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There were so many Pelicans I could not capture them all with one shot. If there is one silver lining with regard to Covid, the wildlife seem to be flourishing.
A pair of Brown Pelican synchronize in their dive after prey on Honeymoon Island. From my Alternate Takes series.
Need to work on the neck position to keep them coordinated. Still not a bad attempt :) At the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
mourning dove pair
Pentax SMCP-DA* 300mm f/4
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This pair of coots was cute, as they both seemed to look at the same things at the same time. I have another shot of them both looking at me, but liked this one better because it so well shows those red eyes. At Beaverton Creek wetlands.
Strange plant life in Van Dusen Botanical Gardens....
After processing the image and flipping it vertically, I could see faces and they looked like they were under water.
June 5, 2018, Witless Bay Newfoundland, Canada.
Fratercula arctica
A lighthouse keeper on Iceland’s Westman Islands has been banding puffin chicks for more than 60 years. The islands are home to the largest puffin colony in the world, and the keeper, Oskar Sigurdsson, earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for his prolific banding: more than 90,000 birds in that time, including more than 55,000 puffins.
Half of North America’s Atlantic Puffins breed in one location: Witless Bay, Newfoundland, Canada.
source - Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
A group of American White Pelicans flying in unison over the Snake River. They still had their breeding horns. The “horn” on the upper bill of an adult American White Pelican is a fibrous growth known as the nuptial tubercle. This odd growth develops in both sexes during the breeding season and is thought to contribute to its mating displays and perhaps signal breeding fitness. An alternative title for this photograph is Horny Flyers. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, April 2025
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Sandhill Crane flight....
One of the major reasons we head to New Mexico in the December and January is to photograph the Sandhill cranes that spend their winters at Bosque Del Apache and Ladd Gordon wildlife refuges. No matter how many times I have been down there and how many thousands of images I have captued of the cranes, it just never gets old. They mate for life and remain in their family units until the young are mature enough to head out on their own and find their life mates. Here are just a few of the many photos I took over a 6 day period.
The Black Skimmers are in town and I thought I would get to see them yesterday, but I got hung up in Friday afternoon traffic. So, this is actually from 2016, from my insane Skimmer afternoon.
This was taken last November in Florida as the sun was going down. Black Skimmers move so fast and are fascinating to watch as they skim the water in search of fish. That all seems far too energetic for the watching American White Pelicans.
"The strange, uneven bill of the skimmer has a purpose: the bird flies low, with the long lower mandible plowing the water, snapping the bill shut when it contacts a fish." Audubon
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There is safety in numbers. I like how these female Impala all bend down to drink at the same time and how their legs cross over each other.