Early Morning Photos

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Early morning

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Early morning sky

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Black Eyed Susans

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Black Eyed Susans

Early Morning Photos

Silly geese swimming toward us
geese swimming

Charlie and Orso checking for new smells
the boyswater reflectionwaters edge

Calm waters in the early morning

Summer Blooms

Hens and Chicks
Hens and Chicks

Echinacea
Echinacea

Daylily
Daylily

These were taken with my Canon Rebel using a Zoom Lens EF-S 10-22mm

Sunday Snaps

Some photos for Sunday morning
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“My teeth are bigger than yours!”

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“This is deep enough thank you very much!”

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Just chillin’

Photos taken with my Canon Rebel

Baby Robins

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Dinner time and the family is ravenous

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Mom with the grub (literally)

Orso My Big Sweetie

Yesterday I posted pictures of Charlie.  Today is Orso’s turn.  He’s my big sweetie weighing in at 98 pounds.  He’s kind of a goof ball, but that’s what makes him so endearing.

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Orso is playing King of the Bed taking on all challengers

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This was taken in December on our very frigid hunting trip.

Orso is squirrel hunting

Kind of a clown, daring the squirrel to come down.

Photos taken on my Canon Rebel

Charlie Wants Snuggles

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Charlie wants Mitch’s attention

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Charlie full on trying to not fall asleep on Mitch’s back

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He didn’t succeed.  Mitch has a very comfortable back.

Migrating Birds and Summer Residents

Every summer we have a couple of resident Blue Herons that stay until it gets too cold.  I was able to get a shot of one of them in flight.  He looks pretty cool in flight.

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For the last three years we have had Crested Cormorants stop here on their annual Spring migration North, maybe heading to Minnesota.  I was so surprised the first time I saw these water birds that look similar to ducks roost in trees.  They are black with a crest on top of their heads with an orangish red shade on their lower bills.  They swim very low in the water and have long necks.

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These shots were taken with my Canon Rebel using a 55 – 250mm lens.