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Because of the continuing rain, I decided to try a somewhat drier locale for shooting on Sunday. I went down to Chantilly, Virginia to where the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is located. The center is part of the Smithsonian Air And Space Museum and consists of several gigantic hangers […]

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I spent about six hours Saturday in the pouring rain in Maryland waiting for something/ANYTHING to fly so I could take its photo. I ended up spending some quality time with a flock (gang ?) of about twenty black vultures who were making a meal out of the earthworms that had […]

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Osprey carrying a fish (upside down) back to it’s nesting area on the Susquehanna River in Maryland on Sunday. I’ve learned that they often carry them that way for aerodynamic purposes. Often the adult Osprey will chew the heads off the fish prior to taking the rest back […]

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Sometimes you spend ten hours photographing wildlife and the wildlife seem somewhat unappreciative towards your efforts. This adult Bald Eagle was either showing me who is # 1 or he was checking the reliability of his deodorant on Sunday.

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Cormorant dragging his butt feathers across the Susquehanna River during a landing on Saturday (9-20-2008).

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Male Mallard Duck at Long’s Park pond in Lancaster.

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It was sort of a slow weekend for shooting. With the heat and humidity up, it didn’t seem like too many birds wanted to fly. I still came away with a few descent shots for my efforts.
As always, for additional photos, you can check out my Flikr PhotoStream or […]

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I made this with one of my Eagle shots and the Motivator tool on Big Huge Labs. They have lots of tools to make unique things from your photos for free. Check them out.

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When things got slow at the River on Sunday, I whipped out my D200 backup with a 24-70mm and took a shot of this Praying Mantis on the fence. Times like this really make me want to get a macro lens or some extension tubes sooner than later.

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With the remnants of tropical storm Hahna passing over us on Saturday, the water levels on the Susquehanna River were helped a little bit on Sunday and the Eagles were presented a pretty good of fishing opportunities. Unfortunately they didn’t make use of many of those opportunities and it was […]

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