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Mike Dunford was a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studied evolution. Life as an army spouse has since moved him on to Pensacola, where he's currently trying to figure out what to do next. While he's doing that, he writes stuff here, although not usually in the third person. He's also a contributer to The Pandas Thumb. As is the case with everyone else here, his opinions are his own, and do not necessarily represent those of any organization he is affiliated with.
Category: Animals
Actually, we've got two pictures for today - it's a before and after shot. Here's the before: People standing way, way too close to a Hawaiian Monk Seal. Oahu, Hawaii 29 January 2006, 12:05:58 1/350 sec @ f/11; Pentax...
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Category: Animals
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus) Hudson River, near Glenmont, NY 26 December 2007 1/80 sec @ f/8.0; Pentax *ist DS; 300mm focal length Technorati Tags: birds, blogpix, great black-backed gull...
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Category: Animals
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) Epcot Center, Walt Disney World, Florida 8 April 2009 1/200 sec @ f/10; Canon Xsi; 55mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, epcot, kaena point, monk seal, Oahu, Raw, white ibis...
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Category: Animals
Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight Kailua Bay, Oahu 15 March 2007 1/750 sec @ f/8; Pentax *istDS; 260mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, frigatebird...
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Category: Picture Posts
If I sayz "cheep, cheep", I can has seeds? Grey squirrel Glenmont, NY 4 Aug 2006 1/180 sec @ f/5.6; Pentax *ist DS Technorati Tags: blogpix, squirrel...
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Category: Animals
Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Near Ko'Olina, Oahu, Hawaii 24 Feb 2007 Pentax *ist DS with 70mm lens, 1/350 sec @ f/9.5 Technorati Tags: blogpix, green sea turtle, Oahu, ocean...
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Category: Animals
I've only recently started birding with any sort of regularity or enthusiasm, and I'm not all that good at it yet. I snapped a couple of pictures of a bird in flight the other day, and I've been trying...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 10:24 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Animals
Every now and then I'm reminded of just how awesome the world we live in is. Today's reminder came during a walk on the beach, as I watched a young osprey hunting for lunch just offshore. I had my...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 3:34 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
I took the picture below at Ka'ena Point, Oahu in January of 2006. In this picture, there are two Hawaiian Monk Seals. (They can be hard to spot, so I've marked the two animals in a second version of...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:57 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Arthropods
Last week, I had a picture of a live spider for you to identify. Most of the guesses came quickly, and were absolutely correct - the spider in the picture was a Spiny-Backed Orbweaver. This week's arthropod might be...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 3:32 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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