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A Mouth Full of Seeds

A Mouth Full of Seeds

Each year, along the back row of our organic vegetable garden, I plant a row of tall sunflowers. From our kitchen window we get to enjoy a bit of the wildernes...
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Each year, along the back row of our organic vegetable garden, I plant a row of tall sunflowers. From our kitchen window we get to enjoy a bit of the wilderness as the American Goldfinches enjoy a meal. This one, true to form, has a mouth full of sunflower seeds.
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Aperture f/9.0 ISO 400 Shutter 1/200

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Aug, 2014

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Early morning panorama of lake at Glassberg Family Conservation Area reflects the quiet, still beauty of the Fall colors.

On a cold,March late afternoon an Opossum sits motionless on the end of a log hoping I would not notice and just walk by at Forest 44 Conservation Are

On a foggy morning at the Audubon Center at Riverlands a man and his dog walk down a lonely road and enjoy the fresh, crisp air.

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