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The Baobab Trees
These elegant trees are more than 800 years old. Many are over 100 feet tall and some 30 feet in diameter at their base. They form a beautiful natural border on a dirt road that links two villages of Madagascar – Morondava and Belo Tsiribihina. It’s a very famous and wonderful site to see.…
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The Aye Aye Lemur
This little cutie is the world’s largest nocturnal primate weighing in at about four pounds. He’s got long, long fingers, especially the third finger for digging and sharp sharp teeth. Taken at night with a flash somewhere in Madagascar.
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We are in Madagascar!!
The internet is very spotty and no time for all this blogger nonsense, but did want to report we made it to Madagascar. We’ve been here for a week of wonderful photography with Todd Gustafson. We’ve gotten a few lemurs, a few gecko’s and lots of Baobab trees. I’ll try to keep posting:
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Red Tailed Hawk Overhead
Tom and I were coming back from Ludwig’s Corner where we had gotten a pizza. Tom wanted to get the pepperoni and cheese and I wanted to get the feta and olives and pine nuts. I won. So as we are headed home to bake the pizza there were two beautiful red tailed hawks…
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Warblers Are Passing Through
Found a few warblers in the woods off of Ship Road yesterday. They are coming through!! Yellow Rumped Warbler Black and White Warbler
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Bald Eagle and the Red Winged Blackbird
This morning, as I arrived at Eastern College Pond, I saw a Bald Eagle fly into a tree right at the entrance to the pond. First time ever seeing a bald eagle at the pond. I pointed my camera his way as he flew up and circled the pond with a redwing blackbird trailing…
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The Curious Nuthatch
This guy was on a tree far far away from me. He noticed me taking his picture and took off and flew right up to the tree next to me and checked me out. Such a cool moment!
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Mourning Dove Today in Valley Forge
I searched and searched for the warblers and finally found a few at the very top of the trees in Valley Forge. I didn’t get any good photographs, but on my way out of the woods, this pretty Mourning Dove posed in mid air.
