Monthly Archives: March 2009

Drake’s peek-a-boo landing

Mallard Drake seems to be glancing between his primary feathers while landing at Fleetwood Park Pond.

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Train 4935 boarding on track 3. All aboard !

Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive No. 4935 (restored to 1943 appearance) at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, PA. Taken back on Saturday 11-15-2008. It’s neat to think of all the people this locomotive pulled towards their destination. All the people who rode on it’s passenger cars going to meet loved ones or to leave a bad...

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Atlantic Brant in flight @ Edwin B. Forsythe NWR

I had never seen, nor heard, of this species of Goose before but the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, NJ has quite a population of them. Taken on Sunday 3-22-2009. For more information on the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/forsythe. For more information on Atlantic...

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God has shiny floors – National Cathedral

From my 2-7-2009 trip to the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. This is a hand held shot looking towards the right of the main alter area of the church. Processed with Topaz Adjust plugin for Photoshop CS4. For more information on the National Cathedral, visit their web site at www.nationalcathedral.org

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Great Blue Heron on the hunt @ Edwin B. Forsythe NWR

This GBH was sort of a hapless chap. He tried, really he tried, but he didn’t seem to be much of a fisherman. In the two hours I watched him, he only seemed to manage two very small fish to his credit. Hopefully, more productive days are ahead for him. I spent the day at...

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I’m open…Throw me the ball !!!

Mallard Drake showing the position he would play if Mallards played water polo. Taken at the Fleetwood Park Pond on Saturday 3-21-2009. I started my day off by going up to Merrill Creek Reservoir just north of Phillipsburg, NJ in hopes of seeing some interesting wildlife up there. It was my first trip up there...

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A slice in time. A moment now passed.

Time is fleeting. What did you do with your last slice of it ? What will you do with your next ? Tufted Titmouse milliseconds before landing at one of the feeders to the left of the Sportsman’s blind at Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge on Sunday 3-15-2009. Sorry about the distracting background. There was...

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