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SaganagaJoe
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Western Montana, June 2014, on the way down to Yellowstone. I took this photo "blind" behind my back from the passenger seat.
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RLJ
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lindylair
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Kind of think of this as a mood shot...
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Banksiana
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 Some creek in Quetico-Superior
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SaganagaJoe
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A fall paddle up at the cabin, North Sand Lake (Webster, Wisconsin), October 2018
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MHS67
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mooseplums: "  "
Neat picture!
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mooseplums
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Along the Root River near Lanesboro, MN
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lindylair
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Mocha
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lindylair
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Caribou Lake
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hobbydog
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hobbydog
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ozarkpaddler
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Here's an ol hunk of rock on Clearwater Lake off the Gunflint:
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lindylair
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Rapror and sunset
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lindylair
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oops... disregard...double post
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SaganagaJoe
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ghamer
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Lots of great shots so far this month!
 Bunchberry and birch behind Malberg camp.
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ozarkpaddler
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Raptor & sunset? OK!
 
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lindylair
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I love shooting close ups - fungi, plants, insects and of course flowers. This is one of my favorite flower shots.
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Mocha
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sometimes i just get some good shots. recently i pressed something on my camera and now it's a big mess. i don't know what i did and don't want to revert to factory settings. so, i haven't been taking many photos lately.
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ghamer
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I'll be thinking about the critters the next couple days... brutal cold here in the Midwest! The feeders have been extra busy. 
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MHS67
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mooseplums, my favorite animal!
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SaganagaJoe
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Some creek in Olympic National Park this past November.
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lindylair
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hobbydog, a mood shot eh? You captured it well, very nice.
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SaganagaJoe
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hobbydog: "  "
What did it take to get that shot? Patience? A good lens? Both? I would love to get into more bird photography.
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Mocha
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lindylair
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Immature Bald Eagle near Turtle-Flambeau Flowage
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hobbydog
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Seagull Lake Loon
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hobbydog
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Something a little softer.
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hobbydog
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ozarkpaddler: "hobbydog: " Trying to hide....good thing I wasn't the big bad wolf. "
OK, hobbydog, my last January photo is another hidden animal....the big bad bear:
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Was it a big bear or a cub that momma hid?
I saw something stick its head up out of the hay field as I drove by, then disappear. By the time stopped and got across the ditch I couldn't find it. I was thinking it was a fawn. Then I saw a little movement. To my surprise it was a calf elk. He let me walk right up to him. When the shutter went off he was up and running with his ears on backwards.
 
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SaganagaJoe
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Sheryl, I love the one you took at Nanibijou. That's a very, very nice picture there. Well done.
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SaganagaJoe
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More fall leaves from Wisconsin. I just wish the sun was out that day (like I could control that!)
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Banksiana
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The other end of the maple season. 
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lindylair
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Similar shot but I don't think it's as sharp as yours...nice shot hobbydog
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lindylair
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Love Bird photography, it is perhaps the greatest challenge. They are small and move quickly.
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lindylair
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But when you get a good one it is very satisfying
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Mocha
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high falls pigeon river May 30, 2012. not sure if 2011 was a big snow season but this seems like lots of spring runoff.
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lindylair
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banksiana, nice loon shot. i have seen that hunkered down stance many times, think it means they are getting ticked off:)
If we start with loon shots i have a feeling we might have lots of company
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hobbydog
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hobbydog
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Trying to hide....good thing I wasn't the big bad wolf.
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ozarkpaddler
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OK, here's soft:
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MHS67
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lindylair
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Ausable
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hobbydog: "  "
I like that my eye is drawn to the sunlight on the tree. There is a promise of some warmth to come.
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Mocha
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 on the beach where the cross river flows into gunflint lake.
 on the beach of lake superior by nanibijou lodge
 mid-sept on the shore of lake superior.
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SaganagaJoe
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There are loons in this picture - look closely. Seagull, September 2016.
Have we all gone loony or what?
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mooseplums
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A visitor
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Ausable
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There have been so many wonderful pictures here this month that I have been at a loss about what I wanted to share. Finally, to return briefly to the opening theme, a rock from a campsite on This Man in Quetico:
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lindylair
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Guess I'll try to "carrion" the trend...
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lindylair
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My one and only owl shot. Hear them all the time but rarely see them. Definitely something i want to work on.
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mapsguy1955
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have to drop a rock, from Rawn in 2015 and a Loon in 2018
 
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SaganagaJoe
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This is from a marsh near my parent's house in Washington a few years ago. I took it from up in a tree. The marsh was frozen over pretty solidly, which rarely happens in our part of Washington.
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MHS67
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rocks and reflections.
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lindylair
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B&W
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SaganagaJoe
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Mt. Rainier National Park, January 2017.
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ozarkpaddler
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mooseplums: "ozarkpaddler: "I love Bison myself. Here's a few:
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The one on the left is especially nice...
Mind if I use it as a reference for a painting?"
That would be an "Honor!" I took that one at Custer S.P. in South Dakota. THe other is in Yellowstone. Here's another I like from Custer, momma, poppa, and baby:
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Banksiana
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hobbydog
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Mocha
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ozarkpaddler
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Saw some raptor pics, how about an eagle pic from last week on the Current River?
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SaganagaJoe
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hobbydog: "SaganagaJoe: "
Some creek in Olympic National Park this past November. "
I can sit and stare at that for awhile. "
Glad you liked it! Here's another from a different area of the park:
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ozarkpaddler
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I love Bison myself. Here's a few:
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ozarkpaddler
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How about the Cross River for a creek?
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hobbydog
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lindylair
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Some creek in Banning State Park - actually Wolf Creek above the falls
If you haven't been to Banning, you are missing some really cool stuff and some great photo ops, especially in the fall. That area around Wolf Creek Falls is one of my favs in MN.
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ozarkpaddler
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Mocha: " on the beach where the cross river flows into gunflint lake.
on the beach of lake superior by nanibijou lodge
mid-sept on the shore of lake superior. "
LOVE those close-ups of those beaches, I never have thought of shooting that! Here's some matching photos of the "Bigger" view:
Naniboujou Beach
Bay where Cross River flows into Gunflint 
And a closeup from me, the Cross River where it flows into Gunflint Lake 
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ozarkpaddler
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hobbydog: "  "
NICE
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mooseplums
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Osprey near my home
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MHS67
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hobbydog
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MHS67
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mooseplums
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Sunset   And Raptor
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mooseplums
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ozarkpaddler: "mooseplums: "Sunset And Raptor"
WOW, what a fantastic Osprey pic!"
I live by a chain of lakes, and one spring at ice out there were 10 of them in trees near open water on one of the lakes. I was able to get within 25 yards from this one
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ghamer
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How about some vultures... 
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ghamer
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mooseplums
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Desert Bighorn
I photographed this one in the Superstition Mtns in AZ
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SaganagaJoe
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mooseplums: "Desert Bighorn
I photographed this one in the Superstition Mtns in AZ
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That's a nice ram there. Good picture!
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ghamer
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So many beautiful photos again this month!
Here are a couple of shots from the Lower Basswood Falls area from a few years back...
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lindylair
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SaganagaJoe
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Colchuck Lake, June 2017
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MHS67
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Banksiana
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Lower Basswood with lots of water. 
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Mocha
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hidden skeleton
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lindylair
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Great shots everyone! Gary you nailed that photo of LBF gorgeous. Sag Joe, I darn near shivered just looking at that lake! MP I have spent a fair amount of time in the Superstition Mtns...never seen one of those. Nice find.
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hobbydog
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mooseplums
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hobbydog
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SaganagaJoe: "What did it take to get that shot? Patience? A good lens? Both? I would love to get into more bird photography. "
It was with my D500 and a Nikon 18-300 lens. Taken on Little John Lake in early June last year. It is hard when you are solo as you have to paddle, drift and get a few shots paddle some more. This pair kept going back and forth and it is a fine line between getting to close and spooking them and not getting close enough. Then having them swim in front of some nice contrasting background. Like most good shots, there are 50 or more you throw away. Goldeyes can be hard to not blow out the whites, Here is the last shot in the sequence, not as sharp nor did I get it framed right.
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lindylair
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Lake Superior shoreline
Hidden Falls at Nerstrand
Baptism River
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hobbydog
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ozarkpaddler
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hobbydog: " Trying to hide....good thing I wasn't the big bad wolf.
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GREAT pics Mocha! Pileated woodpeckers are SO hard to get a picture of. They seem to know when I DON'T have a camera?
OK, hobbydog, my last January photo is another hidden animal....the big bad bear:
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MHS67
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Lake Superior shore.
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Mocha
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went through photos from the past 7 years to see what i thought was interesting around the end of january each of those years. ahhhh.... memories.....
 riding along with the ski trail groomer, 2012
 who doesn't leave the outdoor lights on the trees til spring? 2013.
 grand marais harbor at sunset, 2014.
 beargrease, 2015.
 gunflint lake, looking at canada, 2016.
 minneopa state park bison, 2017.
 eagle on a deer carcass, near morton mn, 2018.
 little buck, still has his antlers, 2019.
there has been a pileated woodpecker flitting from tree to tree today but i can't keep up with my camera until it sits still!
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MHS67
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SaganagaJoe: "
Western Montana, June 2014, on the way down to Yellowstone. I took this photo "blind" behind my back from the passenger seat. "
If your travels took you through Red Lodge and over Bear Tooth Summit, You might have seen this sight. 
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mooseplums
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Mocha
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hobbydog
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ghamer
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Lindy - nice spiderwort shot!
Mocha - Bummer on the camera setting... what kind of camera is it and what is it doing? Maybe someone on the board can help figure out what got changed.
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ozarkpaddler
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mooseplums: "Sunset And Raptor"
WOW, what a fantastic Osprey pic!
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ozarkpaddler
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Ahhhh, Montana and winter birdies:
 
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mooseplums
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Winter escape... 
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Mocha
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MHS67
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lindylair, that is a beauty!
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SaganagaJoe
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2nd Bay of Saganaga, August 2016
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lindylair
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Raptor and sunset
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lindylair
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Totally random shots
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SaganagaJoe
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Ausable: "There have been so many wonderful pictures here this month that I have been at a loss about what I wanted to share. Finally, to return briefly to the opening theme, a rock from a campsite on This Man in Quetico:
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....and what a share! Love the texture and color in this one.
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lindylair
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It was worth the wait, really cool rock and photo.
I suspect we all have a few of these...
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cowdoc
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same hunk....
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SaganagaJoe
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ozarkpaddler: "How about the Cross River for a creek?
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That's a nice spot there - and nice picture!
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SaganagaJoe
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Snowshoeing near Snoqualmie Pass, January 2017.
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lindylair
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A fairly well known rock, presumably randomly dropped from a glacier thousands of years ago, and there it has stayed. Somewhere between Polly and Malberg Lakes:)
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lindylair
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Rocks, rocks and more rocks. Another fairly well known spot, the rockslide on the western end of Brule Lake.
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hobbydog
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Mocha
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gunflint lake, march 21, 2012.
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SaganagaJoe
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Here's a rock, i.e. part of the Cambrian Shield, with Ester Lake.
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ghamer
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That is one colorful rock Lindy!
A quick search didn't bring up any rocks by themselves, so I'll post one with some mergansers on it.
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hobbydog
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lindylair
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MHS, I remembered taking this shot, the closest I can come to Rocks and Reflections. Nice shot.
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Mocha
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on the shore of our site on Quetico lake. it always reminds me of the jaw of a very large animal
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Banksiana
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lindylair
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Lake Superior at Tettegouche
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hobbydog
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Somehow they survive.
 
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ozarkpaddler
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B&W? My wife at Two Medicine Lake Glacier NP
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Banksiana
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lindylair
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Yup, agreed...stare and listen. Great shot Joe.
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Mocha
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this little guy has been hanging around our birdbath all winter. we also have a mourning dove. i know it's not unusual as long as there is a food source. but where do they sleep and how do they keep warm? so much activity of deer and birds today! the snowstorm as started so hopefully they have all found a snug place to hunker down
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hobbydog
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mooseplums
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ozarkpaddler: "I love Bison myself. Here's a few:
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The one on the left is especially nice...
Mind if I use it as a reference for a painting?
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mooseplums
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I found this GINORMOUS bull near Pierre, SD  
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ghamer
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Beautiful shots everyone!
Here are a couple loon shots from Grace lake...
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hobbydog
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SaganagaJoe: "
Some creek in Olympic National Park this past November. "
I can sit and stare at that for awhile.
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lindylair
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Some creek in Smoky Mountains National Park - Spring 2012
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hobbydog
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Mocha
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MHS67
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 Sea gull on the coast.
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Banksiana
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Winter Escape
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Ausable
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These are from the lunar eclipse of 20 January 2019. The first is of the Moon in the phase leading to the full eclipse, and the second is of the full eclipse. My wife told me that the outside temperature was 11 F. I made sure to put the camera and lens in a bag before I brought them inside. My glasses and tripod frosted immediately.
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hobbydog
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lindylair
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mooseplums, really cool shot, that thing looks huge
Gary nice loon shots, love the one of the young one being fed a crayfish. Really sharp and good catch.
Couple more loons...
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MHS67
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hobbydog
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MHS67
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Banksiana
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lindylair
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We'll start this month off with a rock...just a plain old grayish rock...
until the setting sun's golden rays hit it, it transformed into a much more interesting subject.
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SaganagaJoe
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That is fantastic.
Mt. Daniel in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, July 2017. While I don't live in Washington anymore, I love looking back at these pictures and planning future hiking trips out there.
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hobbydog
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The purple wall on Echo Lake Whiteshell PP. The seeps on this north facing wall keep the caribou moss thick and lush. 
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