Her mate was decidedly more nervous, swimming about in a more sheltered, less accessible stretch of this slow moving stream, but this female Wood Duck tolerated my cautious, casual, slow approach for an eye level shot.
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By mid-June, the mountain slopes and adjacent prairie at Waterton Lakes National Park are awash with wildflowers. The floral displays during my 2008 visit were especially rich.
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Don't jump! One of these Sanderlings seems content to nap in the rare January sunshine, while the other is contemplating an adventure of some sort. Okay, I know I'm projecting. I noticed these two on the Ogden Point breakwater in Victoria, British Columbia. They were one level down from me (toward the water), not far from shore.
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When I encountered this Great Blue Heron hunting in shallow water at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary, I admit to wondering what I could possibly do with a heron that was different. In that moment the water was dark green. Luckily I stuck with it, and about ten minutes later the wind kicked up, sent a ripple across the surface that created a striped pattern... and there was my shot.
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Off the Trans-Canada Highway west of Thunder Bay, Ontario...
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