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Male Northern Shoveler, paddling around the marsh in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State.

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Horizontal color photograph: a colorful male northern shoveler and his reflection in the still waters of the marsh. The bird is facing right-to-left. He is trailing a small wake in the still waters behind him as he paddles about the marsh. The water is otherwise still and glassy, his reflection is sharp and detailed. He has an oversized flat, black, bill, an iridescent green and black tea, yellow eye, a white throat, brown wings, black top feathers and a bit of teal towards his rear. There's another white patch at his rump, under the the black and white tail feathers.
January 31, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Male Northern Shoveler, taken just after he finished shoveling around in the marsh for breakfast at the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #NorthernShoveler #PNW #wildlifePhotography
Male Northern Shoveler, taken just after he finished shoveling around in the marsh for breakfast at the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State. Horizontal color photograph: a colorful male northern shoveler and his reflection in the still waters of the marsh dominate the image. All around home, brown marsh reeds stick out of the water, creating a simple maze for him to navigate as he feeds. He's moving left-to-fight across the frame, looking back over his shoulder in the direction of the camera.
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Dammit!

A male Ring-necked Duck trying to disentangle himself after diving to munch on some tasty plants in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #RingNeckedDuck #PNW #wildlifePhotography
Aaauugh! My Breakfast is Fighting Back! Dammit! A male Ring-necked Duck trying to disentangle himself after diving to munch on some tasty plants in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State. Eventually, the shortness of his legs defeated him, and he just swam around the pond with the offending plant hanging from his bill, hoping the females weren't watching. Horizontal color phot: The duck, white wings, black butt and head, golden eyes and black bill broken by white stripes, is rolled over on its side, vainly attempting to scrape a clinging bit of brown water weed off its bill with a black, webbed foot too short for the last.
January 22, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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The little red shack close up. Don Edward’s NWR on the San Francisco Bay. A lovely area to walk or sit and enjoy the view.
#redshack #shack #sanfrancisco
#nationalwildliferefuge #nature
#shorebirds #photography #photos
#donewards #park #birds #hike
#walk
January 22, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Northern Harrier on the Hunt

A female northern harrier patrolling the marshes of the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State in search of brunch.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #NorthenHarrier #PNW #wildlifePhotography
A female northern harrier patrolling the marshes of the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State in search of brunch. Never saw these birds out east, so these are new to me. Horizontal color photo: The reddish harrier is flying, wings lifted high. It's in profile to the camera, scanning the marshes below for prey. Its talons are tucked back in tight at the tail. In the background are marsh reeds and trees, heavily blurred by the telephoto lens.
January 21, 2026 at 7:39 PM
American Coot on the hunt in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State. Despite its fierce mien, it's only a threat to vegetables.

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American Coot on the hunt in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State. Despite its fierce mien, it's only a threat to vegetables. Vertical color photograph: The coot is swimming through still, blue waters, directly towards the camera. Its mirror reflection is visible in the lower half of the image. The ripples of its wake spread beside and behind the bird towards the right side of the frame. The black bird is side lit by the morning sun, throwing its right side in to darkness. The coot's brilliant red left eye grabs your attention, right behind its black-tipped white beak. Some brown marsh reeds are visible in the background.
January 20, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I Got Something Say!

Male Red-winged Blackbird telling everybody all about it on a winter morning in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State.

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Male Red-winged Blackbird telling everybody all about it on a winter morning in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State. Horizontal Color Photo: The setting is a field of brown marsh grass. The bird is perched on a couple of bent over grass blades, about a third of the way in from the left edge of the gram and with its feet just about at the vertical midpoint of the frame. The bird is facing left-to-right, with its beak wide open as it sings amidst the rain drops falling through the image. The bird is black, except for the orange and yellow highlights on its shoulder.
January 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Time for these Ducks to Fly!

Ducks (Common Goldeneye?) take off from a canal in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington State.

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Time for these Ducks to Fly! Ducks (Common Goldeneye?) take off from a canal in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington State. Horizontal color photo: In the foreground, a duck seems to be racing along the top of the water as it takes off, one leg lifted high, flinging off water droplets, and the other foot just touching the surface of the water. Its wings are on a downward flap. It has a brown head and black bill, with a white patch on its cheek between the bill and it yellow eye. The wing feathers are black at the leading edge, but right about the elbow, they shift to white. The duck has a white belly and gray back. In the background, a similarly colored duck, except it's missing the white cheek patch, is erupting from the water as it starts its lift off, wings throwing up columns of water. The water is golden with the reflections of winter marsh grasses and you can see the birds' reflections mirroring them in the water's surface.
January 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Mmmmm....Grass!

A white-tailed deer buck - Columbian White-tailed deer? - enjoys breakfast in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington State.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #Deer #PNW #wildlifePhotography
A white-tailed deer buck - or is a Columbian White-tailed deer - enjoys breakfast amidst the tall grasses of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington State. The buck is sticking his tongue out. He's partially obscured by the tall grass he's grazing on. He has a 7 point rack.
December 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Sandhill Crane on Patrol

An alert Sandhill Crane patrols along the edge of a flock of Canada Geese in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #SandhillCrane #PNW #wildlifePhotography
Sandhill Crane on Patrol An alert Sandhill Crane patrols the along edge of a flock of Canada Geese in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington State. Horizontal color photograph. The scene is a field of green and yellow grass. A sandhill crane, a tall gray-feathered bird with a white patch on the lower part of its head and a red patch atop along and above the yellow eye is walking from left to right across the frame. Its butt is about a third of the way in from the left of the frame. At its feet is a bit of a dead, brown vines that curve up, then down and lead off to the right edge of the frame. Behind the crane, a flock of black and white Canada Geese hunt through the field for breakfast.
December 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Breakfast Getaway

A female Hooded Merganser paddles away from her fellows to enjoy breakfast in peace. Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Washington.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #hoodedMerganser #PNW #wildlifePhotography
Breakfast Getaway A female Hooded Merganser paddles away from her fellows to enjoy her breakfast sushi in peace. Taken in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. Horizontal color photo: You can trace the path the meganser is taking through the reddish-brown algae covered water from the upper right of the image to the bird, just left of center. There are bits of green from water plants scattered throughout the algae.The mergansers crest is up, and water droplets are visible on its back. Its breakfast, a small fish, squirms in the duck's bill, vainly trying to escape its coming fate.
December 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Three #Colors, Three #Textures
#Loxahatchee #NationalWildlifeRefuge #Florida
#photo by Steve Spanoudis
from theotherpages.org

ARM LOX NWR - worth the #hike for both the #animals and #plants

#photography #theotherpages #sonyalpha
#parks #landscape #trees #NPS
#nature #naturephotography #trails
December 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Doe in the Cattails

Deer grazing amidst the cattails close to the road in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #deer #PNW #wildlifePhotography
Horizontal color photograph: A female Deer grazing amidst the cattails in the rain close to the road in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. The foreground and background are yellow, out-of-focus cattails, with the occasional green leaf. The deer's head is just to the right of image center. The ears are perked up, and the deer is gazing just to the right of the camera. At the bottom left of the frame, the top of the deer's back Is visible through the reeds. The deer is brown, with black eyes and black-rimmed ears that have white fur in the inside.
December 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Florida Sandhill Crane 🪶 (Antigone canadensis pratensis)
ARM LOX NWR - #Loxahatchee #NationalWildlifeRefuge
#BoyntonBeach #Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from theotherpages.org

#bird #birds #animals #cranes #birding #wildlife #birdwatching #photography #wildlifephotography #theotherpages #hiking
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Absecon, New Jersey, 2025. #Photography #Art #EdwinBForsythe #NationalWildlifeRefuge #Birding #BirdingPhotography #Explore #Nature #NaturePhotography #TravelPhotography #Absecon #NewJersey #Peace #Wildlife #Zen #LandscapePhotography #WildlifePhotography
October 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Absecon, New Jersey, 2025. #Photography #Art #EdwinBForsythe #NationalWildlifeRefuge #Birding #BirdingPhotography #Explore #Nature #NaturePhotography #TravelPhotography #Absecon #NewJersey #Freedom #Flight #LandscapePhotography #Peace #Wildlife #Zen
October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Brigantine Channel, Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Absecon, New Jersey, 2025. #Photography #Art #BrigantineChannel #EdwinBForsythe #Zen #NationalWildlifeRefuge #CityscapePhotography #Explore #TravelPhotography #Absecon #NewJersey #Peace #Architecture #LandscapePhotography
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Absecon, New Jersey, 2025. #Photography #Art #EdwinBForsythe #NationalWildlifeRefuge #Birding #BirdingPhotography #Explore #Nature #NaturePhotography #TravelPhotography #Absecon #NewJersey #Freedom #Flight #LandscapePhotography #Peace #Wildlife #Zen
October 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Absecon, New Jersey, 2025. #Photography #Art #EdwinBForsythe #NationalWildlifeRefuge #Birding #BirdingPhotography #Explore #Nature #NaturePhotography #TravelPhotography #Absecon #NewJersey #Freedom #Flight #LandscapePhotography #Peace #Wildlife #Zen
October 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Denver, Colorado, 2025. #Photography #Colorado #Denver #Bison #Art #Silvertone #WildlifePhotography #BisonHerd #TravelPhotography #Birding #RockyMountainArsenal #Zen #NationalWildlifeRefuge #Rest #LandscapePhotography #Nature #Peace #NaturePhotography
October 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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More pics from my trip to Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge in SW Illinois. #wildlife #butterflies #tworivers #nationalwildliferefuge
Black swallowtail and sulphur butterfly on field thistle Two great-spangled fritillary butterflies on field thistle.
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Sandhill cranes in flight, Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama, USA.

#flyday #birds #photography #nature #Alabama #nationalwildliferefuge #careforcreation #laudatosi
Sandhill cranes in flight, Wheeler NWR, Alabama
September 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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#Everglades #Sunset
ARM LOX NWR
#Parkland #Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the archives at theotherpages.org

Low clouds and the #infinie #horizon create their own #specialeffects

#sunsets #photography #sunsetphotography #nationalwildliferefuge #nps #sonyalpha #theotherpages #hiking #trails
August 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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#RedBellied #Woodpecker 🪶
(Melanerpes carolinus)
#Loxahatchee ARM LOX NWR
#NationalWildlifeRefuge
#Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

(you generally hear them before you see them)

#bird #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #sonyalpha #everglades
August 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Happy Turtle Tuesday Bluesky!

Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge on 8/2/2025. I helped her to the grassy edge she was heading after taking this pic.

#Turtles#TurtleTuesday#Quivira#NationalWildlifeRefuge#Parks#Kansas#Wildlife#Nature
August 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM