Category: birds
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Wordless Wednesday : Chipping Sparrow
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Happy Chincoteague Pony Swim Day (and don’t forget about the birds)
To everyone lucky enough to be on Chincoteague Island today, Happy Pony Swim Day! Photographing this great event is definitely on my bucket list and I hope to be there some year soon! (Please don’t miss slide show below)
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Birding at Sandbridge, Va.
This photo was taken during a brief visit to Sandbridge, Va., near Virginia Beach.
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Wordless Wednesday : Pink Flamingos in Pittsburgh
American Flamingos at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. (Photo by Rob Paine)
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Great White Egret, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Va.
I photographed this beautiful great white egret as it stalked its prey along the wildlife loop at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge this past February. We spotted the bird in the tall grass as we drove thru the loop. I could not have asked for better lighting. It was later in the afternoon, a little…
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Tilting at Windmills
Update September 2013- There has been an ongoing debate over what effect wind turbines have on birds, specifically on eagles. On Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, the following story made headlines Wind farms killed 67 eagles in 5 years The American Bird Conservancy which is headquartered in Fauquier County, Va., appears to be one of the…
I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine 