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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Day 161

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Lots of water going over the dam… (Four photos stitched together in MS ICE) Note the sloughing off of the ground in the lower right corner.  This is what caused the upper overlook to close for several months last fall, while they  tried to stabilize the ground.  This photo is at the lower overlook, and […]

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Just Another Gurkha…

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Real men…carry Big Ass curved knives! ‘I thought I was going to die… so I tried to kill as many as I could’: Hero Gurkha receives bravery medal from the Queen By Daily Mail Reporter

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Day 160

Sunday, June 5, 2011

A short post…a crow on a power pole! (1/2000, f8, 400mm, ISO 400, -1/2 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 159

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Here are the chicks the killdeer were trying to keep me from.  They don’t stand even four inches tall, but were running all over the place! (1/2000, f8, 400mm, ISO 400, -1/2 stop) There were two chicks (at least) running around, but I was never able to get both of them in focus in the […]

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Day 158

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Closer to home, I found a couple killdeer up behind Giant Springs this morning. (1/1000, f5.6, 135mm, ISO 100, -1/2 stop) He was puffing himself up trying to distract me from the chicks (I wasn’t near the nest) while I was changing my lens, then he never did it again… (1/1500, f8, 400mm, ISO 250, […]

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Day 157

Friday, June 3, 2011

Still at the Lee Metcalf NWR…a Western Meadowlark. (1/500, f11, 400mm, ISO 250) (1/500, f11, 400mm, ISO 250) (1/500, f11, 400mm, ISO 250) *** ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 156

Friday, June 3, 2011

Yellow Headed Blackbird. (1/500, f11, 400mm, ISO 200) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 155: The Price of Fame…

Friday, June 3, 2011

Hey, Mister!  Mister Osprey! (1/8000, f8, 400mm, ISO 500) When I grow up can I be a big Osprey like you? Huh? (1/8000, f8, 400mm, ISO 500) Can I, Mister?  Huh, huh? Can I?  Mister? <<sigh>> (1/8000, f8, 400mm, ISO 500) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 154

Friday, June 3, 2011

A Great Blue Heron…the same one?  Maybe…different day, same place. (1/500, f8, 400mm, ISO 400) In hiding… (1/2000, f8, 400mm, ISO 500) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 153

Friday, June 3, 2011

A not so distant mountain at the Lee Metcalf NWR! (1/250, f16, 85mm, ISO 400, -1/2 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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