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HORSES : I'D LIKE TO THINK THIS GALLERY OF PHOTOS TELL A STORY. YOU WILL SEE HORSE'S THAT ARE EITHER OUT ON THE WIDE OPEN PRAIRIE'S OR FENCED NEAR A FARM HOUSE. EACH SETTING GIVES THE HORSE A DIFFERENT PERSONALITY.

RAPTOR'S : RAPTOR'S ARE A WONDER TO WATCH. THEIR HUNTING ABILITIES ARE AMAZING TO SEE. IN THIS GALLERY OF PHOTOS YOU WILL SEE A SERIES OF PHOTOS I TOOK OF A RED TAIL HAWK CATCHING HIS FOOD AND EATING IT IN A SHELTERBELT IN ND. AFTER EATING HIS FIRST MEAL HE CAUGHT ANOTHER MEAL NOT FAR FROM ME.

FUR : WHATS OUTSIDE WHILE WE'RE INSIDE :)
YOU'LL SEE PRONGHORNS, BUFFALO ALONG WITH THE COMMON BUNNY IN THE BACKYARD.

DOGS : OUR BEST FRIEND

FEATHERS : BIRDS...THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. IF YOU LIKE BIRDS HOPEFULLY YOU WILL ENJOY THIS GALLERY. THE SAYING 'BUSY AS A BIRD' IS SO TRUE AS THEY ARE ALWAYS ON THE MOVE. INCLUDED IN THIS GALLERY ARE PHOTOS FROM NEST GATHERING TO FEEDING THE BABIES. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS GALLERY AS MUCH AS I ENJOYED WATCHING THESE BIRDS.

BIRDS THAT LOVE THE WATER : IT'S AMAZING ALL THE BIRDS YOU WILL SEE BY WATER.

BIRDS THAT LOVE THE WATER

WILD TURKEYS : THEY MAY NOT BE THE BEST LOOKING BIRD, BUT THEIR FEATHERS ARE BEAUTIFUL.

BALD EAGLE : THIS IS A SERIES OF PHOTOS I TOOK DURING THE YEAR OF 2008. MOM AND DAD BALD EAGLE WERE FIRST SIGHTED BY ME IN EARLY MARCH. I WAS ABLE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE NESTING PAIR FROM THE HATCHING OF THE EAGLETS TILL THEY TOOK FLIGHT. MOM IS A BEAUTIFUL BIRD WHERE DAD IS RUFF AND TUFF LOOKING. I WAS ABLE TO WATCH WHEN DAD HAD TO LEAD TWO RED-TAIL HAWKS AWAY FROM THE NEST. DAD WAS A WONDERFUL PROVIDER FOR HIS YOUNG ONES AND MOM WAS SO TENDER IN HER CARE OF THEM. HOPEFULLY THESE BABIES WILL MAKE IT TO ADULTHOOD.

UPDATE: WENT BACK OUT THERE IN 2009 AND THE NESTING PAIR HAD RETURNED TO NEST. I SIGHTED MOM FLYING HIGH GUARDING THE NEST WHEN ALL THE BULLDOZERS WHERE OUT THERE NEAR THE NEST DIGGING AND PREPARING FOR THE FLOOD THAT FARGO WENT THROUGH. UNFORTUNATELY THE EAGLES LEFT WITH OUT A HATCHING. I RETURNED AFTER THE FLOOD AND SAW MOM SITTING IN THE TREE, BUT NO BABIES AS THE SEASON WAS TOO LATE. HOPEFULLY NEXT SPRING THEY WILL RETURN AGAIN.

BIRDS AT THE FEEDER : THIS GALLERY IS JUST A RELAXLING PHOTO GALLERY OF BIRDS AND THEIR ANTICS AROUND A BIRD FEEDER. YOU WILL SEE BABY SPARROWS LEARNING HOW TO LAND ON A BIRD FEEDER PEG TO SPARROWS JUST TRYING TO GET A SPOT TO EAT.

BIRDS AT THE FEEDER

KITTY'S : MAN'S OTHER BEST FRIEND.

DEER : A BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL TO SEE OUT IN THE WILD.

NO-TAIL : Meet "No-Tail" -- she was born the spring of 2009 in the bird house behind our backyard. I really shouldn't call her No-Tail since she does have one tail feather, but it's a name I gave her and its kinda stuck. Flying for her in the beginning wasn't the easiest thing to do. Getting down was more a float down with her wings out, but flying up to the bird house was a different story...she flaps her wings fast like a hummingbird and stopping was a problem in the beginning as she would bump into the house to stop. Now her flying has gotten better and she is busy building a nest for her own babies. No-Tail will join in with the other birds at the feeder, but she does like to be alone more then the other sparrows. When ever I can, I try to take a photo of her to see the progress she is making. One day she was holding her leg up which concerned me as I thought she had gotten hurt, but its better now...no more holding it up. Check back if you wish....I hope to have some photos of her feeding her babies at the feeder. As of mid July No-Tail has lost her one and only feather on her rear-end. She has grown up more, built her nest, but had no babies. I've noticed that she is going throught the process again so hopefully she will have some before fall comes.

UPDATE: (8-09) No-Tail didn't have any babies this year. She did have a fight with No Tail 2's baby. I've included the 4 photos I took of that. The sparrows took off from the nesting birdhouse for awhile and have now returned. No-Tail isn't back yet, but her mate is. I'm hoping she does come back soon as her neighbor No-Tail 2 has returned.

UPDATE: No-Tail has finally returned :) She looks like a mature bird now and she had gotten her trademark "One Tail Feather" again.

UPDATE: No-Tail 1 hasn't been seen since the middle of Sept. Thought she was going to re-nest again in the same place, but she came in and then was gone. Hopefully I wll see her again at the feeder sometimes this winter.

OTHER NO-TAIL'S : For some reason this season produced a few sparrows without any tail feathers. This gallery is just photos of those. There is a female sparrow that nests next to the No-Tailed sparrow in my other gallery. This one had babies. Then I saw a male sparrow without a tail. He doesn't come around that often, but when he does he is always alone. One thing I've noticed about the No-Tailed sparrow's -- they are fiesty.

OTHER NO-TAIL'S

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