Saturday, January 12, 2019

2018 Photo Contest - A) Wildlife

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2018 Photo Contest Entry 003
Subject: Wiley Coyote
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Pleasant Valley Park
Photo file name : 003_2017Photos_199.JPG
Date of photo, if known :
Category : Wildlife

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2018 Photo Contest Entry 010
Subject: monarch butterfly
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name morningmonarch.jpg
Date of photo, if known 10/2018
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? A group of Monarchs came through wanting a morning drink. 

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2018 Photo Contest Entry 015
Subject: The Critter
Park: Townsend Park
File: critter.jpeg
Date: September 2018
Category: a. Wildlife
Comments: Want a pet?

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2018 Photo Contest Entry 016
Photo name: 016_IMG_0858.jpg
2017 Autumn
Subject: Baby Deer
Taken in my Murrysville back yard near Townsend Park
Category : Wildlife
Comments:  The two fawn were just losing their spots when they were orphaned but were able to survive without their mother. However they were always side by side, always physically close to each other. This photo shows one of their tender moments. 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 018
Subject: An Angel in Disguise
Park or Reserve, if applicable: n/a
Photo file name : IMG9337
Date of photo, if known :  December 2017
Category :  A) Wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 021
Subject:
Photo file name : Praying
Date of photo, if known : September 2018
Category :  A) Wildlife
Mowing on a beautiful fall day and ran across little this little guy praying in the sun.
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 022
Subject: Back yard Murrysville
Photo file name: Yellow Butterfly 5
Summer 2018
Category: A) Wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 023
Subject: Back yard Murrysville
Photo file name: YBSS 10 (Yellow Bellied Sap Sucker)
Winter 2018
Category: A) Wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 027
Subject: Squirrel on a mission
Photo file name: IMG_9302.JPG
Date of photo: April 30, 2018
Category:  A) Wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 029
Subject: Murrysville Community Park Wetlands
Photo file name: Bee on Swamp Milkweed
Sumer 2018
Category:  A) Wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 035
Subject: Chipmunk
Park or Reserve, if applicable: NA
Photo file name: NH_Chipmunk
Date of photo: 05/30/2018
Category: A) Wildlife
Any comments: A chipmunk eating sunflower seeds on the sidewalk
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 036
Subject: Ruby Throated Hummingbird
Park or Reserve, if applicable: NA
Photo file name: NH_Hummingbird
Date of photo: 05/10/2018
Category: A) Wildlife
Any comments: Matilda the hummingbird sitting on the feeder 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 038
Subject: Hummer coming in for a landing!
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : IMG_0398
Date of photo, if known : July, 2018
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? : I was watching this hummingbird flit from flowers to feeder. With the help of my zoom lens I finally "caught" him! 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 040
Subject:
Park or Reserve, if applicable: MCP Wetlands
Photo file name : IMG_13_2
Date of photo, if known : June 21, 2014
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? : Female Purple Martin
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 041
Subject:
Park or Reserve, if applicable: MCP Wetlands
Photo file name : IMG_38
Date of photo, if known : June 21, 2014
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? : Male Purple Martin
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 042
Subject:
Park or Reserve, if applicable: MCP Wetlands
Photo file name : IMG_46
Date of photo, if known : June 21, 2014
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? : Female Red-winged Blackbird
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 043
The photo was taken with my iPhone camera.
Photo: IMG_0522
Category: A) Wildlife
This photo was taken in August 2018.
Any comments? The hornets constructed a nest hidden in plain sight on the corner of the side patio sliding door. 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 044
Subject: Winter Nap
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Pass Farm
Photo file name : BW Doe 2
Date of photo, if known :
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? : I have been an outdoorsman for a long time. The first time in my life that I witnesses this.
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 045
Subject: Dragonfly on a Bobber
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Townsend Park
Photo file name: DSC_0451
Date of photo, if known :
Category :  Wildlife or Landscapes not sure what category this belongs in.
Any comments? 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 047
Subject:Sharp Shinned Hawk
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : IMG_6758
Date of photo, if known : November, 2018
Category :  A) Wildlife,
Any comments? : This Sharp Shinned Hawk was looking for dinner one late afternoon at my bird feeders. Before flying off he turned around as if to say, "Be sure to get my good side!"
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 048
Subject:Hummingbird
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : IMG_1097.3
Date of photo, if known : July, 2018
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? : This little hummer was flitting around the yard in the mid morning hours. Loved how the sun back lit his wings as he approached the feeder.  

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2018 Photo Contest Entry 050
Subject: Three Fox Pups at Play
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : FoxPupsAtPlay1.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 5/28/2018
Category :  A) Wildlife,
Any comments? : 4 foxes (3 visible) were born under our shed and stayed in our back yard until they left with their mother soon after this picture. 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 051
Subject: Three Fox Pups at Play
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : FoxPupsAtPlay2.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 5/28/2018
Category :  A) Wildlife,
Any comments? :  4 foxes (3 visible) were born under our shed and stayed in our back yard until they left with their mother soon after this picture.
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 052
Photo was taken at my house in my flower pot.
Photo file: 20180712_190719.jpg
Category: A) Wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 054
Subject: Baby Birds
File Name: Sleepy Birds
Date of Photo: Spring on 2018
Category: Wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 057
Subject: Red Cardinal
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name    _DSC2936-EFFECTS.jpg
Date of photo, if known December 2018
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 058
Subject:Female Cardinal
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name _DSC2892.jpg
Date of photo, if known December 2018
Category :  A) Wildlife,
Any comments? 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 067
Subject: Robin feeding babies
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : Robin mom
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? :  I love watching the new families brought up in our tree beside the house over the years. This one is my favorite.
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 070
Subject: Baby Bird
Photo File Name: Baby Bird
Date Of Photo: May 29th, 2018
Category: A) Wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 075
Subject:
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Backyard
Photo file name : Red Bird in Snow
Date of photo, if known : February 2018
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 076
Subject:
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Westmoreland Heritage Trail (off Haymaker Rd.)
Photo file name : Getting Some Sun
Date of photo, if known : September 2018
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 078
Subject: Snake on Rock
Park or Reserve, if applicable: n/a
Photo file name : snakeonrock.PNG
Date of photo, if known : June 16th 2018
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 080
Subject: Snake in Tree
Park or Reserve, if applicable: n/a
Photo file name : Snakeintree.JPG
Date of photo, if known : June 16th 2018
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 081
Subject: Tree Frog on Leaf
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Duff Park
Photo file name : Tree Frog on Leaf
Date of photo, if known : 6/17/18
Category :  A) Wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 105
Subject: Frogs in Pond
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : Frogs in Pond
Date of photo, if known : October 7, 2018
Category : Wildlife
Any comments? 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 110
Subject: deer in the pond
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : IMG_9105
Date of photo, if known : Summer 2018
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments?  

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2018 Photo Contest Entry 113
Subject:  Frog Parking Only
Photo 1:  3930  Frogs
All Others Will Be Toad.
Date:  November 2018
Category:  A)  Wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 114
Subject: Snake Charmer
Photo: 4831
Townsend Park
May 5, 2018
A) Wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 118
Subject: Don't Try To "Rescue" A Fawn!
Photo: 3939
Date: Spring 2018
Category:  Wildlife
Comments: Unless fawns appear to be injured or in distress, there is no need to rescue them.
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 121
Subject: Butterfly straight on.
Park: Pleasant Valley Park.
Date: June 2018
Category: A) wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 122
Subject: Mantis in the grass.
Park: Pleasant Valley Park.
Date: July 2018
Category: A) wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 124
Subject: Worker on the Trail
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Westmoreland Heritage Trail, Delmont
Photo file name : honeybeewht
Date of photo, if known : 2017
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments?
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 130
Subject:
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : IMG_1847 (3)
Date of photo, if known : 10-31-18
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments?  

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2018 Photo Contest Entry 131
Subject:
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name :IMG 5215 (2)
Date of photo, if known : 08/03/18
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 134
Subject: Newt on our walk
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : 20181202_102214
Date of photo, if known : Dec, 2018
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? Helped him off the road after the photo
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 143
Subject: Mommy, I am hungry
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : Mommy, I am hungry.jpg
Date of photo, if known : May 17, 2017
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? : New life inside the rhododendron bush
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 144
Subject: Nature
Photo file name : Butterfly3558.jpeg
Category :  A) Wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 145
Subject: Nature
Photo file name : Butterfly3543.jpeg
Category :  A) Wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 146
Subject: Nature
Photo file name : Hawkresting3546.jpeg
Category :  A) Wildlife
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 153
Subject: Butterfly on Fence
Park or Reserve, if applicable: Townsend Park
Photo file name : Butterfly on Fence3.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 8/17/17
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? 
 
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2018 Photo Contest Entry 154
Subject: Hummingbird at Rest
Park or Reserve, if applicable:
Photo file name : Hummingbird at Rest.jpg
Date of photo, if known : 7/18/14
Category :  A) Wildlife
Any comments? 
 
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