Blackwater Canyon in WV
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Tundra Swans making their run up to takeoff.
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Additionally, it is currently free to visit at the Smithsonian Hazy annex but at the Houston Space Center it will cost a family of four over $100 to see it.

2 TX senators are trying to have it moved to Houston at a cost of $120-$180 million federal tax dollars. It can no longer be piggybacked by air and to move by ground will require partial disassembly which risk irreversible damages to the ship.

The shuttle discovery sits as the centerpiece in the space hanger at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s Udvar Hazy Center near Dulles Airport where it is seen by over 1.2 million people every year.

A kayaker is highlighted by the rising full moon’s reflection on the Potomac River.
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Low nap-of-the-Earth flights up and down the Potomac are obnoxiously loud, but make for some fun images.
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Love those egret wings!
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A Green Heron stalks an unsuspecting minnow along the piedmont section of the Potomac
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This egret was one of the several varieties of birds along the Potomac River today.
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My conveyance when I venture out to photograph nature along the Potomac.
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Young bald eagle launches from its perch to find a new fishing spot.
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The Blackhawk is one of the louder “birds” that flies low over the Potomac River. Since the plane/helicopter crash in DC, the Army has changed their flight training path to add more noise to the already busy skies around Dulles Airport and piedmont section of the river.
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Bald eagles don't get their distinctive white head and tails until they are around five years old. This molting young eagle is about half that age (2 1/2 yrs).
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3-image sequence — Kingfisher diving for dinner.
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Great Blue Heron crossing my kayak bow today (09.15.25).
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A fledgling Eastern Bluebird stopped by for a visit.
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It’s pawpaw season and that means O get to bake some fresh homemade pawpaw bread!
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With their migration underway, hummingbirds have been keeping my feeder busy from dawn to dark. This image was taken earlier today. They don’t even mind me photographing them from a spot closer to the feeder.
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Migrating hummingbirds are still stopping by my feeder to fill up before continuing their long journey. The feeder is especially busy from the late afternoon until dark when the hummers take off for the next part of their trip.
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With a few down feathers still hanging on, this Carolina Wren may not be dressed in its best plummage yet, but its voice was definitely working at full volume.
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Check out the tongue. Must be near dinner time.
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Yellow on yellow.
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Ruby-throated hummer coming straight at you.
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