Posted on January 27, 2023

This 3’/1m iguana is missing its right front hand. It most have happend quite a while age since it has survived growing to this size. I photographed it in a tree next to where I’m staying in Uvita, Costa Rica.

Category: Uncategorized Tagged: animal, iguana, Nature, Photography, Timothy S. Allen, tree

Posted on January 26, 2023

Macaw in Flight

Category: Action, animal, bird, Nature, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged: animal, beak, bird, Costa Rica, fly, macaw, red, Uvita, wing

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Big Cats Lick their Paws Too

Posted on December 24, 2022

Category: animal, Boston, Nature, Park, Photography, Travel Tagged: animal, Boston, cat, ear, eye, Franklin Park Zoo, fur, lick, lion, MA, mouth, nose, Photography, Timothy S. Allen, tongue

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I’m Tired

Posted on December 23, 2022

A lion at the Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, MA

Category: animal, Boston, Nature, Park, Photography, Portrait, Travel Tagged: animal, fauna, Franklin Park Zoo, hair, lion, MA, main, mouth, Park, Photography, teeth, Timothy S. Allen, tired, yawn, zoo

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Cleaning my Tail

Posted on December 12, 2022

Giraffes take advantage of their long tongues. Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, MA.

Category: Uncategorized Tagged: animal, Boston, clean, fauna, Franklin Park Zoo, girraffe, MA, Photography, tail, Timothy S. Allen, tongue, zoo

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dribble

Posted on December 9, 2022

After drinking water. Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, MA

Category: animal, Boston, Nature, Photography, Portrait, Travel Tagged: animal, drink, drip, Franklin Park Zoo, girraffe, Photography, Timothy S. Allen, tongue, Water

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Drinking Water

Posted on December 8, 2022

How does a giraffes get the water from it’s mouth to its stomach 10 or more feet away. According to the article, “How Do Giraffes Drink Water” in *Inside Science*. A biological plunger pump is used. “In the model proposed by the researchers, the giraffe’s lips form one valve of the “pump” while the animal’s epiglottis, located at the back of the mouth, is the other. To start, the giraffe sinks its puckered lips into the water and then pulls back its jaw, allowing water to rush into the mouth while keeping the epiglottis “valve” closed. Next, the giraffe clenches its lips, relaxes the epiglottis, and pumps its jaw so that the captured water is pushed into the esophagus.” Here is the link to the article: https://www.insidescience.org/news/how-do-giraffes-drink-water

Category: animal, Boston, Nature, Park, Photography, Travel Tagged: animal, drink, Franklin Park Zoo, giraffe, Inside Science, Photography, Science, Timothy S. Allen, Water

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Posted on November 3, 2022

King of the Lions

Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, MA

Category: animal, Uncategorized Tagged: animal, Boston, lion, Massachusetts, zoo

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Crabbing #4

Posted on August 22, 2022

Seagull eating crab's leg — Even the crab’s leg is eaten. No cracking tool just straight down the throat. Salmon River Estuary, north of Lincoln City Oregon.

Category: animal, bird, Nature, Oregon, Photography, Travel Tagged: animal, bird, catch, crab, eat, fauna, fly, leg, Lincoln City, Oregon, Otis, Photography, rock, Salmon River Estuary, seagull, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, swallow, Timothy S. Allen

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Crabbing #3

Posted on August 21, 2022

seagull eat crab — This seagull caught this crab and brought it to the rocky shore. It dropped it and began tearing the meat from the crab’s underside. I took this photo on the Salmon River Estuary north of Lincoln City, Oregon.

Category: animal, bird, Nature, Oregon, Photography, Travel Tagged: animal, bird, crab, eat, fauna, fly, gray, Lincoln City, Otis, Photography, Salmon River Estuary, seagul, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Timothy S. Allen, white

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Crabbing (cont.)

Posted on August 19, 2022

Seagull holding crab — The seagull has landed and will begin eating the crab it caught earlier. I photographed this on the Salmon River Estuary, north of Lincoln City, Oregon.

Category: animal, bird, Nature, Oregon, Photography, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Travel Tagged: animal, bird, catch, crab, eat, fauna, fly, land, Oregon, Otis, Photography, river, Salmon River Estuary, seagull, shore, Timothy S. Allen, water bird

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Crabbing

Posted on August 18, 2022

Seagull flying with crab — The seagull just grabbed this crab and was flying to a dry spot to eat it. Salmon River Estuary north of Lincoln City Oregon.

Category: animal, bird, Nature, Oregon, Photography, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Travel Tagged: animal, bird, catch, crab, eat, fauna, fly, light, Oregon, Photography, Salmon River Estuary, seagull, shadow, Timothy S. Allen, Water

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Two Seals or its reflection

Posted on August 15, 2022

seals or a reflection — I took this photo on the Salmon River Estuary north of Lincoln City, Oregon.

Category: animal, Nature, Oregon, Photography, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Travel Tagged: animal, Environment, fauna, fishing, Lincoln City, Nature, Photography, reflection, Salmon River Estuary, seal, Timothy S. Allen, Water

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Bringing a Small Fish Home

Posted on July 26, 2022

Osprey flying with fish to nest — The osprey parent is bringing a fish for its fledgling to practice carrying. The fish is small complete with its head. My last posting had the fledgling flying above the nest with the fish in its talons.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, California, fauna, fish, fledgling, flying, Lake Sonoma, nest, osprey, parent, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen, training

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Learning to fly with a fish

Posted on July 24, 2022

Trying to fly — This fledgling osprey has picked up the fish that its mother has dropped in the nest and trying to fly with it – all part of the learning process.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, bird, bird of prey, California, fauna, fish, fledgling, Lake Sonoma, nest, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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Growing

Posted on June 26, 2022

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, baby, bird, California, eyas, fauna, Lake Sonoma, nest, osprey, parent, Photography, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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Leaving the Nest with Two Watching

Posted on June 22, 2022

Osprey flying from the nest while to babies look on. — Two eyases have their heads down, and all we can see is their eyes peeking out from the nest. I took this at Sonoma Lake, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, birds, brown, California, eyas, fauna, fly, hide, nest, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, Sonoma Lake, stick, Timothy S. Allen, white

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Sibling Rivalry (3 – 3)

Posted on June 17, 2022

sibling aggression. — The osprey eyas, who was the original aggressor seems to be cringing under the aggressive behavior of its sibling. The parent seems to be finally responding. When I first viewed the newly born birds there were three eyases. The aggression of its siblings may have resulted in its death. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, California.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: aggression, animal, bird, California, fauna, Lake Sonoma, nest, osprey, parent, Photography, sibling, sibling rivalry, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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Sibling Rivalry (2 of 3)

Posted on June 16, 2022

osprey sibling aggression — The osprey eyas on the right responds aggressively to his sibling’s aggression. The parent seems unconcerned. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, California.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: aggression, animal, baby, bird, California, eyas, Lake Sonoma, osprey, Photography, sibling rivalry, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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Sibling Rivalry

Posted on June 15, 2022

2 baby osprey arguing — When observing birds, it is not unusual to see conflict take place. It could be territorial or over food. In a nest, young birds such as these two osprey eyases are in conflict for who will dominate and get more food. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, California.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: adult, anger, animal, baby, bird, California, dominance, eyas, fauna, Lake Sonoma, nest, osprey, Photography, rivalry, sibling, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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Photographs by Timothy S. Allen

Exploring the World with a Camera

Big Cats Lick their Paws Too

I’m Tired

Cleaning my Tail

dribble

Drinking Water

Crabbing #4

Crabbing #3

Crabbing (cont.)

Crabbing

Two Seals or its reflection

Bringing a Small Fish Home

Learning to fly with a fish

Growing

Leaving the Nest with Two Watching

Sibling Rivalry (3 – 3)

Sibling Rivalry (2 of 3)

Sibling Rivalry

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