Monthly Archives: February 2009

Dexter, why the long face ?

Dexter is one of the two Brown Pelicans at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA. He likes to stare you down when he thinks (mistakenly) that you might have a fish to offer. For more information on the National Aviary and how you can help support this great oasis for birds please visit www.aviary.org

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Eagle provides a splash of fishing action

Going back through my 2008 archives, I found this a shot of this Bald Eagle yanking a crappie bass out of the river, part of a series I shot on 11-29-2008 along the banks of the Susquehanna River in Maryland. This was perhaps my most productive day of 2008 for Eagle photography.

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Mallard at the sipping hole

Mallard drake finds a melted area on the ice from which to drink. Taken on 12-26-2008 at Fleetwood Park.

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Signs of a Mallard Winter

Mallard Hen flying over the frozen pond in Fleetwood Park on 1-25-2009. I used a free snow texture by jaiel and blended that in as a background for more of an artistic effect in this image.

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American Flamingo at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA. I created this image on 1-17-2009 trip to the Aviary. For more information on the National Aviary and how you can help support this great oasis for birds please visit www.aviary.org

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Incoming grace

Mallard Hen flying towards me over the frozen pond in Fleetwood Park on 1-31-2009.

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Ralph…The watchman

This is “Ralph”, one of the two Brown Pelicans at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA. I took this on my 1-17-2009 trip to the Aviary. Ralph likes to sit on either this watery perch or the one on the other side of the Wetlands Free-Flight room. While his buddy “Dexter” seems to prefer the...

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