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White-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum) female

8/24/2016

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This female dragonfly was hunting and perching in a hedgerow along a grassy field at the Lowville Forestry Demonstration area in New York.  Males are red.
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Female white-faced meadowhawk at the Lowville Forestry Demonstration Area, New York
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Juvenile house wren from Lowville, New York

8/23/2016

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Wren's are pretty cute little birds.  This juvenile didn't stay around long but just long enough for a photo at the Lowville Forestry Demonstration Area in New York.
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A young house wren from Lowville, NY
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Ruby-throated hummingbird (female)

8/22/2016

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This female ruby-throated hummingbird was just sitting and having a look around during the hot mid-day summer sun at the Lowville Forestry Demonstration area in New York.
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Female ruby-throated hummingbird from Lowville, New York
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Little green heron and turtle

8/19/2016

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Took a walk one day at the Lowville Forestry Demonstration Area (Department of Environmental Conservation of New York).  Found these two in a very green canal.
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An immature little green heron and turtle at the Lowville Forestry Demonstration Area, New York
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Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) from New York

8/18/2016

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Big brown bats are now one of the most common bats in the US northeast, with most of the smaller little brown bats (and other Myotis) gone from White Nose Syndrome.
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Big brown bat from near Lowville, NY
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Setting up mist nets over a pond

8/17/2016

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Kodie Smith is setting up three single-high mist nets over this little pond on the Monongahela National Forest.  These little water holes in the otherwise dry upland forest are important places for the bats to come in for a drink as well as hatching off tasty insects.  Here we caught five species of bats. 
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Kodie Smith readies the mist nets in the Monongahela National Forest
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Harry Potter sorting hat

8/13/2016

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The recent gaps in the blog have bee due to just being busy.  I think I have it all sorted out now...
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Harry Potter sorting hat (in the sky)
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Yellow-rumped Warbler

8/6/2016

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Not a super great shot of the bird, but this yellow-rumped warbler was at the NY Department of Environmental Conservation's demonstration area today.
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Yellow-rumped warbler at the NY Department of Environmental Conservation property in Dadville, NY
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Song sparrow

8/5/2016

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We really do not care to catch birds in our bat nets, but it happens.  This song sparrow flew into my net two evenings in a row.  Both times the nets were "closed" which makes for quite the challenging extraction of the bird.
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Song sparrow from Denmark, New York
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Night sky with a walk through

8/4/2016

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Tonight I was taking some sky shots, and at one point saw Amelia Goebel coming my way.  I took a 25 second photo with her in a yellow safety vest and headlamp on walking through the pic which she did not know was going on.  Turned out kinda neat so I am putting it up here.

The whole point of my sky pics was to capture a shot with a shooting star in it, but that didn't happen even though we saw dozens of them.
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Amelia Goebel at night
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