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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382566) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Feb 19

The photo is of two yellow-billed spoonbill ibis (Platalea flavipes) which we saw while we were on our house-boat on the Murray River in Western Australia. You can see where the name comes from. There are six species which all...

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A 'guzinta' - a rope that goes into the water

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382566) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Feb 19

While we were on our hired house-boat we motored upstream as far as we could go. There was the odd house that we could see from the river and in places, evidence that an area was used. If you look closely at the photo, you can see...

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No crocodiles but a few logodiles

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382566) • Rockingham, Australia 31 Jan 19

We’re home again after our two nights on a house-boat. Our briefing on Tuesday morning took the best part of two hours. We then headed upstream as far as we were allowed. There were lots of water-birds along the way and we took a...

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Just a Pair of Cranes

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 19 May 17

I wasn't actually looking to photograph these two. I ended up walking across them while trying to track down another bird this morning (the one that ended up being the Eastern King Bird). They didn't run or fly away so I took...

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Fishing Pelican

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 16 May 17

We had a lot of rain last night and, as a result, most of the trails I normally walk were under water today. I did, however, manage to get in a short walk and came across this pelican as it was fishing on one of the ponds. I...

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Turtle Photobomb

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 10 May 17

I saw this heron as I was walking up one of the trails and decided to grab its photo. What I didn't realize, at the time at least, was there was also a turtle in the shot. I saw it later.

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Cranes

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 5 May 17

Yes, it's another crane photo. But, I'm posting it because I was so focused on getting this shot, I missed the deer that was standing a little ways up the path from me. By the time I realized she was there, I had missed out on...

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Heron

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 5 May 17

I was able to get this photo while standing on a hill behind it. At first, it didn't see me and stayed pretty still. But, something spooked it (I think it was someone fishing on the shore) and it flew off right after I got the...

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Saw Someone Familiar This Morning

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 5 May 17

I originally saw this heron sticking its head up from some grass that was closer to me. It flew away and I had to settle for a photo of it on the other side of the pond. I guess they are coming back.

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Another Crane Photo

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 28 Apr 17

This is one of the cranes I photographed before. I managed to get the photo of it as it was starting to walk back into the marsh. I later got it and some of its friends on video (which I'll be posting to Youtube later).

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Crane Pair

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 28 Apr 17

I didn't see these two at first because they blended in with the marsh behind them. But, I did manage to see them in time to get a couple photos before they saw me and went back into the grass.

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One More Crane Picture

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 12 Apr 17

As I said before, they are surprisingly easy to photograph so, while I had an opportunity to, I decided to grab one more picture as I was walking back to my car. This one cooperated with me.

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Crane Pair

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 12 Apr 17

Some more cranes I spotted while walking near the marsh area of the park. I'm not sure how many were in there total but I'm guessing at least 10. They most likely have their nests in there.

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Crane Photo

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 12 Apr 17

I told my wife I'm going to have to take the girls out to the park this weekend if the weather is decent because I think they would get a kick out of these birds. The thing that surprises me about them is how relatively tame they...

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Pelican Swimming

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 11 Apr 17

I stopped by one of the other parks this morning before coming into the office and saw the pelicans are back. It was kind of dark out still so it was a little difficult to get a photo of them. But, I did manage to get one of this...

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Goose Landing Part 2

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 3 Nov 16

Another one that, by pure luck, was snapped as some of the geese came in for a landing on the water.

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Goose Landing

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 3 Nov 16

I ended up getting this one by pure luck. They came in for a landing just as I was snapping the photo.

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Geese

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 3 Nov 16

Saw this group of geese as I was starting to walk back toward my car. They started swimming away a short while later but I was able to get a photo.

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One More of the Geese

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 1 Nov 16

Again, just because they weren't swimming away from me at a high rate of speed, here's another photo.

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Some More Geese. And a Duck?

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 1 Nov 16

I didn't even notice the duck in the middle of this group until I took a look at the photo a couple minutes ago.

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