Wildlife and Nature Photography 

Time is God's way of keeping everything from happening at once
- Anonymous
I used VistaPrint.com  to make a 2011 calendar using some of my favorite seasonal shots from 2010
(and a few from prior years)
Most of these are repeated elsewhere on this site



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Cover, Kettle Moraine State Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
Chipmunk
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/320s f/6.3 at 400mm iso-200
April 10, 2010 4:50pm
 
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January, Kewaskum, Washington County, Wisconsin
A winter frost covered landscape
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/800s f/11.3 at 120mm ISO-200
March 5, 2010 10:14am
 
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February, Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area—Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin
Canada Goose, at the start of the spring migration
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/1000s f/11.0 at 400mm ISO-200
March 5, 2010 11:14am
   
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March, Red Tail—Lena, Illinois
Taken outside of Lena, on a Sunday afternoon, just before it flew off
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/400s f/7.1 at 400mm iso-100
 March 21, 2010 3:30pm
 
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April, Kettle Moraine State Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
Northern Cardinal (Male)
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/400s f/7.1 at 400mm ISO-100
  April 3, 2010 5:54pm
 
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May, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
A cold, very windy morning, 22 °F, and while I thought the snow was going to be a problem, it accented the rock formations nicely
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
1/200sec f7.14 at 20mm ISO-100
May 2, 2010 11:47am
 
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June, San Diego Sunset—San Diego, California
From the 29th floor of the Bayfront Hilton hotel (while attending an IT conference), looking west through a thermopane window - I saw the sun setting and grabbed my longest lens and aimed dead center on the sun and focused on the palm trees
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/1000sec f11.0 at 400mm ISO-100
July 28, 2010 7:50pm
 
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July, Munsinger Gardens—St Cloud, Minnesota
The day before our son's wedding last year, we spent some time in gardens alongside the Mississippi river.  A pair of Coopers hawks had just left their nest in some pines there. The parents and the small birds were quite the site.  Here's one of them
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/80s f/14 at 400mm iso-100
 July 11, 2009 5:48pm
 
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August, Dallas, Texas
Taken during an afternoon break, while on a business trip to Dallas, in trees right outside the conference building
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/200sec f5.6 at 400mm iso-200
  March 16, 2010 1:20pm
 
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September, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Geese on a pond, near the apartment complex where my son and our daughter-in-law live.  Taken on a recent visit to see them.
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/80s f/5.0 at 190mm iso-400
   August 6, 2010 8:19pm
 
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October, Kettle Moraine State Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
White Tail Deer
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/60 f/5.0 at 190mm iso-200
October 10, 2010 5:16pm
 
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November, Kettle Moraine State Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
Downy Woodpecker
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/160s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-200
   April 10, 2010 3:18pm
   
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December, Waukesha, Wisconsin
Taken through our backyard patio doors, this Grey Squirrel was resting after eating sun flower seeds that we provide to them, year-round
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/100s f/5.0 at 250mm iso-200
December 6, 2008 2:17pm
   

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