Thursday, January 4, 2018

2017 Photo Contest - A) Wildlife

2017 Photo Contest - A) Wildlife
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 001
Subject: Cardinal 
Park or Reserve, if applicable: 
Photo file name : 001_cardinal_3.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 1/2017 
Category : A) Wildlife
Any comments? : in our backyard
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 002
Subject: Hawk 
Park or Reserve, if applicable: 
Photo file name : 002_hawk.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 8/23/2015 
Category : A) Wildlife
Any comments? : in our backyard
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 003
Subject: Deer 
Park or Reserve, if applicable: 
Photo file name : 003_deer.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 8/5/2016 
Category : A) Wildlife
Any comments? : in our backyard
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 009
Subject: Yellow Monarch Butterfly
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : 009_yellowmonarch.jpg
Date of photo, if known:
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? : Photo taken with Sony DSLR A-100
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 011
Subject: Fawn's first taste of snow
Park or Reserve, if applicable:My Murrysville backyard
Photo file name : 011_IMG_0865.JPG
Date of photo, if known : Winter 2016
Category :  A) Wildlife
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 013
Subject: Murrysville Turkey
Photo file name : 013_turkey.jpg
Date of photo, if known :
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? The turkey were out again Cline Hollow Road
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 015
Subject: Wildlife
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Woods behind my house on Georgetown Lane
Photo file name : 015_Hidden
Date of photo, if known : 2017
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? 
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 017
Subject: Dog Meets Fawn
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Townsend Park
Photo file name: 017_Dog_Meets_Fawn
Date of photo, if known : May 2017
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? : They parted as friends!
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 022
Subject: Deer and a Rainbow
Photo file name: 022_IMG_3753.JPG
Date of Photo: July 10, 2017
Category: A) Wildlife

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2017 Photo Contest Entry 023
Subject: Monarch Butterfly and Gerbera Daisy
Photo file name: 023_IMG_5009.JPG
Date of Photo: September 7, 2017
Category: A) Wildlife
Comments: As a homeschool project we found a milkweed plant with a monarch egg on it and raised this butterfly from an egg.
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 025
Subject: Visitor at Night
Park or Reserve, if applicable: n/a
Photo file name : 025_P1090192.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 11/5/17
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? : I found this little frog on my sliding glass door one evening
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 030
Subject: Spider Webb
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Duff Park
Photo file name: 030_Spider_Web.jpg
Date of photo, if known : October 22, 2017
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? This iridescent web reminded me of a spinning fan; but scientist say that the positively charged moth body (center) causes rapid attraction of silk threads, leading to the insect's capture. 
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 031
Subject: Woodpeckers Shadow
Photo file name : 031_Evans_NatureWoodpecker.jpg
Date of photo, if known : May 2016
Category :  Wildlife
Any comments? 
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 033
Subject: Frog in the Pond
Photo file name : 033_Evans_NatureFrog.jpg
Date of photo, if known : May 2016
Category :  Wildlife
Any comments? :
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 034
Subject: Barn Cat (Soaking Up the Sun)
Photo File name: 034_IMG_8759-Version2.JPG
Date of photo: November 29, 2017
Category: Wildlife
Comments: I was attracted to this barn cat sitting in the empty space of the barn. The cat's coloring was very similar to the barn and I liked the angles and shadows highlighted by the late afternoon sun. 
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 038
Subject: Pond Frog
Photo file name : 038_NHFrog3
Date of photo, if known : July ?27, ?2015
Category :  A) Wildlife
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 040
Subject: Fawn
Photo file name : 040_NHDeer1
Date of photo, if known : 2014
Category :  A) Wildlife
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 041
Subject: Northern Cardinal
Photo file name: 041_cardinal5c_backyard_03022016
Date of photo: 03/02/2016
Category :  Wildlife
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 042
Subject: Northern Mockingbird
Photo file name: 042_Northern_mockingbird1a_backyard_02082016
Date of photo: 02/08/2016
Category :  Wildlife
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 043
Subject: Red-winged Blackbird
Photo file name: 043_red-winged_blackbird_male2d_MCP_04102017
Date of photo: 04/10/2017
Category :  Wildlife
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 044
Subject: Backyard
Photo file name: 044_Nuthatch8.jpg
Date of photo: February, 2017
Category : Wildlife
Any comments? : I like the contrasts with the sky, tree trunk, and snow
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 045
Subject: Garden
Photo file name: 045_Sunflower_Bee.jpg
Date of photo: July, 2017
Category : Wildlife
Any comments? : The bee caught my eye due to the heavy pollen load, caught him with his tongue out!
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 046
Subject: Garden
Photo file name: 046_Praying_Mantis9a.jpg
Date of photo: August, 2017
Category: Wildlife
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 051
Subject:  Morning visitor
Park or Reserve, if applicable: My back yard
Photo file name  051_IMG_1291.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 2017
Category :  A) Wildlife, 
Any comments? 
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 054
Subject: snake near the farm pond.
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Pleasant Valley 
Photo file name : 054_IMG_5548.jpg
Date of photo, if known : September 2017
Category :  A) Wildlife, 
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 055
Subject: Little wood-satyr butterfly.
Park or Reserve, if applicable Pleasant Valley :
Photo file name: 055_IMG_5551.jpg
Date of photo, if known : May 2017
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? : 
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 058
Subject: I'm ready for my close-up
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : 058_image2.jpeg
Date of photo, if known : 2017
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? :
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 060
Subject: Female Cardinal
Photo File name: 060_WinterSolsticeCardinal.jpg
Category: Wildlife
Comments: The morning light was very interesting with the effect of a warm glow. The result while focusing on the cardinal reminded me of a painting. 
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 072
Subject: "Steeler" Bee
Park or Reserve, if applicable: n/a
Photo file name : 072_IMG_7836.jpg
Date of photo, if known : October 2017
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? 
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 077
Subject: Birdies looking for dinner
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : 077_Exhaustion
Date of photo, if known : Friday, May 8, 2015
Category : A) Wildlife,
Any comments? 
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 080
Subject: blue birds getting a drink
Photo file name: 080_Blue_birds_12_25_17.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 12/25/17
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? 
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 087
Subject: Shades of Blue
Murrysville Community Park Wetlands
Photo File Name: 087_PurpleMartinHuddle
Category: Wildlife
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 096
Subject: Pond of reflections
File Name: 096_Duck_2.jpg
Date: August 2017
Category: Wildlife
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 098
Subject: Summer Hummer
Park or Reserve, if applicable: N/A
Photo file name : 098_FlyingHummer.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 7/2017
Category:  Wildlife
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 102
Subject: Dragonfly
Park or Reserve, if applicable: N/A
Photo file name : 102_Dragonfly.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 7/2017
Category:  Wildlife
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 103
Subject: Goldfinch
Park or Reserve, if applicable: N/A
Photo file name : 103_Goldfinch.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 7/2017
Category:  Wildlife
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 104
Subject: Flycatcher
Park or Reserve, if applicable: N/A
Photo file name : 104_Flycatcher.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 7/2017
Category:  Wildlife
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 105
Subject: A Yellow Garden Spider
Park or Reserve, if applicable: N/A
Photo file name: 105_HangingAround
Date of photo, if known: September 4th, 2017
Category: Wildlife
Any comments?: None
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 118
Subject: Female Red Wing
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Murrysville comunity park wetland area
Photo file name : 118_Redwing
Date of photo, if known : Aug 2017
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? :  Category A
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 120
Subject: Butterfly
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : 120_Monarch
Date of photo, if known : 2017
Category : A) Wildlife
Any comments? :  Category A
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 121
Subject:Butterfly    
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : 121_Monarch1
Date of photo, if known : 2017
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? :  Category A
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 128
Subject:  Red Salamander
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Tomer Nature Reserve
Photo file name  128_CAM01115.jpg
Date of photo, if known : Summer, 2017
Category :  Wildlife
Any comments? 
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 129
Subject: Not Yet Ready For Flight
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Wetlands at MCP
Photo file name: 129_IMG_9918
Date of photo, if known : July 8, 2017
Category : Wildlife
Comment: Purple Martins are insect eaters.
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 136
Subject:
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Caywood Nature Reserve 
Photo file name : 136_Winter_Scavenger 
Date of photo, if known : 12/31/2017
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? 
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 138
Subject: Monarch Butterfly
Park or Reserve, if applicable: 
Photo file name: 138_CAM01091.jpg
Date of photo, if known : Summer, 2017
Category : Wildlife
Any comments? 
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2017 Photo Contest Entry 147
Subject: Butterfly
Category: A) wildlife
File Name: 147_IMG_1467.JPG
Date: Summer 2017
Notes: Part of a sequence of the butterfly emerging from inside of the flower
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