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  1. Wrinkled Hornbill, Borneo

    Wrinkled Hornbill, Borneo

    An adult male Wrinkled Hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus) 皺盔犀鳥 soaring across
  2. Double-crested Cormorant

    Double-crested Cormorant

    In flight, fly-by!
  3. Baldy Pair

    Baldy Pair

    The eagle on the right is clearly the female of the pair.
  4. Sap Sucks

    Sap Sucks

    Earlier in the day yesterday I saw a beautiful Red-headed Woodpecker and came home to find this sapsucker drumming in one of my trees. I was able to distinguish its distinctive drum before I saw it: http://www.xeno-canto.org/175237
  5. Sap Sucks

    Sap Sucks

  6. Flying Fish

    Flying Fish

    Fish is hitching a ride back to the Osprey nest.
  7. Go For the Gold

    Go For the Gold

    This is the first time that I have seen an Osprey at this park. Knowing that there were huge schools of goldfish/carp in this pond, as soon as I saw the Osprey soaring over the pond I got my camera. I envisioned him grabbing a bright orange fish. He did just what I had hoped for after dodging...
  8. Lookin' Down On Me

    Lookin' Down On Me

    Four BE flyovers this morning
  9. King of the River

    King of the River

    saw this 5+ year-old along with a 3 and four-year-old in the same tree yesterday.
  10. The Most I've Seen Closely

    The Most I've Seen Closely

    Heading east, I took a right turn just before Black Point Drive and drove into a staggering number of Wood Storks, Glossy and White Ibises, Tricolored Herons, and Roseate (pronounced Rose-zee-it) Spoonbills-- the most I have ever seen up close here at Merritt Island NWR. That day I broke my own...
  11. The 'Deadly' Pink Feet

    The 'Deadly' Pink Feet

    "Don't make me waste my energy crushing your pea-brain"-- what the mature Bald Eagle is thinking when an juvenile Herring Gull approaches with its 'deadly' pink feet.
  12. Branch Manager...

    Branch Manager...

    ... for our National Elk Refuge (there were over 2000 elk in this group)
  13. Out Of The Clear Blue

    Out Of The Clear Blue

    I saw four Bald Eagles at this place yesterday; two mature and two immature. It was fun shooting these with our mutual friend Gophish-- tastes like chicken. :-)
  14. Tufted Eagle

    Tufted Eagle

  15. Pouting

    Pouting

    What an osprey looks like after two bald eagles steal its fish.
  16. Fellow Steal Attempt

    Fellow Steal Attempt

    Another Osprey unsuccessfully attempts to steal the fish.
  17. Hide Your Fishies

    Hide Your Fishies

  18. Vigil

    Vigil

  19. Bald Eagle in Flight

    Bald Eagle in Flight

    A mature bald eagle flying in the morning sunlight.
  20. New Partners

    New Partners

    I counted 16 Eagles in their neighborhood yesterday, which for New York is really saying something. This pair evidently have driven the pair that was here last year away from their nest and are claiming it as their own now. They have not yet laid eggs. That is the female on the right--I hope...
  21. King of Soar

    King of Soar

  22. Focused

    Focused

    A perfect photo subject; not bothered by my presence in the least. I saw this guy on the way to the Teton Raptor Center where a Gyrlin was present and flying well; it is a Gyrfalcon/Pacific Race Merlin Hybrid-possible only in captivity.
  23. Adult Eagle in Flight

    Adult Eagle in Flight

    Windy day, enjoyed the day.
  24. Black-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax

    Black-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax

    Mature freeloading BCNH at San Diego Wild Animal Park 10-27-02. Nikon CoolPix 775 Dig Cam 6X Optical Zoom.
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