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Northern Michigan

Some of the wildlife and scenery around Harbor Springs, Michigan Sandhill Cranes Whitetail deer Larks Lake Great Blue Heron Belted kingfisher Osprey Red Fox
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Camp Leakey

Much has changed in Camp Leakey since my last trip. This is not surprising due to the decades that have passed, the major changes in the rainforest, and the tremendous pressure put on the environment by the logging industry and...
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Doyak

This is Doyak in all his splendor (oops, wrong Doyak, this is a guide at the feeding platform pretending to be Doyak) The real Doyak! Males this size range between 250-350 pounds. They are comparable in strength to 8 large...
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There are lions on the runway!

Lets hope nobody encounters this when flying in the United States. I am not sure the pilots here are as used to this as the bush pilots in Africa. They have seen this before, and make sure the coast is...
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Leopard Seal on the Hunt

The first series of pictures shows a Leopard Seal that was inquisitive and came right up to our zodiak  before diving under us He was not afraid and swam right past us while we just sat there bobbing in the...
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Peregrine Falcon Eating a Pigeon

This peregrine falcon is being trained for release back into the wild. After it was exercised for the day it was give its dinner of pigeon, a natural prey for it.
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Lions at play

Tanzania has more lions than any other country. They number around 20,000, although they were well over 100,000 in the recent past. Habitat destruction, persecution from herders, and poaching have been the biggest reason for their decline The lions in...
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Tom (the king)

Tom is the orangutan that displaced Kusasi, the reigning king for many years. Kusasi has quite a story about how he overcame adversity and had the personality needed to be the dominant male. Rumor has it that Doyak is displacing...
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Proboscis Monkey

21 years ago when I first cruised down this river my camera equipment was modest compared to what is available today. I used a Minolta XG-M camera that was manual everything; focus, film advance, and exposure. This camera had slide...
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Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine

  The orangutans at the care center range from babies to adults, and are here for a multitude of reasons. Some have chronic disease and will not survive in the wild. Others are young orphans and need a place to...
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