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Posted by akclimber on Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:39 pm

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Phalarope chicks, under the watchful eye of an adult, explore a small pond in Nome, AK.

The pond in which this phalarope family lived was pretty bird "dense." Within the *very* small area of the pond, there resided (or at least frequented) 4 red-throated loons, a pair of red-necked grebes, a nesting pair of artic terns with chicks, a nesting pair of gulls (I'm no good at gull IDs), at least one nesting pair of phalaropes with chicks and a long-tailed jaeger.

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Phalarope chicks and adult, Nome, AK
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by Neil Fitzgerald on Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:14 pm
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Sweet. Love the way they are headin off to the OOF adult. Hope to see more of this family :wink:
 

by Mike Wilson on Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:17 pm
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To say that I am jealous of you being able to shoot these birds is a huge understatement. Love this image, cropping some off the bottom would make it stronger for me but hardly necessary. Great shot with the focus on the chicks.
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by mrhughj on Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:36 pm
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Nice composition with OOF adult, Joe!

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by roxana on Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:03 pm
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Love this picture and the light is a delight :) :) :)
 

by Cindy Marple on Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:51 pm
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Under the watchful eye of the adult is accentuated by the focus on the babies with the adult oof. I like this a lot, very nicely composed.
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by akclimber on Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:09 pm
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Thanks!
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by Alan Murphy on Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:49 am
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Very cool shot Joe.
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by Steve Mason on Fri Jul 15, 2005 9:21 am
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Very cool, love the use of DOF here!
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by Kim Steininger on Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:39 am
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Very nice image Joe! 8)
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