Baltimore Oriole

" Baltimore Oriole"

This is another digitally manipulated image. I took this photograph of a female Baltimore Oriole from the back porch of our house in Costa Rica. She had been nibbling on insects on the leaves of this tree, and I snapped the shutter just as she took flight.

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Pelican

Pelican

This image was taken today during my walk at White Rock Lake. I used digital manipulation to add color to the water since everything looked dull and gray this morning. I also wanted to give the entire image a more painterly effect. Hope you enjoy it!

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Flight

"Flight"

This is another image from the back porch in Costa Rica. Buff-throated Saltators are about as common in our part of Cost Rica as Blue Jays are in Dallas. I manipulated this image to accentuate the sense of movement and give it a more abstract appearance. Hope you enjoy it!

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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Fifty varieties of hummingbirds are listed in "The Birds of Costa Rica". This rufous-tailed hummingbird lives in the north-central part of Costa Rica where our house is and spends most of the day drinking nectar from the hummingbird bushes that grow all along one side of the house. They are quite fearless for a creature that measures only around 4 inches in length. While sitting on the back porch, it's not unusual to be buzzed by one and then be fussed at because you happened to be in it's flight path.

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Red-legged Honeycreeper

Red-legged Honeycreeper

This female red-legged honeycreeper is part of a group that spends most of the day eating papaya we put out near our back porch in Costa Rica. They are feisty little birds who often chase larger birds away. Once they peck through the outer skin, they stick their entire heads through the hole to get at the juicy meat inside.

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Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan

Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan

Chestnut-mandibled toucans are frequent visitors to our little piece of Paradise in Alto Monterrey, Costa Rica. This one landed in a tree right beside our back porch...eyeing the papaya I had put in the bird feeder. It sat there for a while and then flew away, never touching the papaya. Perhaps it was put off by the flurry of activity around the feeder.

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Expressions 2009 Exhibition

Please come out and see the wonderful art in this exhibition sponsored by the Dallas Branch of the National League of American Pen Women. The show opens with a reception Thursday, November 12th from 6 to 8 pm in the Lakewood Library. Show runs through December 5th.