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Northern Flicker ~ Colaptes auratus ~ Lake Huron
"I'm going to make everything around me beautiful ~ that will be my life." ~ Elsie de Wolfe
northern flicker Michigan Lake Huron East Tawas Nikon D7100 Continental United States AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II bird Colaptes auratuz
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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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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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House Sparrow, Female ~ Passer domesticus ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring enough worries of its own." ~ Matthew 6:34
bird Michigan Huron River Watershed Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Continental United States yummy House Sparrow Passer domesticus
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Gray Catbird ~ Dumetella carolinensis ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"She always had that about her, that look of otherness, of eyes that see things much too far, and of thoughts that wander off the edge of the world." ~ Joanne Harris
Gray Catbird Huron River Watershed Michigan Dumetella carolinensis bird AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Nikon D7100
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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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Scarlet Tanager, male ~ Piranga olivacea ~ Scio Woods Preserve, Michigan
"The real voyage of discovery is not in seeking new places, but in seeing with new eyes." ~ Marcel Proust
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Scio Woods Preserve Michigan bird scarlet tanager perching bird red cover
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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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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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Red-tailed Hawk ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." ~ Aristotle
redtailed hawk raptor Michigan bird Huron River Watershed Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II bird of prey
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Red-tailed Hawk, manteling ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Honor the space between no longer and not yet." ~ Nancy Levin
redtailed hawk raptor Michigan bird Huron River Watershed Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II bird of prey
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Green Heron, Juvenile ~ Butorides virescens ~ Huron River, Michigan
"I shall ask into my shell only those friends with whom I can be completely honest. I find am shedding hypocrisy in human relationships. What a rest that will be. The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere." ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Nikon D7100 Michigan Huron River Watershed AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II bird Green Heron Butorides virescens
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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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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
AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Nikon D7100 bird North Carolina SOBX Southern Outer Banks island Atlantic Ocean Pine Knoll Shores Bogue Banks Crystal Coast shorebird birdinflight Willet Tringa semipalmata Continental United States inflight
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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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Sanderlings ~ Calidris alba ~ Lake Michigan
"When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky." ~ Buddha
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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Red-tailed Hawk, manteling ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"If I got rid of my demons, I'd lose my angels." ~ Tennessee Williams
redtailed hawk raptor Michigan bird Huron River Watershed Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II bird of prey Buteo jamaicensis
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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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pointing the way ~ Blue Jay in flight ~ Cyanocitta crostata ~ Lake Huron
"Embrace the glorious mess that you are." ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
point Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Michigan Blue Jay Cyanocitta crostata Ottawas flight Lake Huron East Tawas Continental United States Sandy Hook Trail Tawas Point State Park bird perching bird inflight
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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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American Goldfinch ~ Spinus tristis ~ Huron River, Michigan
"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Spinus tristis American Goldfinch bird Michigan Continental United States Huron River Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II yellow perching bird balance
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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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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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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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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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pointing the way ~ Blue Jay perching ~ Cyanocitta crostata ~ Lake Huron
"When I have ceased to break my wings against the faultiness of things, and learned that compromises wait behind each hardly opened gate, when I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth." ~ Sara Teasdale
Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Michigan Lake Huron Blue Jay bird Sandy Hook Trail Cyanocitta crostata Tawas Point State Park Continental United States perching bird Ottawas sun highlights point birthday
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four greylag geese a-swimming ~ Anser anser ~ Huron River, Michigan
“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.” ~ Jim Rohn
geese swimming Michigan Continental United States Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Huron River greylag anser anser ducklike bird bird
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American Avocets, breeding plumage ~ Recurvirostra americana ~ Lake Michigan
"In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you." ~ Buddha
American Avocets Recurvirostra americana Lake Michigan Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II shorebird inflight bird
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American Goldfinch ~ Spinus tristis ~ Huron River, Michigan
“A picture is a secret about a secret ~ the more it tells you, the less you know.” ~ Diane Arbus..
Spinus tristis American Goldfinch bird Michigan Continental United States Huron River Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II perching bird cover
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American Avocets ~ Recurvirostra americana ~ Lake Michigan
American Avocets Recurvirostra americana Lake Michigan Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II shorebird Michigan
American Avocets, breeding plumage ~ Recurvirostra americana ~ Lake Michigan
"To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” ~ Elliott Erwitt
American Avocets Recurvirostra americana Lake Michigan Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II shorebird inflight bird cover
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Ring-billed Gull ~ Larus delawarensis ~ Lake Michigan
"Because, when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing." ~ unknown
ringbilled gull Larus delawarensis Lake Michigan Old Saugatuck Natural Harbor Area Saugatuck Michigan birdinflight bird coast beach Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Continental United States gulllike bird inflight cover
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American Avocets, breeding plumage~ Recurvirostra americana ~ Lake Michigan
“The principal and proper work of history being to instruct, and enable men by the knowledge of actions past to bear themselves prudently in the present and providently in the future.” ~ Thomas Hobbes
American Avocets Recurvirostra americana Lake Michigan Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II shorebird bird cover
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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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