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Alone In The Crowd

January 23, 2019 by vdxqu

What is man without the beasts? For if all the beast were gone, man would die of a great loneliness of the spirit. – Chief Seattle

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Beachcombers – Bald Eagles

January 22, 2019 by vdxqu

Winter eventually gives way to spring thawing and this is a great benefit to the eagles who have made it through the harshest time of the year.  Fish, long locked in the ice, are now exposed and make for a relatively fresh, easy, and abundant meal source.  You can always bet the eagles will be … Read more

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A Nature Photographers Creed

January 21, 2019 by vdxqu

I think of all the photographic literature I’ve read, Guy Tal stirs up the mind and heart like no one else.  A part of me thinks that if a nature photographer ever came up with some kind of creed or mission statement, the following passage below would probably hold up nicely over a lifetime.  It … Read more

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Sunset Geese

January 20, 2019 by vdxqu

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Mallard Hen Reflections

January 19, 2019 by vdxqu

Have you seen a duck gliding smoothly on water? Does it ever look like it is paddling furiously underneath the surface? I don’t have to show that I am working very hard. – Salman Khan

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Breakfast Run – Bald Eagle

January 18, 2019 by vdxqu

It’s been some slim pickings of late as far as eagles go.  It’s just been too warm in the upper midwest.  Reports are that this might be changing soon, after all, we hardly ever see a warmish January.  It’s not that I really love cold weather, it’s just what that weather does for the bird … Read more

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