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28 images Created 25 Oct 2010

Wildlife

I never set out to be a wildlife photographer. But my sense of place brought me to marshes, swamps, high mountain valleys and even to the prairie. Then the creatures drew me in, teaching me patience, grace and mindfulness as they showed me their worlds.
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  • Mother and baby dolphin surface in morning light.
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  • A seaside sparrow balances between stalks in a salt marsh.
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  • "Blackie" the eagle flies past and looks at those watching his nest from afar in the May River near Bluffton, S.C.
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  • A white egret flies from its fishing spot in a marsh of the May River near Bluffton, S.C.
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  • A white-eyed vireo perches on a friendly human's hand.
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  • Fiddler crab on marsh grass in the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • An egret holds in its beak a small shrimp caught in the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • A great white egret perches on its nest on an island in the Ibis Pond at Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge.
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  • White egrets quarrel over a fishing hole on the shallow flats at low tide in a May River marsh.
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  • A wood stork adjusts its roost on a dead limb overhanging the marsh of the May River, near Bluffton, S.C.
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  • Mule deer grazes in a blooming meadow at the mouth of Antelope Canyon.
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  • A western grebe prepares to dive in the Lake DeWeese headwaters, with its baby on its back.
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  • Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep show their distinct rumps while grazing on a snowy hillside near a highway.
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  • A 7-foot alligator protects its territory –possibly a mother protecting her nest –beside the Ibis Pond at Pinckney Island.
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  • A Wilson’s warbler shivers in a rare September snow during its migration, forcing it to seek refuge in sage bushes at La Hacienda de Smith. Many warblers died in the storm.
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  • Tricolored heron on snag in marsh on foggy morning.
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  • An egret perches and preens in a dead pine tree along Eagle Cove of the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • Great blue herons nest in "The Lost World," a network of hummocks and marsh flats in the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • Antelope graze along the Grape Creek headwaters of Lake DeWeese.
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  • A dolphin looks up at a visitor as he navigates a narrow creek in a marsh flat of the upper May River.
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  • Atlantic bottlenose dolphins strand feed in a marsh creek of the May River, herding fish up on the mud bank, following them, eating them and then rolling back into the water. This learned behavior is unique to the Carolina and Georgia coasts. Scientists say some 500 dolphins are resident in the May River area, along with others who visit seasonally.
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  • A tricolored heron fishes in a quickly draining tidal creek of the May River.
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  • Bobcat at marsh's edge beneath eagle nest, during stalking of raccoon family.
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  • An male eared grebe in mating plumage swims in Grape Creek near the head of Lake DeWeese, near Westcliffe, Colo.
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  • A baby western grebe rides the back of its parent swimming in Lake DeWeese.
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  • A seaside sparrow balances between stalks in a salt marsh.
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  • A marsh wren peeks from among stalks of golden grass (spartina) in the fall marsh of the May River.
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  • Momma Eagle perches on a dead pine before a full, May moon rising over the May River.
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