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Northern Gannets, Cape St Mary’s, Newfoundland, Canada 1986 Transparency film Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve is an ecological reserve located near Cape St. Mary's on the Cape Shore, on the southwestern Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. It is home to one of Newfoundland's largest seabird colonies. The reserve is home to northern gannets, black-legged kittiwakes, common murres, and thick-billed murres, as well as dozens or hundreds of razorbill, and black guillemot breeding pairs. During the breeding season, more than 30,000 Northern Gannets crowd around on the top of a giant sea stack (aptly named “bird rock”) and neighbouring clifftops – making it the third largest colony in North America. Incredibly, visitors can view these majestic birds from as close as twenty meters as they go about their business of making nests, raising young, and performing their beautiful “sword crossing” rituals. In addition to the numerous birds, humpback whales may be viewed from the heights during the annual capelin run. (at Newfoundland, Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQdtC1pL5dU/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Cape Spear, Newfoundland, Canada 1986 Transparency film. “Cape Spear (French: Cap d'Espoir) is a headland located on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland near St. John's in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. At a longitude of 52°37' W, it is the easternmost point in Canada and North America, excluding Greenland. Perched on a rugged cliff, at our continent's most easterly point, Cape Spear Lighthouse – is the oldest surviving lighthouse in the province, a National Historic Site, and an iconic symbol of Newfoundland and Labrador's marine history. It was opened in 1836.” #capespearlighthouse #explorenewfoundland https://www.instagram.com/p/CQcVgJYLklH/?utm_medium=tumblr

#capespearlighthouse #explorenewfoundland

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Masai Mara, Kenya 1987 (at Masai Mara, Kenya) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQVwlDfLZpk/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Masai Mara, Kenya 1987 (at Masai Mara, Kenya) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQTl1kDLPGb/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Assassin bug with its prey (lunch !!), a Pyralis Firefly. #assassinbug #fireflies #reduviidae (at Sweet Briar College Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQRGX_dLTtT/?utm_medium=tumblr

#assassinbug #fireflies #reduviidae

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Do we really need a caption here ? 🙄 https://www.instagram.com/p/CQHNb-zLg9P/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#mourningdove #zenaidamacroura #americanmourningdove #turtledove #raindove (at Sweet Briar College Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/COGDHm4LUyU/?igshid=i4wp66tmjvyr

#mourningdove #zenaidamacroura #americanmourningdove #turtledove #raindove

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1. Iceland 1993 Transparency film 2. Mexico 2007 https://www.instagram.com/p/CLSXNp9lduf/?igshid=ns0d6gv471rs

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‘Cypress Knees’ Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura) are one of the most interesting birds in North America. Their subtle beauty and haunting call can be mesmerizing. "The Mourning Dove is the most widespread and abundant game bird in North America. Every year hunters harvest more than 20 million, but the Mourning Dove remains one of our most abundant birds with a U.S. population estimated at 350 million. The oldest known Mourning Dove was a male, and at least 30 years, 4 months old when he was shot in Florida in 1998. He had been banded in Georgia in 1968." (All about birds.org) see this link at the Cornell Lab to hear the dove call and learn more about them. #mourningdove #cornelllabofornithology (at Sweet Briar College Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLPAhselEYs/?igshid=18okysaxs1re6

#mourningdove #cornelllabofornithology

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‘Feliz Navidad’ Christmas cardinal and Cypress knee. (at Sweet Briar College Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJOnaRwlWZr/?igshid=1xt3q3zjagt80

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“Cypress Knees” "A cypress knee is a distinctive structure forming above the roots of a cypress tree of any of various species of the subfamily Taxodioideae. Their function is unknown, but they are generally seen on trees growing in swamps. Some current hypotheses state that they might help to aerate the tree's roots,[1] create a barrier to catch sediment and reduce erosion, assist in anchoring the tree in the soft and muddy soil, or any combination thereof.” (Wikipedia) (at Sweet Briar College Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJLolT8FCkb/?igshid=196fpg2yzmh6g

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‘Cyprees Knees’.....traffic jam. (at Sweet Briar College Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJHIrXmlI3g/?igshid=x8z8j26ixfp0

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‘Cypress Knees’ (at Sweet Briar College Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJBXL1bFIeW/?igshid=w2u79qxj11hm

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From the series ‘In Motion’. Purple finch (female\immature) #haemorhouspurpureus #virginiawildlife #birdsinflight #motionart (at Sweet Briar College Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI-3ii9Fvq1/?igshid=cv3a4igioxly

#haemorhouspurpureus #virginiawildlife #birdsinflight #motionart

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Reflections on a lake. Sweet Briar campus. #reflectionsonwater #bnwphotography #bnwphoto#bnwlife #bnw_life #blackandwhite (at Sweet Briar College Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI5clHPFl9a/?igshid=ovj4mlzailir

#reflectionsonwater #bnwphotography #bnwphoto #bnwlife #bnw_life #blackandwhite

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‘Cypress Knees’ #virginiawildlife #bluejays #cypresstrees #motionart (at Sweet Briar College Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI4eFRmFnbr/?igshid=msede2otbg8e

#virginiawildlife #bluejays #cypresstrees #motionart

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‘Cypress Knees’ (at Sweet Briar College Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CItjicwFDUk/?igshid=zxttzfok6e49