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 mallard males only....form 2 teams !! |
 great blue heron...Jericho Park |
 an editing experiment on previous image |
 irresistible target for camera |
 neck torsion |
 preening |
 perched in sun |
 heron landing approach |
 final landing configuration |
 launching into flight |
 more nest material arriving |
 hunting for nest material |
 (same) heron taking off to nest below |
 (another) heron balancing in trees |
 (yet another) heron arriving |
 Bald Eagle |
 Bald Eagle |
 evening family excursion |
 mother mallard and baby |
 evening fishing in Jericho Park |
 family portrait |
 swallow rapidly leaving nest |
 arriving swallow |
 swallow delivering food |
 male delivering food |
 eager baby |
 pushing off for departure |
 parent feeding baby |
 parent starting to push off nest |
 rapid departure...baby still hungry |
 Preening Cockatoo.. . Bloedel Conservatory, Vancouver |
 exhibitionist Cockatoo dancing...Bloedel Conservatory, Vancouver |
 eclectus parrot...Bloedel Conservatory, Vancouver |
 Anna's hummingbird |
 Pine Sisken |
 heron and captured eel / lamprey (?) |
 autumn Wood Duck pair |
 Great Blue Heron...on chilly day |
 (white-fronted ??) Geese flyby |
 heron with captured vole |
 same heron continuing the hunt..on land |
 white-fronted geese..one actively bathing #1 |
 white-fronted geese..one actively bathing #2 |
 female mallard...bathing |
 immature glaucous-winged gull...bathing |
 gull, bathing |
 mallard pair |
 adult Bufflehead ...a diving sea duck |
 Bufflehead almost airborn |
 american wigeon...end of bath ritual |
 american wigeon...bath ritual |
 dance of the mallard bathing ritual..backstroke |
 dance of the mallard bathing ritual..forward stroke |
 male mallard presentation ! |
 female mallard presentation ! |
 crow at remaining unfrozen pond area |
 marsh grass in high water |
 afternoon nap...female mallards |
 drying off after bath |
 post-bath backstroke |