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Marine Park Salt Marsh,
Brooklyn, New York
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The Swan Whisperer
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The young girl was extraordinarily patient with the swan, gently cooing and making slight flapping movements of her arms as if she, too, were a bird. She continued to make little gestures to welcome the swan who, in a trusting manner, gradually approached more and more closely. The girl and the swan were in direct communication with each other. All of the other strangers watching this close encounter, including myself, were mesmerized. When eventually the young girl walked off with her mother, her mother turned to her and said with amazement, “I didn’t know you could talk Swan.”
Marine Park Salt Marsh
Brooklyn, New York
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Truly Tule
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Tule Elk
Point Reyes National Seashore, California
Wikipedia says the Tule (Too-Lee) elk is only found in California, and there used to be a half a million of them, but by 1870 they were thought to have been exterminated. A single breeding pair was found in 1875 at the marshes of Buena Vista Lake and steps were taken to breed them; now the number of Tule Elk stands at more than 4000. This guy was part of a herd that roamed through Point Reyes National Seashore Park.
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Red Hot Poker
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Wikipedia tells us besides “red hot poker” the plant is also called “torch lily” and “tritoma,” but its Latin buddies call it Kniphofia
Oakland, California
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This Side of the Rainbow
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Rainbow over Cypress trees
San Francisco, California
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Green Teal
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Green head stripe, green speculum, vertical white body bar, like the guidebook says 🙂
Consumnes River Preserve
Galt, California
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Hawkeye
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Red-tailed Hawk
Staten Island Rd
Lodi, California
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Sandhill Crane
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Sandhill Crane
Staten Island Road
Lodi, California
Thanks to Sister Bev for taking us there!
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Animal Quackers
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Oakland, California
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Coming In For A Landing
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Great Egret at Roemer Bird Sanctuary
Oakland, California
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It Was A Berry Good Year
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For this Cedar Waxwing, feasting on a slew of winterberries.
Boston, Mass
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Salt Marsh Impressionism
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The combination of a drizzly day, a long zoom across the marsh, some camera shake, and autumn reeds made this photo turn out like an Impressionistic painting.
Marine Park Salt Marsh
Brooklyn, New York
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Pheasant-Under-Grass
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I’ve been looking for this guy all year! A year ago, I caught a fleeting glance of him, but way too briefly to get a photo. With the advent of autumn, however, the Marsh bushes where he hides have been cut back–and this week I saw him running across his former stomping grounds to some still remaining bushes further off.
Ring-necked Pheasant
Marine Park Salt Marsh
Brooklyn, New York
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Up Close And Personal
A gorgeous Barn Owl, one more raptor on display last week.
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Jamaica, New York
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Small, But Plucky
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This beautiful bird is an American Kestrel, sometimes called a sparrow hawk. It is part of the falcon family and it is the smallest of the raptors, about the size of a blue jay. It will eat, well, sparrows as well as mice, lizards and insects, and even starlings.
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Jamaica, Queens
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You Talkin’ To Me?
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Injured Bald Eagle and bird rehabilitator
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Jamaica, New York
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It’s October?
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Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Brooklyn, New York
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Life Goes On
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Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Brooklyn, New York
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Branching Out
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Plumb Beach,
Brooklyn, New York
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Surf’s Up
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Horseshoe Crab
Plumb Beach
Brooklyn, New York
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Secret Identity Uncovered
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These little guys had me puzzled–so many sandpipers look alike to me! But when they did a short flight, they gave themselves away: their white rumps in flight marked them as–what else?–White-rumped Sandpipers. A first for me.
Plumb Beach
Brooklyn, New York
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Feeding Time
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Marine Park Salt Marsh
Brooklyn, New York
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Flutter By
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Poets Walk Park
Red Hook, New York
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The Gathering Storm
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Starlings convening before the rain
Marine Park Salt Marsh
Brooklyn, New York
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Bridge To Nowhere
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Red Hook, New York
