The “ruby” of the ruby-crowned kinglet was well displayed as this wee bird alerted to the approach of a human coming up the trail.
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Categoryrings
oddly enough, this is a ring-necked duck, not a ring-billed duck – handsome by any ringed measure you use
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small bodies, rapid flight
Two small bodies lifted from among the hundreds of geese on the pond.
And almost instantly the pair of wood ducks flew right over me.
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summed
All the glow of the last few days of autumn summed up in this northern shoveler drake as he lifts off Yates Mill Pond.
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missed one
This immature red-shouldered hawk was chasing the belted kingfisher.
Both sped past me as I watched the speed display in awe.
I managed to photograph the hawk but not the kingfisher.
season’s lights
season’s lights by an American black duck as he slides into his landing on Mattamuskeet Lake
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