This past Saturday I decided to swing by Robert S Kerr Lock And Dam 15 in Oklahoma on my way home from the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. I saw lots of American White Pelicans and Double-crested Cormorants. Yesterday I decided to return to Lock and Dam 15 and the first photo shows what I saw [...]
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I thought I would post a few more photos of these Bonaparte’s Gulls performing some fast action fish catching. I think I have said this before but if you’re into photographing birds in flight, the gull is great practice. I try and go to the Robert S Kerr Lock And Dam in Oklahoma as often [...]
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I got the title for this post from Geoff Powell after I posted it on 500px. I was able to photograph this American White Pelican by hiding in the rocks at the Robert S Kerr Lock and Dam 15 in Oklahoma. Most of the time these Pelicans will stay out in the middle of the [...]
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I spotted this Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk on one of the dirt roads that follows the Arkansas River from Robert S. Kerr Lock And Dam 15 in Oklahoma. I like walking these roads because you can see a lot of wildlife. Most of the leaves are off of the trees this time of year which makes [...]
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I want to thank Sandy Berger our local Bird Lady for helping me ID this sparrow. It is nice to have someone in my area that I can contact. This Savannah Sparrow was down in the rocks at Kerr Dam (Lock and Dam 15) in Oklahoma. Lock and Dam 13 is closer to my house [...]
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All color banding of eagles (and other birds) is coordinated by a federal agency (the United States Dept of the Interior) and housed in Maryland at a place called the Bird Banding Laboratory. All bird bands are issued from here and reported back here when used. Care is taken to try to assign unique colors [...]
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