Pics - Pics - Pics - 2022 - Part 2

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Pics - Pics - Pics - 2022 - Part 2

I greatly appreciated all of the comments and likes I received in
my last post, and in that I tried to pick the best shots to post,
I still had a bunch of good shots that never made the cut. So,
here is part 2.

In the original post, the lady holding the fawn is my better half and life long love.
We celebrated 50 years together recently.

Here is the same little buck named Sage at his temporary home a few weeks after we gave him
to the rescue center. They have minimal human contact and a total of 7 of them
were released in early September on a huge tract of private land that has no hunting.
The lady at the rescue center kept my wife updated through out the summer. Good deed done.
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A recent pond pic
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This pond pic was taken the first part of September a day
after I added some more Aquashade pond dye. It cuts down on
the wave length of light that promotes algae and weed growth.
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Bufflehead Ducks
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Blue Heron
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Hooded Mergansers
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Indigo Bunting
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Rose Breasted Grosbeak
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Nuthatch
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Tufted Titmouse
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Yellow Shafted Norther Flicker
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Brown Thrasher Feeding Her Young
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Eagle
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Pouncing on a mole
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Wood Duck/s
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Toms Putting On Their Puffy Shirts To Impress The Ladies
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Branch Licking Behavior By The Twin Bucks
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A doe on high alert - When they stomp their front hove, they leave
a garlic smell on the ground that alerts other deer. I'm not sure
what had her so nervous other than her twin fawns were behind her,
and other bucks are sometimes considered a threat. Possibly a coyote
or two could have her reacting this way as well. She watched the woods
intently for about 5 minutes before going back to grazing on the sweet
clover and other varieties of plants they love.

I purposely plant food plots of plants they love to browse on and they keep it mowed down
almost to the ground. It lets me watch the local herd daily which varies from
a dozen to up to 30 or more when they are yarded up in the winter.
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Doe - Turtle
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Bunny - Black Squirrel
"Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don't we?" Paul McCartney - Ebony and Ivory
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More of Wife's Artwork
Rock Art - Acrylics
The frog and turtle are smaller rocks sitting atop the waterlily painted rock.
She has been using fine tipped brushes with the acrylics, so I just ordered her
a large set of extra fine tipped acrylic pens for her upcoming birthday.
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Pet Portrait - Rock Art - Acrylics
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Acrylics on Tile
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Pastels - I'm always amazed at her finished pet portraits with
pastels. These take her quite a bit longer than the acrylics.
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Fantastic! Your bird pics are especially artistic! And your wife's artwork is simply amazing!
 
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What a haven you and your wife have to enjoy ! Her artistic talent is just lovely. I love seeing the deer and turkey's together and the black squirrel and bunny.

Thank you again for sharing these beautiful and perfectly well captioned pictures !
 
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Michigan and ct maybe in the same zone but you got us beat on wildlife . Great shots
 
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All of the pics were taken from inside using a tripod, shutter release, and a Canon SX 60 PS (power shot) . A little over $500 for the tripod,
shutter release and camera. This camera takes nice video as well.
 
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What a treat! I loved every single photo...Fifty years! You are both so lucky to have that much time together and such a wonderful place to spend it!
 
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What a treat! I loved every single photo...Fifty years! You are both so lucky to have that much time together and such a wonderful place to spend it!
We were both life long big city folks until we both retired 6 years ago. We then moved to this very rural area in northern mid-Michgan.
I'm still in awe of all of the wildlife that visit the pond.

May is the month that has me taking the most pics with 2 to 3 thousand pics on average. Spring is coming on strong, birds and ducks are returning from their wintering grounds, deer are dropping fawns and an overall explosion of life and Nature's majestic beauty.
I swear that God is sometimes just showing off.
 

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