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Tag Archives: birds
Spring Tradition
The Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) has made an appearance on my blog for each year of its existence. It has become my Spring tradition to post a photo of the sweet sounding little song bird. Last year was the first … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Nature
Tagged 80-400mm, birds, blue, branch, feet, legs, montezuma national wildlife refuge, new york, nikon D700, perch, profile, savannah sparrow, seneca falls, singing, sky, song sparrow, spring, vr, wildlife, yellow
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View 225: Spring Pairs
Last month we had a stretch of unusually warm weather which accelerated the growth of many flowering tree species. In visiting the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge over the weekend, it looks like the birds are a little early, too. This … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Nature, Weekly View
Tagged 80-400mm, birds, box, ducks, eastern bluebirds, mallard, montezuma national wildlife refuge, nest, nesting, new york, nikon D700, pond, seneca falls, tree swallows, vr, water, wildlife
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Best of 2011
Previously I have shared with you my Best Sports and Disney photos for 2011. Now, it is time to present my top ten photos of 2011. It was not easy to whittle it down to 10. I started with over … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 2011, 5K, 9/11, architecture, baldwinsville, best of, birds, blue hour, hdr, horse, ice, ithaca, Lake Ontario, new jersey, new york, New York State Fair, nikon D700, running, sunset, syracuse, water, waterfall, wildlife, winter
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View 182: Birds of the Jersey Shore
My main reason for visiting Atlantic City last week was to meet up with a couple of photographers at the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. Howie and Brian are experts at Forsythe as they photograph almost daily there and were great … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Nature, Weekly View
Tagged 28-300mm, 80-400mm, atlantic city, birds, black, buildings, casino, egret, flight, forsythe national wildlife refuge, heron, nest, new jersey, nikon D700, nikon D7000, orange, osprey, oystercatcher, salt marsh, shorebird, skimmer, tern, vr, water, white, wildlife, willet
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View 181: Late Spring at the Wildlife Refuge
The work continues at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. The pool near the visitor center has been drained and the marsh in the first section of the wildlife drive has been lowered. This seemed to concentrate the viewable wildlife along … Continue reading
