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David Sparks

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February 17, 2018

Greater Roadrunner - Bosque del Apache NWR, Nov. 2015

February 17, 2018/ David Sparks
Greater Roadrunner - Bosque del Apache NWR, Nov. 2015

Three images of a Greater Roadrunner, one of the bird taking a dust bath. Bosque del Apache NWR, Nov. 2015

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February 14, 2018

How my passion for nature photography began

February 14, 2018/ David Sparks
How my passion for nature photography began

A story about how my passion for nature photography began combined with 6 images of Blue-eyed Shags and 1 of Sir Earnest Shackleton's tombstone in Grytviken, South Georgia. 

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February 14, 2018/ David Sparks/
February 11, 2018

Ross's Snow Goose

February 11, 2018/ David Sparks
Ross's Snow Goose

Six images of Ross's and Snow Geese illustrating characteristics that can be used to distinguish between the two species.

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February 11, 2018/ David Sparks/
January 30, 2018

Diagonals - First set of a series

January 30, 2018/ David Sparks
Diagonals - First set of a series

Diagonals - Eight images in which the subject lies along or near a diagonal

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January 30, 2018/ David Sparks/
January 29, 2018

Wilson's Snipe

January 29, 2018/ David Sparks
Wilson's Snipe

Three photos of Wilson's Snipe seen in southeast Texas.

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January 29, 2018/ David Sparks/
January 26, 2018

Crissal Thrasher - Bosque del Apache NWR - Jan. 2018

January 26, 2018/ David Sparks
Crissal Thrasher - Bosque del Apache NWR - Jan. 2018

Photo of a Crissal Thrasher taken at the Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico in January 2018.

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January 26, 2018/ David Sparks/
January 23, 2018

Maria Mitchell (1818 – 1889)

January 23, 2018/ David Sparks
Maria Mitchell (1818 – 1889)

Some comments on this book which I recently finished reading.

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January 23, 2018/ David Sparks/
January 06, 2018

Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 5

January 06, 2018/ David Sparks
Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 5

Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 5
Eagle Skirmishes
8 images

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January 06, 2018/ David Sparks/
January 02, 2018

Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 4

January 02, 2018/ David Sparks
Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 4

Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 4
Assorted juvenile and sub-adult Bald Eagle flight/landing shots
 9 images

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January 02, 2018/ David Sparks/
December 29, 2017

Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 3

December 29, 2017/ David Sparks
Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 3

Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 3
Bald Eagle landing sequence #2 - Nov. 16, 2017

10 images

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December 29, 2017/ David Sparks/
December 17, 2017

Musical King Penguins - South Georgia, Feb. 2008

December 17, 2017/ David Sparks
Musical King Penguins - South Georgia, Feb. 2008

Musical King Penguins - South Georgia, Feb. 2008

Six images.

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December 17, 2017/ David Sparks/
December 09, 2017

Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 2

December 09, 2017/ David Sparks
Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 2

Bald Eagle landing sequence (in snow)
Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, Alaska
Six images

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December 09, 2017/ David Sparks/
December 07, 2017

Pictorial Definition #5 - Delusions of Grandeur

December 07, 2017/ David Sparks
Pictorial Definition #5 - Delusions of Grandeur

Pictorial Definition #5 - Delusions of Grandeur

Double-crested Cormorant, Viera Wetlands, FL - Feb. 210

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December 07, 2017/ David Sparks/
December 04, 2017

Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines Alaska - Part 1

December 04, 2017/ David Sparks
Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines Alaska - Part 1

Part 1 of a report on my trip to the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines Alaska. 

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December 04, 2017/ David Sparks/
November 06, 2017

Pictorial Definition #4 - Regurgitation

November 06, 2017/ David Sparks
Pictorial Definition #4 - Regurgitation

Wood Stork, St. Augustine FL, March 2009

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November 06, 2017/ David Sparks/
November 02, 2017

Pictorial Definition #3 - Irreyolkable (Ir - re - yolk - able)

November 02, 2017/ David Sparks
Pictorial Definition #3 - Irreyolkable (Ir - re - yolk - able)

Pictorial Definition #3 - Irreyolkable (Ir - re - yolk - able)

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November 02, 2017/ David Sparks/
October 31, 2017

Pictorial Definition # 2 - Precarious Position

October 31, 2017/ David Sparks
Pictorial Definition # 2 - Precarious Position

Pictorial Definition # 2 - Precarious Position

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October 31, 2017/ David Sparks/
October 30, 2017

Chinese Pond Heron - Kunming, China - 2007

October 30, 2017/ David Sparks
Chinese Pond Heron - Kunming, China - 2007

The Chinese Pond Heron (Ardeola bacchus) is a freshwater bird found in east Asia through Indonesia.

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October 30, 2017/ David Sparks/
October 21, 2017

Yellow Warblers - Frontera Audubon Center, TX - Sept. 2017

October 21, 2017/ David Sparks
Yellow Warblers - Frontera Audubon Center, TX - Sept. 2017

Yellow Warbler - Frontera Audubon Center, TX - Sept. 2017

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October 21, 2017/ David Sparks/
October 20, 2017

From the Archives

October 20, 2017/ David Sparks
From the Archives

Black-faced Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops)
"...black face, white ruff, pale belly, and superbly unapologetic bright blue scrotum"

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October 20, 2017/ David Sparks/
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