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Did you ever think of what it would be like to hunt with no closed seasons, no limits, access to the very best habitat for the creatures you're pursuing, and the ability to capture a beautiful lifelong memory to share with whoever you want? That's what photography gives you.

I certainly understand it but photography is just something I've never gotten into. I do however appreciate seeing the results of those who do. We have a nature area behind our home. We also have feeders out for all of the game that lives there. We have deer as well as wild turkeys, raccoons and an assortment of birds that feed in our back yard very close to our patio. Maybe at some point I'll take pictures of this but as of now I simply enjoy the experience of having them so close.

They are back...the Canadian Geese that nested and successfully raised their next generation, thanks to an Eagles nest



[video:youtube]https://explore.org/snapshots/decorah-eagles/?snapshot=f7fbd888-2246-4b63-94a9-dd69f9237c51[/video]

I give Canadian geese a few hours respite in my pond. After that, it's time for them to move on.

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Hatched



April 3, 2023
HM laid egg #1 2/25/23 at 3:43 PM CT
HM laid egg #2 2/28/23 at 4:38 PM CT

We have a Pip!!
April 3, 2023
Pip pip hooray! Our eagle-eyed volunteers spotted a little starring on one of the eggs at around 6:53 this evening. Is it on the blunt side of the egg? Check! Are we on hatch watch? Check! And does the egg appear to jump or rock a little bit? It does. It has been eleven years since we watched eaglets hatch in this nest, but DH1 is on its way!
April 3, 2024: Pip in Decorah!
https://explore.org/livecams/raptor-resource-project/decorah-eagles#!

GABear Mod
https://explore.org/livecams/raptor-resource-project/decorah-goose-cam
16 minutes ago
April 26, 2023

Our 6 goslings took the Big Leap early this morning.
They were very quick about it. Began around 7:40 CT (nest time) if you want to rewind. Mother Goose got up and left and all 6 went in a couple minutes with no further encouragement. Five of them showed up to the parents waiting below before too long. A sixth took longer and seemed to be unable to maneuver in the water. RRP was able to rescue this one and send it to their veterinarian to be checked out as it seemed to have an issue with a leg.

Any further updates will be posted when we receive them.

Video Courtesy Buddy's Mom

April 27, 2023

https://explore.org/livecams/disqus/raptor-resource-project/decorah-goose-cam

From Raptor Resource Project
The injured gosling

We’re sorry to let everyone know that six didn’t make it. In reviewing the footage, it appears the gosling hit a branch on the way down and suffered a severe spinal injury. We can remove logs and dead wood from the bottom of the tree, but we can’t do much about large living limbs and we aren’t going to discourage nesting in N2B. Five out of six goslings survived the jump. This translates to a survival rate of 83%, which is higher than average. It is sad to lose one gosling – really sad! – but the geese we’re watching benefit as a whole from nesting on high.

The rest of the family has left the nest area, but new geese are looking at N2B. We’ve seen them in the nest, floating below the nest, promenading up the stream, and foraging on the grassy banks on each side of the creek. We think that these might be the same geese that challenged HD in N1: of course HD eventually got annoyed and chased them away. We’ll see what happens and if we can determine where the parents and goslings went after the leap of faith!

So often our birds make choices that seem incomprehensible to us, but they know their lives better than we do. For you, the broken-hearted nest watcher, I quote Kaeli Swift: “Please, rather than shutting down those deep feelings you have for wildlife…lean into them. Teach your friends and neighbors and children to feel those deep feelings. Because it’s from that space that we can do best by wildlife…”. Thank you so much for taking this journey with us. If you’d like to read Kaeli’s blog, follow this link: https://corvidresearch.blog...
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More Video links and photos of the leap of faith here in this blog:
https://www.raptorresource....

Caught Airforce One today.

Cleveland airshow, drunk guy steals an airplane.

I just got back from Burning Man last week. Finally feeling recovered from my thirteen days in the dust and heat. I took a ton of photos. Here’s one I’m willing to share. This is the temple the night it burned. There was a dust storm that night. I was close enough to feel the heat of the fire, catching this shot. At one point the wind and dust was so heavy that I couldn’t even see the glow of the fire from where I stood. When the dust subsided enough to see, the temple had already fallen. Navigating on bike back to camp was a challenge in blind navigation.

Lol. Happy Birthday.

Spent the last 10 days out west, we trekked through The Mighty Five national parks in Utah. A few very unprofessional pics from Capital Reef; starting with the Gifford Homestead (1908) and ending with the cartoon-like path to Hickman Bridge...

Beautiful country.

We started at the western entrance to Zion -- Kolob Canyons -- then drove all the way east to Moab. Stayed there three days for Arches, Canyonlands (my favorite) and Dead Horse Point (state park). From there it was Capitol Reef > Bryce Canyon > then finish back at the southern entrance to Zion. That entrance into the park is honestly breathtaking.

Then Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon and Vegas.

My feet are tired.

There is a wonderful sense of depth in this photos. Great shots!

Thanks! It's funny, after the first couple days I noticed there is no way to do these landscapes justice. I think it was instinctual, but I noticed I began including something more in the foreground... and it definitely added some needed "depth".

It most certainly did!

We went to Alaska in March:

The lights from Coldfoot



Denali from Talkeetna

It was. Traveled from Anchorage all the way to Atigun pass, 144 miles above the article circle. Ten days was not enough.

I have been on bit of a roll lately. enjoy

Too bad you never go anywhere nice .......

The beaches are Puerto Rico all the others are Manhattan and Brooklyn I live in NYC

Missed one, harvest moon from my dog walk.
This is Roosevelt island with Queens behind it.

Old San Juan

Great pic and beautiful place. We usually stay overnight and cruise out of there when we're doing the southern Caribbean.

Hi guys long time poster first time here
I live right outside the Teton yes I see the sun rise
On them every day
Somebody requested bighorn sheep the place to go right now
Is gardener Montana the breeding season is on .
There are world record bighorn sheep hanging around
The road.
Hope to post some pictures of grizzly bears as well
As 399.
I have a YouTube page
Mountainmikestours
And mikemckean

I saw that 399 was hit by a truck.

So many questions. Amazing area. Were you born there? How did you end up there? I don't know how I could live anywhere outside manhattan. But that area is beautiful

No born in California
Moved to Cleveland in 1973
Moved here 1997
Amazing area photography is a hobby
Really enjoy photography and getting the hard to get animals
Now starting to really enjoy landscapes
Also fabulous family activities like I said do not know
How to post photos here will definitely enjoy doing it

The Beacon Theater in NYC

Details please.