Lou FCD
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Been doing some traveling, and then some field trips for fun with a friend of mine, who is quickly becoming my partner in crime.
Along the way, I've popped off a few photos of interesting critters, mostly birds.
Here's Petey the Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) who seems to be a bit off course.
A White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
and a few of his friends
A half-way decent shot of a Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
They crack me up.
A pretty cool sequence of 8 shots of Sea Squirts squirting:
(I trust y'all can find the following seven, right?)
I started to pick up this conch shell and give it to my partner, but then realized that someone was still in residence
I know they're common, but I like Common Grackles (Quiscalus quiscula) anyway. They're pretty, despite being introduced (edited, see below):
Compare to the Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major), so named for obvious reasons:
Male -
A pair of males -
Female -
But really the highlight of the last few weeks came this morning:
A mated pair of Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), in the Croatan National Forest, who've been sitting their eggs.
Edited by Lou FCD on April 12 2010,14:21
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