Mute swans at Bong State Recreation Area, Kenosha County, Wis. -- May 2006
-- Sam photo
-- Sam photo
Great blue heron, Squaw Valley NWR Mound City, MO -- Nov. 2005
-- John photo
-- John photo
Mallard duck flings off water droplets
Rock Island, IL -- Jan. 2006
--Aaron photo
Rock Island, IL -- Jan. 2006
--Aaron photo
This photo of two black-capped chickadees -- one at a suet feeder, the other hovering in the background -- was featured on National Geographic's "Your Shot" website for April 2007. The page features work from amateur photographers. John submitted the picture because he liked the tension created by the intruder bird, who had to decide what to do next. It also is a one-in-a-million shot; it wasn't planned. The bird flew into the frame just as the camera shutter button was pressed. The photo also appeared on page 153 of the September 2007 edition of National Geographic Magazine as one of 12 thumbnail pictures promoting its new puzzle page online.
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White-tailed deer hurdles brush at Camp Logan, Zion, IL, Spring 2006
--John photo
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A crow sips water as it swoops across Lake Michigan at the Racine, Wis. lakefront. This photo won a calendar contest honorable mention. For more details, click the asterisk below to enter our website, then look for the link on the left side of the webpage for 2009/10 Calendar Photos.
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Time to picnic. These barn swallows are demanding attention from their parents as they bring food to their nest in a picnic shelter at Bong State Recreation Area in Brighton, WI.
A Yellow Warbler flees from a tree at Bong State Recreation Area, Brighton, Wis.
-- Sam photo