Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) record shot between gulls
Normally I crop the photos that I take and show to everyone here on RTPI’s website and social media, but in this case I liked the framing of the raw photograph. Can you see that dot in the middle? Even if this record shot were cropped you would not be able to see much more of the Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) flying out over Long Island Sound from last weekend’s Christmas Bird Count in Stratford, Connecticut. These Ring-billed Gulls happened to be in flight all around me as the rare but increasingly recorded bird passed by offshore. It was one of two Gannets we saw while...
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History! Please be sure to stop by soon to see us at our Jamestown, New York headquarters before Steve Cagan’s “Bird Portraits” exhibition ends on January 4.
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“Bird Portraits” by Steve Cagan will only be on our walls for a couple more weeks. During your holiday vacation, stop down at RTPI to see these beautiful photographs that take an up-close and personal look at a number of different species. January 4th is the last day for the exhibit, so don’t miss it!
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Please keep an eye on our future exhibits page! You’ll see that from November 14, 2014 to January 4, 2015 RTPI will be hosting the glorious “Bird Portraits” by Steve Cagan with images like this Black Vulture. Learn more here on our website.
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