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

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

Boat-Billed Heron

Posted on December 11, 2022

Herons are a stocky medium-sized bird. Their bills are as wide as their heads, and they have large eyes that aid in night-hunting. Their beak is very sensitive, allowing them to feel out prey in murky water. They have a dark crown and flight feathers and a light underbelly and face.
Herons have a specialized downy feather that doesn’t molt and grows continuously throughout the bird’s life. The ends break off as a powder that the heron then uses while preening to waterproof its other feathers. Franklin Park Zoo, https://www.zoonewengland.org/franklin-park-zoo/our-animals/birds/boat-billed-heron/

Category: animal, bird, Boston, Nature, Photography, Travel Tagged: bill, bird, Bird's World, boat-billed heron, Boston, captive, eyes, fauna, feathers, Franklin Park Zoo, Photography, Timothy S. Allen

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

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

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

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

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

Here’s Looking at You

Posted on July 18, 2022

3 osprey sitting in their nest — Father and two fledglings osprey in their nest.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: bird, California, eyas, fauna, fledgling, Lake Sonoma, looking, nest, osprey, Photography, Raptor, sitting, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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Testing its wings

Posted on July 15, 2022

Osprey fledgling testing its wings — This fledgling osprey is testing its wings. They are getting closer to flying. I took this 7-14-2022.

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

Growing

Posted on June 26, 2022

This eyas osprey is growing rapidly. The other eyas is under the shade of its parent. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA.

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

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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A Meal

Posted on June 14, 2022

Great egret eating a fish — This great egret had just caught this fish. The bird’s beak is about 6″ or 15 cm long. That’s a pretty big meal. It had no problem getting it down its long throat. I took this at Inverness on Tomales Bay.

Category: animal, bird, California, Marin County, Nature Tagged: animal, beak, bird, California, eating, fauna, fish, Great Egret, hunting, Inverness, Marin County, Photography, reed, Timothy S. Allen, Tomales Bay, white

A Small Snack

Posted on June 13, 2022

Great Egret eating a tadpole — This great egret was hunting food on the edge of Tomales Bay in Inverness, Marin County, CA., when it caught what looks like a tadpole.

Category: animal, bird, California, Marin County, Nature, Photography Tagged: animal, bird, California, fauna, Great Egret, hunting, Inverness, Marin County, Photography, reeds, tadpole, Timothy S. Allen, Tomales Bay

An Osprey Flying with a Fish

Posted on June 9, 2022

Osprey flying with a fish. — This is the same picture of the osprey that I published yesterday but tightly cropped. I’ve been learning about wildlife cropping from Matt Kloskowski’s Wildlife Editing Secrets course. He’s recommending that we consider the environment and the action of the wildlife when cropping. The crop would be based on what the photographer thought was most important.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, beak, bird, California, crop, fauna, feather, fish, fly, hunting, Lake Sonoma, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, talons, Timothy S. Allen

Osprey Landing with a Fish

Posted on June 8, 2022

Osprey landing — This osprey had been in its nest, tearing up this fish and feeding its young. It had flown off and was landing on this pole. I took this photo at Lake Sonoma, Sonoma County, CA.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, bird, California, fauna, fish, fly, Lake Sonoma, landing, osprey, Photography, pole, Sonoma County, Timothy S. Allen

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