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Expert wildlife photographers stake out their quarry like a hunter and wait, sometimes for days, for the perfect shot to appear. I am not one of them. But once in a while on a trout stream the wildlife photo opportunities come to me, and when I can I have my camera ready.

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I'm breaking my rule about naming locations for this picture, since the context adds much to its meaning. This great blue heron is standing on a slab of river-worn concrete silhouetted against the NY Quickway bridge over the Beaverkill River at Cairn's Pool. Several human fishermen pursue trout from one shore while an avian fisherman pursues them from the other. From the Beaverkill River in New York.
I'm breaking my rule about naming locations for this picture, since the context adds much to its meaning. This great blue heron is standing on a slab of river-worn concrete silhouetted against the NY Quickway bridge over the Beaverkill River at Cairn's Pool. Several human fishermen pursue trout from one shore while an avian fisherman pursues them from the other.
StateNew York
LocationBeaverkill River
Date TakenOct 9, 2004
Date AddedJan 25, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
CameraOlympus C740UZ
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A whitetail deer pretends to be a moose, sticking its head underwater to graze on rich aquatic vegetation. From the Bois Brule River in Wisconsin.
A whitetail deer pretends to be a moose, sticking its head underwater to graze on rich aquatic vegetation.
StateWisconsin
LocationBois Brule River
Date TakenJul 27, 2004
Date AddedJan 25, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
CameraOlympus C740UZ
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I spotted this moose calf resting in the snow across the road from the river I was photographing in Alaska in late February. From Chena Hot Springs Road in Alaska.
I spotted this moose calf resting in the snow across the road from the river I was photographing in Alaska in late February.
StateAlaska
LocationChena Hot Springs Road
Date TakenFeb 20, 2006
Date AddedApr 15, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
CameraCanon EOS 20D
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Two dear make tracks across a frozen trout stream in the deep snows of early February not far from Lake Superior. I had hoped to sample nymphs in the stream (which later turned out to be quite fertile) but it wasn't open. From the East Fork of the Iron River in Wisconsin.
Two dear make tracks across a frozen trout stream in the deep snows of early February not far from Lake Superior. I had hoped to sample nymphs in the stream (which later turned out to be quite fertile) but it wasn't open.
StateWisconsin
LocationEast Fork of the Iron River
Date TakenFeb 5, 2004
Date AddedJan 25, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
CameraOlympus C740UZ
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A Canada goose and gosling poke their heads out of the grass along a trout stream. From the Bois Brule River in Wisconsin.
A Canada goose and gosling poke their heads out of the grass along a trout stream.
StateWisconsin
LocationBois Brule River
Date TakenJun 9, 2005
Date AddedFeb 8, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
CameraCanon EOS 20D
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Several whitetail deer cross the river in front of me in the middle of winter. From the Namekagon River in Wisconsin.
Several whitetail deer cross the river in front of me in the middle of winter.
StateWisconsin
LocationNamekagon River
Date TakenMar 20, 2004
Date AddedJan 25, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
CameraOlympus C740UZ
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High upon a signpost rearing, down upon pedestrians jeering, Squawking rather nasty things not heard from any bird before; Parking regulations broken, yet the bird paid not a token, And the bird was so outspoken, taunting watchers at its fore, Taunting that it need not pay the fee that we abhor. This it laughed, and then it soared. From University of Alaska Fairbanks in Alaska.

High upon a signpost rearing, down upon pedestrians jeering,
Squawking rather nasty things not heard from any bird before;
Parking regulations broken, yet the bird paid not a token,
And the bird was so outspoken, taunting watchers at its fore,
Taunting that it need not pay the fee that we abhor.
This it laughed, and then it soared.
StateAlaska
LocationUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks
Date TakenMar 27, 2012
Date AddedMar 28, 2012
AuthorTroutnut
CameraiPhone 4
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A great blue heron does a flyover on a flock of young common mergansers. I wonder how many hundreds of young trout go into the creation of a great blue heron and fifteen mergansers... hmm, where's Dick Cheney when you need him? Photo by Elena Vayndorf. From the Namekagon River in Wisconsin.
A great blue heron does a flyover on a flock of young common mergansers. I wonder how many hundreds of young trout go into the creation of a great blue heron and fifteen mergansers... hmm, where's Dick Cheney when you need him?

Photo by Elena Vayndorf.
StateWisconsin
LocationNamekagon River
Date TakenJul 18, 2005
Date AddedFeb 8, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
CameraCanon EOS 20D
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This porcupine seemed to be feeding on the filamentous green algae that had accumulated around the tip of a fallen cedar sweeper on a classic piece of northwoods trout water. From the Bois Brule River in Wisconsin.
This porcupine seemed to be feeding on the filamentous green algae that had accumulated around the tip of a fallen cedar sweeper on a classic piece of northwoods trout water.
StateWisconsin
LocationBois Brule River
Date TakenJun 16, 2006
Date AddedJul 1, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
CameraCanon EOS 20D
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A couple Canada geese take off from the scenic but nasty, swampy, and apparently troutless headwaters of a small, beaver-ravaged stream. From Eddy Creek in Wisconsin.
A couple Canada geese take off from the scenic but nasty, swampy, and apparently troutless headwaters of a small, beaver-ravaged stream.
StateWisconsin
LocationEddy Creek
Date TakenApr 4, 2004
Date AddedJan 25, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
CameraOlympus C740UZ
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