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Lame-Duck wrote in post #19180452
Absolutely wonderful, Borbet! I love this one.

Ha, ha...the famous head stand. Very cool shot, Paul!

Lovely hen wood duck portrait, fotoi!

Superb capture, Bill!

Great capture, Paul! Beautiful shot!

Awesome close-up of this incoming wood duck drake, fotoi! The color is great.

Beauriful...great color and light, Steve!

Very attractive, colorful shot, SYS!

Strikingly gorgeous, Walter!

This one is a beauty, Walter!

Many thanks for the thoughtful comments Mike.
Happy trails.

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mikeivan wrote in post #19180458
LUCKY CHANCE
Yesterday, I noticed some activity in my front yard. Looking through the glass window in my front door, I saw this (taken with my iPhone):

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I took several photos with my birding rig, through the oval pane (about 4" wide) in the center of the window. This is the best image, very slightly cropped:

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A Cooper's Hawk, probably a female, was devouring a White-winged Dove, less than 30' from my front door! She looked right at me, several times, and flew away with the left overs, after about 5 minutes posing. An experience I won't forget. Thanks for looking.

They gotta eat too. I've not had as much activity from them this year for some reason. Nice capture, Mike.

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From a few years ago, reprocessed with Topaz

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Great Blue Heron with catch

Happy trails
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