Time for more Pix….

  • rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 10:49 pm #1250625

    well… was that long enough that the nausea from the last batch of pix has passed? those with weak hearts (like me) shouldnt view too many of these at a time….
    ok.. those who know me… know that Im good at getting people PO’d at me… but maybe you didnt know Im good at getting animals PO’d at me too….. and Im planing on going to Alaska this year… so you can look forward to another “timothy treadwellesque” annoucement…
    Im telling ya.. I SWEAR I didnt know there was a red tailed hawk nest in the area…. but I found OUT!…

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 10:50 pm #456593

    and… man.. was that Hawk mad….

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 10:53 pm #456598

    well… I got scads of mad hawk shots… but really.. how much can you take? it was really amazing.. no matter how far away she was her eyes were RIGHT on me….. I didnt know that until I had pix to look at….

    this bird is called a Dickcissel (I kid you not! and Ive never heard of one either!)

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:03 pm #456602

    This is an Egret doing a bit of fishing….

    col._klink
    St Paul
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:04 pm #456603

    I do not who gets mad at you but I get to change my screen saver every time to post new pictures

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:07 pm #456605

    A Tree Swallow sneaking out of the house.. (going drinking)

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:10 pm #456606

    maaaa Wood Duck taking the kids for a swim…

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:13 pm #456608

    Look at this goofball… a Lesser Yellowlegs apparently practicing to perform swan lake……

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:16 pm #456610

    OK!… I didnt mean to cut off his legs… but he didnt mean to get THAT close to me either… talk about freak attack when he heard the shudder click and I was 20 feet away… lol……

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:19 pm #456612

    OK… my latest “thing” has been trying to get shots of birds doing SOMETHING… heck… ANYTHING… so most often its singing…
    heres an Eastern Meadowlark.. once a common sight… but not so common anymore….

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:21 pm #456613

    Then the little bird with the BIG sound… a House Wren…

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:24 pm #456614

    OK… yeah… I been shooting a LOT of birds… now dont start something wit me…. lol….
    hmmmmmm this female Red Winged Blackbird looks like she may be having some trouble in the near future… lol…… those cattails look pretty flimsy… hope she can do the splits with the best of them….

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:26 pm #456615

    OK… U tell me… is this Green Heron doing SOMETHING? or is he doing NOTHING? Im not really sure….

    carpking
    Janesville, WI.
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:29 pm #456618

    Awesomely stunning! I sent you a PM as well!

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:30 pm #456620

    in my never ending search to get birds to do something… I stop at nothing… here I terrorized an Egret into flight just so I could “shoot” him with my canon….. ok.. so all I had to do to “terrorize” him was stop the truck and roll down the window… man.. R they jumpy…..

    crosby-stick
    Crosby MN
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:36 pm #456622

    AWESOME job these are really cool

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:37 pm #456623

    so is it cheating to become a “hot thread” almost single handedly? lol…..
    well.. my luck with birds has been pretty good… but I think you have had enough of them 4 now…. my luck with animals so far has pretty much stunk…
    but heres one of those green hoppy things sitting in my pond next to a pond lilly…..

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:41 pm #456624

    and like a good politician I always have time for the “little people”……

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:43 pm #456625

    is it really wise to get this close to a busy bee? well.. who ever said Im wise? unless they used something that sounds like axe along with it….

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:46 pm #456626

    these silly ol luna moths keep showing up on my porch in the morning after I left my lights on… so I put some white paper behind one and shot him as he hung on the screen….

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:51 pm #456627

    well to continue my torture of you and show that my talentlessness extends to pretty much everything I try… here are a couple of local landscape shots… this is really a tough area to get good landscape shots in… there just isnt the drama you find in some other areas….. but there IS beauty wherever you go… capturing it is the HARD part….

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 26, 2006 at 11:58 pm #456630

    last one…. 4 now.. I promise!…. you cant even imagine how many skeeters were chomping me when I took this…. but the ferns were fabulous… I dont think I did them justice.. but I had to get to the hospital for a quick transfussion so I didnt have much time (jk!)

    greg-vandemark
    Wabasha Mn
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    June 27, 2006 at 12:08 am #456632

    Awesome photos Ken.
    Thanks for sharing.

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
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    June 27, 2006 at 12:32 am #456634

    VERY AWESOME. Thanks Ken.
    Thanks, Bill

    col._klink
    St Paul
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    June 27, 2006 at 12:41 am #456636

    You have to have a turtle picture in there somewhere? Sittin on a log in a pond?

    Those pics really broke up my day!

    lundgeye
    Rochester, Minnesota
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    June 27, 2006 at 12:50 am #456640

    Ken,
    Like the guys said…FABULOUS !!! Keep the picx coming, we all obviouosly love viewing them.

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
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    June 27, 2006 at 12:53 am #456641

    I had some turtle pic thoughts.. but didnt get a chance to get them done… you would be suprised how spooky them lil devils R.. at least around here… and you need to get a nice eye to eye perspective… in THEIR habitat thats a tough one… so Im still working on that shot…. I think one of the coolest turtle shots I can remember seeing is Jim Brandenbergs underwater shot…. day # 69 in his chasing summer series of 90 shots in 90 days….

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
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    June 27, 2006 at 1:36 am #456654

    Ken, let me know when you want to shoot some Northern Water Snakes. I’ll hook you up with my favorite wife as they are attracted to her…

    jdb
    freeport,IL
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    June 27, 2006 at 1:36 am #456655

    Wow! do I miss alot when I’m on the river nice pictures

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
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    June 27, 2006 at 1:58 am #456670

    Quote:

    Ken, let me know when you want to shoot some Northern Water Snakes. I’ll hook you up with my favorite wife as they are attracted to her…

    Ish.
    That is wrong for so many reasons.

    Ken:
    I can stare at those for hours! But I would get fired.

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