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| Bison on the Move |
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| The bison were all grazing out in the field, so I stopped my bike, only to have them all suddenly start moving toward the feeding pens. Apparently their regular feed is preferable to the available field greens. |
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| The Dutch Windmill with tulips in the Queen Wilhelmina Garden. |
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| The Coast Guard was taking advantage of the hazardous weather conditions today by practicing ocean rescues. The chopper, an Airbus MH-65D Dolphin, had to maintain its position in the wind while lowering a rescue swimmer to the water (the orange thing is the "victim" that was summarily tossed out of the chopper into the sea). |
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| The wind was blowing around 22 mph with 30 mph gusts. |
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| Looks calm here.... |
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| Every time the kingfisher sounded off with its chittering call, it raised its head and tail feathers. |
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| An allen's hummingbird landed on a nearby branch while I was watching the kingfisher. |
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| Then it flew to an even closer lichen-covered branch to do some preening. |
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| Flashing the warm-toned gorget. |
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| And more preening. |
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| The Metson Lake GBH was in attendance and took occasional interest in passing minnows, without actually taking a stab at anything in the few minutes I spent watching. |
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| But mostly it appeared to just be hanging out in the sunshine. |
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