2022-05-31 Crystal Lake in Grande Prairie
38 Photos
Black-Billed Magpie(Pica hudsonia) |
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Description: The woods along the shore of Crystal Lake provided meetings with birds such as Black-Billed Magpies. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 15:13 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: BlackBilledMagpie_8505271-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Billed Magpie(Pica hudsonia) |
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Description: The woods along the shore of Crystal Lake provided meetings with birds such as Black-Billed Magpies. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 15:14 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: BlackBilledMagpie_8505288-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Canada Goose(Branta canadensis) |
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Description: The Canada Geese I met at Crystal Lake were most assuredly “Canadian Geese”. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 13:59 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: CanadaGoose_8504948-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Common Grackle(Quiscalus quiscula) |
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Description: Not all the ‘blackbirds’ I met at Crystal Lake were Red-Winged. Common Grackles share the marshy edges too. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 13:28 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: CommonGrackle_8504807-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Common Grackle(Quiscalus quiscula) |
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Description: Not all the ‘blackbirds’ I met at Crystal Lake were Red-Winged. Common Grackles share the marshy edges too. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 15:34 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: CommonGrackle_8505383-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Franklin's Gull(Leucophaeus pipixcan) |
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Description: I don’t meet Franklin’s Gulls nearly often enough. Today I enjoyed capturing airborne images of them. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 13:36 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_8504824-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Franklin's Gull(Leucophaeus pipixcan) |
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Description: I don’t meet Franklin’s Gulls nearly often enough. Today I enjoyed capturing airborne images of them. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 13:43 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_8504862-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Franklin's Gull(Leucophaeus pipixcan) |
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Description: I don’t meet Franklin’s Gulls nearly often enough. Today I enjoyed capturing airborne images of them. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 14:02 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_8504961-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Franklin's Gull(Leucophaeus pipixcan) |
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Description: I don’t meet Franklin’s Gulls nearly often enough. Today I enjoyed capturing airborne images of them. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 16:09 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_8505457-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Franklin's Gull(Leucophaeus pipixcan) |
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Description: I don’t meet Franklin’s Gulls nearly often enough. Today I enjoyed capturing airborne images of them. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 16:09 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_8505458-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Franklin's Gull(Leucophaeus pipixcan) |
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Description: I don’t meet Franklin’s Gulls nearly often enough. Today I enjoyed capturing airborne images of them. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 16:09 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_8505479-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Gadwall(Mareca strepera) |
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Description: Most of the dabbling ducks on Crystal Lake were Mallards. Occasionally, a Gadwall would fly by and treat me to an opportunity to capture an image. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 15:39 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Gadwall_8505405-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Mallard(Anas platyrhynchos) |
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Description: All the Mallards on Crystal Lake were competing for mates. Their antics involved many take-offs and landings, and I enjoyed chasing the action through my lens. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 13:39 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Mallard_8504841-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Mallard(Anas platyrhynchos) |
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Description: All the Mallards on Crystal Lake were competing for mates. Their antics involved many take-offs and landings, and I enjoyed chasing the action through my lens. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 16:15 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Mallard_8505526-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Mallard(Anas platyrhynchos) |
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Description: All the Mallards on Crystal Lake were competing for mates. Their antics involved many take-offs and landings, and I enjoyed chasing the action through my lens. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 16:15 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Mallard_8505532-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Mallard(Anas platyrhynchos) |
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Description: All the Mallards on Crystal Lake were competing for mates. Their antics involved many take-offs and landings, and I enjoyed chasing the action through my lens. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 16:17 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Mallard_8505545-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Mallard(Anas platyrhynchos) |
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Description: All the Mallards on Crystal Lake were competing for mates. Their antics involved many take-offs and landings, and I enjoyed chasing the action through my lens. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 16:18 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Mallard_8505597-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Mallard(Anas platyrhynchos) |
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Description: All the Mallards on Crystal Lake were competing for mates. Their antics involved many take-offs and landings, and I enjoyed chasing the action through my lens. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 16:18 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Mallard_8505619-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Mallard(Anas platyrhynchos) |
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Description: All the Mallards on Crystal Lake were competing for mates. Their antics involved many take-offs and landings, and I enjoyed chasing the action through my lens. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 16:20 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: Mallard_8505628-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Northern Flicker(Colaptes auratus) |
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Description: The woods along the shore of Crystal Lake provided meetings with Yellow-Shafted Northern Flickers. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 14:46 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: NorthernFlicker_8505096-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Northern Flicker(Colaptes auratus) |
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Description: The woods along the shore of Crystal Lake provided meetings with Yellow-Shafted Northern Flickers. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 14:47 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: NorthernFlicker_8505144-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Northern Flicker(Colaptes auratus) |
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Description: The woods along the shore of Crystal Lake provided meetings with Yellow-Shafted Northern Flickers. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 14:48 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: NorthernFlicker_8505196-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Northern Flicker(Colaptes auratus) |
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Description: The woods along the shore of Crystal Lake provided meetings with Yellow-Shafted Northern Flickers, and there was love in the air. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 15:19 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: NorthernFlicker_8505356-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Northern Flicker(Colaptes auratus) |
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Description: The woods along the shore of Crystal Lake provided meetings with Yellow-Shafted Northern Flickers, and there was love in the air. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 15:19 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: NorthernFlicker_8505359-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Red-Winged Blackbird(Agelaius phoeniceus) |
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Description: I met many Red-Winged Blackbirds at Crystal Lake. The hens were setting up nests, while the boys continued posing. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 14:33 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: RedWingBlackbird_8505075-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ring-Billed Gull(Larus delawarensis) |
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Description: While Franklin’s Gulls were clearly in the majority of the gull census, there were a few Ring-Billed Gulls to spice up the action. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 14:22 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: RingBilledGull_8505041-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ring-Billed Gull(Larus delawarensis) |
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Description: While Franklin’s Gulls were clearly in the majority of the gull census, there were a few Ring-Billed Gulls to spice up the action. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 15:42 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: RingBilledGull_8505416-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ring-Billed Gull(Larus delawarensis) |
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Description: While Franklin’s Gulls were clearly in the majority of the gull census, there were a few Ring-Billed Gulls to spice up the action. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 15:42 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: RingBilledGull_8505420-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Trumpeter Swan(Cygnus buccinator) |
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Description: Trumpeter swans have been nesting in Crystal Lake for decades at least. I met them here in 2005. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 13:49 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: TrumpeterSwan_8504917-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Western Tanager(Piranga ludoviciana) |
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Description: The woods along the shore of Crystal Lake provided meetings with songbirds, such as this female Western Tanager. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 14:56 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WesternTanager_8505212-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Western Tanager(Piranga ludoviciana) |
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Description: The woods along the shore of Crystal Lake provided meetings with songbirds, such as this female Western Tanager. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 14:57 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WesternTanager_8505218-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Western Tanager(Piranga ludoviciana) |
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Description: The woods along the shore of Crystal Lake provided meetings with songbirds, such as this female Western Tanager. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 15:23 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WesternTanager_8505372-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Western Wood-Pewee(Contopus sordidulus) |
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Description: The woods along the shore of Crystal Lake provided meetings with songbirds, such as this Western Wood-Pewee. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 14:58 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WesternWoodPewee_8505221-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Wilson's Phalarope(Phalaropus tricolor) |
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Description: While I was driving to Grande Prairie, I made a random stop on a side road and found phalaropes. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:01 10:11 |
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Location:
South Peace Centennial Museum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WilsonsPhalarope_8505674Beaverlodge.AB_ |
| (C)Jack Daynes |
Wilson's Phalarope(Phalaropus tricolor) |
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Description: While I was driving to Grande Prairie, I made a random stop on a side road and found phalaropes. |
Date Taken: 2022:06:01 10:11 |
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Location:
South Peace Centennial Museum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: WilsonsPhalarope_8505664Beaverlodge.AB_ |
| (C)Jack Daynes |
Lesser Scaup(Aythya affinis) |
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Description: The Lesser Scaup on Crystal Lake seem to have formed pair-bonds. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 15:50 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: LesserScaup_8505435-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Lesser Scaup(Aythya affinis) |
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Description: The Lesser Scaup on Crystal Lake seem to have formed pair-bonds. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 15:51 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: LesserScaup_8505438-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Lesser Scaup(Aythya affinis) |
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Description: The Lesser Scaup on Crystal Lake seem to have formed pair-bonds. |
Date Taken: 2022:05:31 15:51 |
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Location:
Crystal Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: LesserScaup_8505445-CrystalLake.GrandePrairie |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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