought, he lived a long fine life indeed." ~ Richard Bach
Old Saugatuck Michigan Great Lakes Lake Michigan shore water tide sociable ringbilled gull Larus delawarensis bird beach sand acrobat opportunistic feeder forager birthday
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Ring-billed Gull ~ Larus delawarensis ~ Lake Michigan
Ringbilled Gull Larus delawarensis acrobat yellow bill with black band builtin compass pale eyes yellow legs omnivore ground forager bird on the wing Lake Michigan water fauna Great Lakes
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Ring-billed Gull ~ Larus delawarensis Larus delawarensis ~ Southern Outer Banks
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great." ~ "A League of Their Own"
ringbilled gull Larus delawarensis bird acrobat gull sociable opportunistic feeder ocean water sky inflight builtin compass oldest27 years adults play by scooping dropped objects sea waves animal
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Between Sky and Sand ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Photography is by nature a documentary art." ~ August Sander
willet tringa semipalmata crabbing piercing calls distinctive wing markings shorebird bird beach coast coastline Atlantic Ocean sea ocean feeding male spends the night on the next pretend to be disabled sandy waves outdoor nature Southern Outer Banks Bogue Banks Crystal Coast island North Carolina shore feed both night and day sand crabs sky between sky and sand birthday
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Evening Glow ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Wherever there is light, one can photograph." ~ Alfred Stieglitz
evening Atlantic.Ocean Southern Outer Banks Crystal Coast Bogue Banks coast sea ocean Pine Knoll Shores North Carolina bird ringbilled gull gull beach sand golden seagull shoreline coastline nature outdoor Eastern Seaboard birthday
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