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One of the beautiful aquatic flowers on the lake at Stoevers Dam Park, Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Took some other photos the same day, see collage below.
So happy and excited for the new beginning of a journey with birds and nature this year!
Thank you everyone for all your support and kind comments have a great weekend!! :)
a juvenile american avocet feeding along the ponds at the Gilbert Water Ranch.
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An eagle can live up to 70 years, but to reach this age the eagle must make some hard and difficult decisions.
Canon FD lens adapted via Metabones
South Pond, Lincoln Park - Chicago, IL
July 2021
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The American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Central America and South America, in winter. The German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin described the American white pelican in 1789. The scientific name means "red-billed pelican", from the Latin term for a pelican, Pelecanus, and erythrorhynchos, derived from the Ancient Greek words erythros (ἐρυθρός, "red") + rhynchos (ῥύγχος, "bill").
American Oystercatchers are the only birds in their environment with the ability to open large molluscs such as clams and oysters (except for large gulls that drop clams onto pavement). Foraging oystercatchers often attract other birds eager to share (or steal from) the oystercatcher’s “raw bar,” including Willets, large gulls, and Ruddy Turnstones.
An unmistakable bird of the Caribbean and nothern South American coast, this species is found in saline lagoons where it often walks with its head under water as it feeds on acquatic invertebrates. Santuario de Fauna y Flora Los Flamencos, Camarones, Colombia
Photographed in my backyard, Yakima County, Washington. I have seen a significant increase in the number of American Goldfinches recently.
Young nestlings can run within 24 hours of birth but their beaks are not strong enough to open bivalve shells until they are about 2 months old.
If you look closely in the frogs eye, you can see the silhouettes of my friends Karen and Steve, as well as myself. Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Both parents incubate, taking turns to go out to forage so that the eggs are constantly guarded. Parents switch duty every other day during incubation. Eggs left unattended are rapidly eaten by California gulls.
This robin was about to enjoy a puddle in our driveway, but hadn't disrupted the perfect reflection yet.
American Bald Eagle
zoom in to appreciate
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A large number of American Robins (Turdus migratorius) spent the winter of 2015/2016, surviving on fruit and berry trees along with feeding on minnows in a small wetland in northeast Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
As we have now entered the winter of 2016/2017, it will be interesting to see if any Robins attempt to brave the season again.
20 January, 2016.
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American beech is a distinctive and elegant forest tree in Kentucky and throughout eastern North America. In early spring new leaves emerge from buds as feathery tassels. Handsome foliage develops a golden bronze color in the fall. American beech's graceful, spreading form is superior to other beeches and is attractive throughout the year. Winter, however, emphasizes this tree's other notable attributes - its long, thin, pointed, brown leaf buds and its smooth, thin, light gray, "wrinkled" bark that resembles an elephant's hide. American beech bark is nearly white and is much paler than European beech. Like oak, beech often holds on to its bottom leaves throughout winter.
I did in fact get shots of other birds while waiting for action from the owls over the weekend. This sparrow was particularly cooperative. It didn't seem overly windy, but apparently there was enough of a breeze to give him a crest. Lincoln County, Missouri
This Oystercatcher appeared to be searching for his favorite mollusks, while ignoring the crab in the lower left hand corner.
Papilio polyxenes, the black swallowtail, American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail, is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. My garden in Fairfield Harbour, NC
This robin found a nice place to pose with lovely light and bokeh. I love it when they find a good place to pose!
An American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) takes a relaxing moment in the shallow waters of Chaplin Lake east of wifi current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
19 May, 2013.
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