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  • A bird walks the shoreline at Busch Wildlife
    Wildlife Watching at Busch.jpg
  • A Purple Sunset Over Busch Wildlife
    Purple Skies Over Busch.jpg
  • Friday, March 1, 2013 was a beautiful snowy day so the husband and I decided to take a break from everything and head out to relax and see what kind out photos we could capture. ..This winter scenery was photographed along one of the lakes at the August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area in St. Charles County.
    busch_wildlife_winter_scenery.jpg
  • August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area Hiking Trail. This 6,987-acre area contains 3,000 acres of forest in addition to grassland, cropland, old fields, prairie, and wetlands. Facilities/features: boat rentals, picnic areas, pavilion, hiking trails, 43 fishing jetties, fishing docks, staffed firearms range, archery range, five viewing blinds, and a visitor center. The area also has 32 fishable lakes and ponds totaling 550 acres.
    Busch Wildlife Hiking Trail.jpg
  • August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area Hiking Trail. This 6,987-acre area contains 3,000 acres of forest in addition to grassland, cropland, old fields, prairie, and wetlands. Facilities/features: boat rentals, picnic areas, pavilion, hiking trails, 43 fishing jetties, fishing docks, staffed firearms range, archery range, five viewing blinds, and a visitor center. The area also has 32 fishable lakes and ponds totaling 550 acres.
    Busch Wildlife Nature Trail.jpg
  • A Mossy Autumn Lake at Ahden Knight Hampton Memorial Lake at August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area in Saint Charles, Missouri
    Busch Wildlife Swampy Autumn 2.jpg
  • A Mossy Autumn Lake at Ahden Knight Hampton Memorial Lake at August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area in Saint Charles, Missouri
    Busch Wildlife Swampy Autumn.jpg
  • This shot was taken at Busch Wildlife in Missouri. If you look really close you can see a hidden bunker to the right of the tree. ..This shot feels like serenity to me. It is just beautiful, calm and peaceful.
    serenity.jpg
  • I photographed this grasshopper at Busch Wildlife in Missouri on a beautiful, sunny and windy day.
    grasshopper.jpg
  • This shot was taken at Busch Wildlife while I was out walking the trails.
    bumble_bee.jpg
  • A gorgeous 70 degree day at Grant’s Farm where wildlife and people were enjoying the unusual fall weather.
    polly.jpg
  • Wildflower growing in a field at Busch Wildlife.
    wildflower2.jpg
  • A gorgeous 70 degree day at Grant’s Farm where wildlife and people were enjoying the unusual fall weather.
    pinky.jpg
  • Wildflower growing in a field at Busch Wildlife.
    wildflower.jpg
  • Just a fun bumble bee photograph...This shot was taken at Busch Wildlife while I was out walking the trails.
    bumble_bee_2.jpg
  • The sun reflects off the vibrant lake at Busch Wildlife
    Landscape Colors at Busch.jpg
  • Busch Wildlife offers several locations to bird-watch, especially for waterfowl. A great place fore nature enthusiasts and photographers alike
    A Place To Birdwatch.jpg
  • A lonely dirt path stretches through the backwoods at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary
    A Hike Through Busch.jpg
  • Tones of blue abound the waterscapes on the lakes at Busch Wildlife
    Tones At Busch.jpg
  • Portions of the August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area were used by the Department of Army in the 1940's for TNT and DNT production and by the Atomic Energy Commission in the 1960's for uranium ore processing. The affected portions were all part of a federal environmental cleanup project and required to meet certain environmental health and safety standards. The area is now considered to be safe for all recreational pursuits allowed on the area, as well as the wildlife found within the area.
    Dry Fields at Busch.jpg
  • Portions of the August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area were used by the Department of Army in the 1940's for TNT and DNT production and by the Atomic Energy Commission in the 1960's for uranium ore processing. The affected portions were all part of a federal environmental cleanup project and required to meet certain environmental health and safety standards. The area is now considered to be safe for all recreational pursuits allowed on the area, as well as the wildlife found within the area.
    Busch Bare Reflections.jpg
  • An Autumn Scene Along The Hiking Trail At Busch Wildlife in Saint Charles, Missouri.
    Along the Hiking Trail.jpg
  • The Great Egret, also known as Common Egret, Large Egret or Great White Heron, is a large, widely-distributed egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized
    Great White Egret on Black.jpg
  • Although phylogenetically close to felines and viverrids, hyenas are behaviourally and morphologically similar to canines in several aspects (see Convergent evolution); both hyenas and canines are non-arboreal, cursorial hunters that catch prey with their teeth rather than claws. Both eat food quickly and may store it. Hyenas feature prominently in the folklore and mythology of human cultures with which they are sympatric. Hyenas are mostly viewed with fear and contempt, as well as being associated with witchcraft, as their body parts are used as ingredients in traditional medicine. Among the beliefs held by some cultures, hyenas are thought to influence people's spirits, rob graves, and steal livestock and children.
    Hyena Profile.jpg
  • The gangly Double-crested Cormorant is a prehistoric-looking, matte-black fishing bird with yellow-orange facial skin. Though they look like a combination of a goose and a loon, they are relatives of frigatebirds and boobies and are a common sight around fresh and salt water across North America?perhaps attracting the most attention when they stand on docks, rocky islands, and channel markers, their wings spread out to dry. These solid, heavy-boned birds are experts at diving to catch small fish.<br />
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Adults are brown-black with a small patch of yellow-orange skin on the face. Immatures are browner overall, palest on the neck and breast. In the breeding season, adults develop a small double crest of stringy black or white feathers.<br />
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The Double-crested Cormorant is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It occurs along inland waterways as well as in coastal areas, and is widely distributed across North America.
    Cormorant Curves.jpg
  • A treat from the window as I am awoken by a bluebird song
    Bluebird Morning.jpg
  • A Buck Attempting To Camouflage Himself In The Bushes at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.
    Buck In A Bush.jpg
  • A Male Purple Finch On A Tree Branch From Behind
    Male Purple Finch From Behind.jpg
  • A Cheeky Squirrel Smiles For The Camera
    Happy Squirrel.jpg
  • Mr. Squirrel Trying To Camouflage Himself In The Grass
    Squirrely Grass.jpg
  • A Nuthatch perched on the side of a tree, ready to take of with a sunflower seen in his beak
    Nuthatch Point Seed.jpg
  • A Robing Forages For A Morning Meal Quickly Pacing The Paths Through The Woods
    Morning Robin Ground.jpg
  • Lonely Lemur sitting and looking around hoping another animal will come along and play.
    IMG_0722.jpg
  • Kevin MPP High Key.jpg
  • Crested Close In Grass.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse In A Bare Tree With A Bit Of Sparkle
    Tufted Sparkle.jpg
  • Redbird From Behind On Green.jpg
  • Male Red-Bellied Woodpecker
    Afternoon Perched Woody.jpg
  • A Red-Bellied Woodpecker Posted In Morning Warm Light
    Warm Morning Red-Belly.jpg
  • Red-Bellied Woodpecker - Most woodpeckers have zygodactyl feet, which means they have toes facing the front and toes facing the back to help them grip trees and poles vertically. They use those toes with their stiff tail feathers to brace on trees as they climb.
    Woody Climbing Pastel Bokeh.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse Posing On An Old Tree Stump
    Titmouse Strikes A Pose.jpg
  • Poking a macro lens into the weeds can reveal some hidden magic.
    Morning Garden Butterfly.jpg
  • Spread your wings and fly
    Fly Like An Eagle.jpg
  • A Downy Woodpecker walking up a tree trunk with a seed in his beak
    Autumn Downy With a Seed.jpg
  • A Nuthatch perched on a tree branch with a seed in his beak
    Nuthatch - Seed - Branch.jpg
  • A Female Cardinal Perches High In The Trees Backed By Soft Summer Green
    Female Cardinal Tall Perch.jpg
  • A Male American Goldfinch On A Stick
    Male Goldfinch On A Stick.jpg
  • A Squirrel Posted Up In The Flower Garden
    Garden Squirrel.jpg
  • It was so windy out yesterday, all of my bird shots look like this
    Titmouse In The Breeze.jpg
  • A Titmouse From Behind On A Tree Branch With A Green Backdrop
    Titmouse On Green.jpg
  • A Chipping Sparrow in Sunset Light
    Sparrow Sunset Light.jpg
  • A Downy Woodpecker On A Tree Stump Backed By Forest Green
    Howdy Downy.jpg
  • The first goldfinch in the yard this season
    First Spring Goldfinch.jpg
  • An afternoon sparrow on a broken tree branch
    Chipping Sparrow Perch.jpg
  • A Female Purple Finch On A Dead Tree Backlit From The Sun
    Backlit Female Purple Finch.jpg
  • A Ruby-Throated Hummingbird from through a dirty window
    hummer dirty window.jpg
  • A buck notices me approaching as he takes a load off in a grassy field beyond the trees as Autumn colors begin to set in
    Buck Wild.jpg
  • A goose takes a leisurely stroll across the street
    Goose On A Stroll.jpg
  • Loons are found on lakes throughout central and northeastern Minnesota. In September, Minnesota's adult loons travel to their winter home along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina south to Florida, or on the Gulf of Mexico.
    Common Loons.jpg
  • A White-Breasted Nuthatch Taking Flight From a Tree Branch
    Nuthatch Liftoff.jpg
  • The great egret also known as common egret, large egret or great white heron, is a large, widely distributed egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized.
    Reflecting Egret.jpg
  • A view down the pier on one of the lakes at Busch Memorial
    Down The Pier.jpg
  • The grey crowned crane is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although it nests in somewhat wetter habitats.
    IMG_3026.jpg
  • The double-crested cormorant is a little more than two feet long with a wingspan of about four feet. It has dark brown to black feathers, a long hooked bill with an orange throat pouch, a long tail, and webbed black feet. Adults have tufts of feathers over their eyes. Males and females look alike.<br />
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The double-crested cormorant nests in colonies. Both the male and female will build a nest of sticks, twigs and seaweed. Nests are built in trees and shrubs and on the ground of rocky cliffs and islands. The female lays three to five eggs. Both parents incubate the eggs for about a month. Both parents also feed and take care of the chicks. The chicks fledge in 35-40 days.<br />
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The double-crested cormorant breeds from the coast of Alaska and Nova Scotia south to Mexico and the Bahamas. It winters on both coasts north to southern Alaska and southern New England.<br />
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The bird family Phalacrocoracidae or the cormorants is represented by some 40 species of cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed recently, and the number of genera is disputed.
    Cormorant Peek.jpg
  • A flamingo splashes at his own reflection in the water
    IMG_3355.jpg
  • Quite Content I would say
    Great Horned Owl 3.jpg
  • A Hyena Approaches a pool of water looking for a drink
    Thirsty Hyena.jpg
  • A Double-Crested Cormorant sits along the shore of a pond with a copper sheen.
    Cormorant on Copper Pond.jpg
  • A cold Male Junco bird gland on a dormant winter bush covered with snow, sunflower seed in his beak
    Snowy Male Junco.jpg
  • The Carolina Wren is a common species of wren, resident in the eastern half of the USA, the extreme south of Ontario, Canada, and the extreme northeast of Mexico
    Carolina Wren 2.jpg
  • A Wood Duck Hen Preens Along The Shore of the Lake.<br />
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Wood ducks pair up in late winter and they begin breeding in early spring. The males attract females with their call and attractive, colorful breeding plumage. <br />
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Female wood ducks have grayish-brown bodies. The back is dark gray-brown and the sides are a lighter shade. The most noticeable characteristics of the females are found on the head. The head is gray with a white eye-ring around each eye. The head also has a crest of feathers at the back and white feathers on the throat and chin. <br />
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Wood ducks will 'tip up' and dip their heads under the water to find the standard wetland fare to eat like wild rice, smartweed, pondweed, bulrush, and lotus seeds, but they love to eat "out," of the water that is. They love fruits and nuts found in the woods like beechnuts, wild acorns grapes, and one of their favorites, acorns.
    Preening Wood Duck Hen.jpg
  • This Chimp tries to blend it with the trees at the Saint Louis Zoo.<br />
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More than any other ape, chimpanzees use tools. They use sticks to fish for insects, poking the twigs into the holes of ant or termite mounds and pulling them out, covered with wiggling food. Chimps use stones to crack open hard-shelled nuts or fruits. They also use leaves as sponges, either to soak up drinking water or to clean the body. And they use leafy twigs to keep away flies.<br />
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What's one of the first things you notice about chimpanzees? Probably their arms. These apes have very long, powerful arms and long-fingered hands - perfect for hanging around in trees. Chimps spend a lot of time in trees, where they do most of their feeding and nesting.
    Chimpanzee Camouflage.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse Perched On A Tree Branch With Warm Afternoon Light
    Friendly Autumn Titmouse.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse Perched On A Tree Branch With Warm Afternoon Light
    Afternoon Bokeh Titmouse.jpg
  • Miss Junco Enjoying Her Winter Perch
    Junco Winter Bokeh.jpg
  • A Small Downy Woodpecker On The Side Of A Dead Tree Trunk With A Sunflower Seed.
    Downy Side Post With Seed.jpg
  • A Blue Jay perched atop a stump looking down with a mealworm in its mouth
    Blue Jay on Pastels.jpg
  • A Purple Finch Perched On A Tree Stump After The Rain
    Pretty On My Perch.jpg
  • A Female House Finch Looking Backward On A Broken Tree Against A Backdrop Of Green Texture
    Female House Finch Look Back on Gree...jpg
  • Crested Cardinal In Grass.jpg
  • Bad Hair Day Bald Eagle.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse stopped by to accompany me for lunch one afternoon, so of coarse I had to click.
    Tufted On Branch Panted Sunny.jpg
  • A Heron on the lake shore at Busch Memorial Conservation.
    Great Blue Heron On The Shore.jpg
  • Bursting with black, white, and rose-red, male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are like an exclamation mark at your bird feeder or in your binoculars
    Male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak On Branc...jpg
  • A Swan Swims On Black
    Swan Song.jpg
  • Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
    Painted Baldy.jpg
  • Tufted Titmouse On Tree Branch
    A Visit From Tufty.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse Up Close and Personal
    Tufty Strikes A Pose on Branch.jpg
  • Male Purple Finch On A Bare Tree Branch
    Mr Finch Standing Tall.jpg
  • A Curious Blue Jay Searches A Stump For A Meal
    Blue Jay Searching In Stump.jpg
  • Mr. Blue Jay Dropped By For a Quick Bite and a Photo
    Blue Jay Snax.jpg
  • A Male Northern Cardinal Perched On The Edge Of An Old Log Backed By Bold Green Texture
    Redbird Tail Up.jpg
  • A Female House Finch Looking Backward On A Broken Tree Against A Backdrop Of Green Texture
    Miss Finch Strikes A Pose On Green.jpg
  • A Soft and Fluffed Male Red-Bellied Woodpecker Posted Against a Mystical Backdrop
    Posted Woody Fluffed.jpg
  • Male Red-Bellied Woodpecker
    Woody On Pink Bokeh.jpg
  • A Red-Bellied Woodpecker stopped by for a quick click
    Woody Side Profile Post.jpg
  • A Red-Bellied Woodpecker Posted On A Withered Tree Trunk With His Beak Open and Tongue Showing.
    Woody Tongue.jpg
  • Bald Eagle Head-shot Closeup
    Make America Proud Again.jpg
  • A Bald Eagle's Majesty Shines From The Shadows
    Majesty On Black.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse Perches To Enjoy The Snow Flurries
    Snowy Winter Titmouse.jpg
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