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Heard the American Toads
When I got to Pawlings Farm this morning, I heard the American Toads. They were so loud, I could tell from the parking area way up on the hill that they were down in the wetland having one great big party. I walked down through the Butterly Fields where I took a picture of…
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The Not So Shy Kestrel
I walked and walked and walked yesterday looking for something wonderful. Finally at dusk about the time I was about to give up, I looked just in front of me in the field in Valley Forge and there was my little buddy, the American Kestrel. He totally ignored me (although he didn’t) as I…
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Hawk Attack
If you look very closely you can see a second hawk lying on its back with one claw up defending itself from the attacking hawk. Think if I had just been a foot taller. Click on picture for better view.
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Coyote and Harrier in Valley Forge Yesterday
The light was harsh and I was in the wrong position when I came across the coyote with a vole in its mouth and a harrier overhead. Even so, a thrill to see on the first day of Spring. Click photo for better view.
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Bluebirds and the Cannon
I had walked through one major field this morning but nothing, through the big woods where I saw some deer, but nothing to write home about, through another woods with nothing. Finally I crossed the big parking lot and headed for the cannons off of Gulph Road. And there was a blue bird.…
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Wildebeests in Ndutu
I was riding in a jeep with the great photographer and film maker Todd Gustafson. He envisioned this scene and had our driver go across that field and up to the ridge where we stopped, turned around and just looked down and across the valley with all those wildebeest coming through the trees to…
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Harrier Too Close for the Viewfinder
This was one of two female Harrier Hawks in Valley Forge this morning. One was flying around a lot looking for breakfast and this one was sitting in the field calling to the other one. I got closer and closer to this one until she swooped up and came directly over my head…
