Monthly Archives: April 2009

I’m going to fly away…

Snowy Egret makes a hasty retreat as a car approaches on the 8 mile wildlife drive loop at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, New Jersey on Sunday morning 4-26-2009. I spent a lot of time with this guy on Sunday. Every time another car would slow or stop, he and his...

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Teach your children well…

Cuteness alert ! Mallard Hen with five of her nine new ducklings out for their first swim at the Fleetwood Park pond on 4-29-2009. The ducklings were already quite familiar with where to get the best pond plants for dinner. I can’t wait to see what the other hens have hatching. On a sad note,...

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Josiah Hess Covered Bridge – Columbia County

This beautiful bridge spans the Huntington Creek in Columbia County Pennsylvania. Built in 1875 by Joseph Redline, it has a Burr Arch truss design and is 110 feet in length. It was recently completely refurbished and is in excellent condition. It is not open to foot traffic and has picnic tables inside where people can...

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Stoic in his resolve (to catch fish)…

Snowy Egret looks around while trying to fish at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, New Jersey on Sunday morning 4-26-2009. I spent a lot of time with this guy on Sunday. Every time another car would slow or stop, he and his companion would fly to the other side of the...

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Big Boy # 4012

This is Union Pacific Steam Locomotive # 4012 which resides on the grounds of the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA. It’s one of the “Big Boys”, a series of Locomotives that were designed for hauling large loads of freight (3600 ton train) over mountains passes in Colorado and Wyoming where the incline was...

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Sunset on Lake Ontelaunee

I don’t think I’ve ever actually shot the sunset before. I’ll have to work on fixing that sun flare issue but I still sort of like how this came out. Lake Ontelaunee is a 1,082 acre reservoir that provides much of the drinking water for the city of Reading Pennsylvania. It’s a favorite fishing spot...

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Osprey in flight

Osprey in flight over the Manaaquan Reservoir in Howell, New Jersey on Saturday 4-18-2009. For more information on the Manasquan Resevoir, visit their web site at this web site. For more information on Osprey, visit the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology.

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