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Category Archives: Animals
View 417: Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive
I finally got over to the Lake Apopka North Shore while visiting Florida earlier this year. This area is part of the St. Johns River Water Management District or SJRWMD, for short. The SJRWMD covers an 18-county region in northeast … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Weekly View
Tagged 80-400mm, birds, florida, great blue heron, great egret, green heron, lake apopka, nikon D500, tricolored heron, vr, wildlife, wildlife drive
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View 416: A Day at the Zoo
I recently spent a day at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York. Here are some of its citizens I photographed during my visit. A family favorite, this Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) was very active seeking out and munching … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Weekly View
Tagged 28-300mm, colobus monkey, green tree python, new york, nikon D750, red panda, rosamond gifford, snow leopard, spring, syracuse, vr, zoo
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View 395: Returning to the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
I have not wrote about the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge near Seneca Falls, New York in a few years. Besides me taking a couple of long breaks, Montezuma has been under a long construction project which was only to take … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Nature, Weekly View
Tagged 80-400mm, birds, eastern kingbird, great blue heron, great egret, insects, mallard duck, monarch butterfly, montezuma national wildlife refuge, new york, nikon D500, vr, wildlife
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2016 Winter at the Zoo Photo Contest
For those living in the Central New York vicinity, the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York is doing their annual Winter at the Zoo Photo Contest (click the link for details) during the month of January. Even if you decide … Continue reading
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Tagged new york, photo contest, river otter, rosamond gifford, syracuse, zoo
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View 313: Ice Bird
On a very un-winter like day, I visited the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York and received free admission with my Zoo Photo Contest coupon. With temperatures reaching the mid-fifties, there was little to no snow to use for backgrounds. … Continue reading








