Saturday, March 31, 2007

Osprey Pair, Washington Monument, Airplane taking off - (from) South of Reagan National Airport (DCA)

So, I've been hitting some of my old spots lately. It can be frustrating because I haven't been interested in this stuff for long, just over a year, and a bunch of trips have been pretty fruitless. Spots that weren't working much when I've been over the past couple of months include:
Great Falls MD
Centennial Lake MD
Rocky Gorge MD (Scott's Cove)
Brighton Dam MD
Greenbelt Lake MD...

Lucky for me though, today I hit Mason Neck State Park in Virgina, Great Marsh VA, Gunstan Hall (George Mason's Plantation) (it was sort of a let down for the 7$), then the Washington Boat Club / Indigo Landing and here I found the Osprey had returned. I saw two active nests and possibly 5 Osprey so there's probably another nest I didn't see.

Osprey Pair, Washington Monument, Airplane taking off - (from) South of Reagan National Airport (DCA)

Here's a very similar shot from last year that includes some young from this same nest.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Some new and some old


Cute 2.0
Originally uploaded by Nikographer [Jon].
The Tai Shan photo is from January 2007. He was up close to the big glass window, and was eating his bamboo.

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This Black-Crowned Night Heron is from last summer. I'm looking forward to them returning anyday now at the National Zoo in Washington D.C.
Black-Crowned Night Heron

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Here are some newer photos.

Caracal Lynx
Caracal Lynx @ US National Zoo

Cheetah:
Cheetah @ National Zoo

Samantha - Bald Eagle
Samantha @ US National Zoo

Luke the Lion:
Luke: "where you going? Let's play!"

Tiger Cub!
Tiger Cub!

Luke Moving:
Luke!

Red-legged Seriema:
Screamer - Red-legged Seriema

-Jon

Monday, March 19, 2007

Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin / Flickr Explorer Pix

Here's a collection of photos that hit explorer recently...



Give Me Shelter

Soy (+video w/ cubs)

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)

Fennec Fox

Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin

-Jon

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Soy (+video w/ cubs)


Soy (+video w/ cubs)
Originally uploaded by Nikographer [Jon].
I put together a video with some assorted clips of the cubs and Soy with the cubs...



Here are some other photos of them all...

Some Cubs Chasing Soy Action:
2007_0218_D200_61643

2007_0218_D200_61649

2007_0218_D200_61653

Unplanned Swim - Sumatran Tigers @ US National Zoo

Sumatran Tiger Cub @ US National Zoo

-Jon