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Fly Trap (Re-post from 2010)
(This post originally published in June, 2010) On virtually all of my kayak outings, I have been accompanied by some flycatchers. I’m not positive on the ID of these wonderful insect loving birds, but I believe they are Eastern Phoebes (Sayornis phoebe) – if one of my birder friends can help with ID, please let […]
Gold On Gold
Late last week I posted on a planted/managed sunflower field. While I photographed the sunflowers, I saw quite a few different birds come to the sunflower plants for the seeds, so I ended up making 3 additional trips to the sunflower field last week (the sunflowers are now fading away rapidly, so I had to […]
Posted in Nature Photography, Wildflowers
Tags: Amarugia, behavior, Bird, birding, birding 2012, Birds, birdwatching, Blog, Cass County, feeding, finch, goldfinch, meadow, Missouri, nature, summer, wildflower
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Breakfast at Sunrise
On my first morning of my recent photo trip to Squaw Creek NWR, one of the first interesting things I saw was this little guy, about to have breakfast at sunrise: Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make a confirmed ID on him, but I believe it to be a Red-breasted […]
Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: behavior, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, ducks, feeding, merganser, Missouri, nature, Red-breasted Merganser, Squaw Creek NWR, tadpole, travel, winter
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No Sharing Going On Here!
Shortly after leaving Frederick Sound, we arrived in Petersburg, Alaska (where we had started our trip a few days earlier). Our stop here was only for a couple of hours, so that we could get some supplies for the remainder of the trip. Several of the guests on the Delphinus walked into town to do […]
Posted in Mammals, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: Alaska, behavior, Blog, feeding, fish, halibut, Inside Passage, mammals, nature, Petersburg, sea lions, Steller sea lions, travel
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“A Whale of a Day, Part 3, or …”
CAUTION: TODAY’S POST CONTAINS A GRAPHIC IMAGE THAT MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME PEOPLE … “When is a Whale Not a Whale?” Answer: When it is a Killer Whale Photo of a breaching Orca, taken in 2008 in British Columbia “Killer Whales” (Orcinus orca) are not actually whales, but are toothed dolphins. […]
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Tags: Alaska, behavior, Blog, dolphin, feeding, Inside Passage, mammals, nature, Orca, travel, whale
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