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Adult Male and Female Canadian geese
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Same Adults
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I got several shots of these two. They didn't fly away so I just keep taking pictures. In fact as you can see they even looked at me.
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The Adult Male was obviously bigger then the famale. This is him
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The Male leads the pack and Momma bring up the rear. The geese pairs share baby setting with each other. I've seen two different sizes of Babise being watched by two Adults. Their hatch times were obviously several days if not weeks apart.
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These Adult Canadian geese were watching almost full grown young being escorted by two adults in the water.
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The Goose in front is a full grouwn adult the outhers are not full grown yet. The geese in the picture before this were watching them from shore.
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This honker was in a snow covered hay field and took to the air when it saw mee.
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Another honker taking flight off the snow covered hay field. This field is close to Lewistown, Montana
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A goose in flight....
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This guy was standing there flapping his wings. I think he was showing off for his mate who was in front of him to the right
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Same show off
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There she is looking at him show off
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He decided to join her in the creek
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He's not quite there yet
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Went turned around and went out of the water, then turned around for another pose
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Northeastern Swallow Tail on a Lilac bloom
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Northeastern Swallow Tail on a Canadian Thistle bloom
Taken: Near Lewistown,Montana on July 26,2004
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Another of the Swallow Tail on the lilac bloom
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You're going to have to tell me this butterfly. I'm not sure if it's a Monarch or not.. it was timid. I got this with a telephoto lens
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Same butter fly different angle
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I forgot what kind of bird this is.... can you help me? I' lost my bird book in my move
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Red Wing Black bird on a Choke Cherry bush in bloom
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A baby bird up close. Not sure what it is. No bird book yet.
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Same young bird. I was close and not sure if it could fly yet
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Dragon fly for lunch?
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Wild Turkey trying to get away
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Crow on a fence post. Those are round hay bales in the back ground
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Sea Gulls huddled together on a ice and snow covered pond
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I'm not sure what this duck was doing but it swam towards me while I was standing on a boat dock
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I was using a telephoto lens and had to back up to get this shot it came so close. It was still maybe 10 feet away.
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It gave me several close up poses too
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I took this photo of these bashful ducks. A male and female Mallard
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Mallard Drake and Hen swimming away from me
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Mallard males on Casino Creek near Lewistown, MT
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These guys had all been swimming along with their heads under water. I snapped this picture right after they had brought their heads out of the water. In fact you can see water still pouring out of the first Drakes bill
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Two flew away and left these guys
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Mallards up close at Zoo Montana in Billings, MT
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Mallard Drake in Oregon stream
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