PHOTOS( 2009) Photo Gallery by Hank Vander Velde at pbase.com

PHOTOS( 2009)

Photos in this gallery have largely been taken in 2009 and unless indicated, all nature images have been taken in the "WILD" if one considers local ponds and parks where creatures are free to come and go as also belonging to the "WILD".

Thumbnails marked "SERIES" include two or more related images depicting;for instance, animal behaviour, actions and/or different views of the same subject.

THANK YOU for visiting. All comments are much appreciated. Feel free to suggest improvements or to point out any errors in ID etc.

20091201 057 White-tailed Deer.jpg	20090117 011 Northern Hawk Owl.jpg	20090824 433 Black-crowned Night-Heron juv.jpg	20090501 176 Yellow Warbler.jpg	20091106 977 Pileated Woodpecker.jpg	20081119 199 Rough-legged Hawk.jpg
20081208 368 Northern Hawk Owl.jpg	20090117 048 Northern Hawk Owl.jpg	20090508 181 Tree Swallow SERIES.jpg	20091111 077 Blue Jays NX2, SERIES.jpg	20090504 060 Yellow Warbler.jpg	20091130 239 Blue Jay.jpg
20091030 519 Mallard (F ).jpg	20090710 029 Black Tern.jpg	20081216 366 Northern Hawk Owl.jpg	20090725 121 Purple Martin NX2.jpg	20090718 297 Purple Martin.jpg	20091222 093 Snowy Owl - SERIES.jpg
20091222 248 Snowy Owl.jpg	20091215 085 White-tailed Dear.jpg	20090415 069 Coopers hawk (F) juv.jpg	20091214 053 White-tailed Deer SERIES.jpg	20091210 137 White-tailed Deer.jpg	20091214 030 Red Squirrel .jpg
20091130 167 Blue Jay.jpg	20091214 030 White-tailed Deer.jpg	20091210 141 White-tailed Deer.jpg	20091210 041 White-tailed Deer.jpg	20091117 301 Snow Goose4.jpg	20091117 389 Snow Goose2a.jpg
20090725 155 Purple Martins.jpg	20090725 182 Purple Martin SERIES.jpg	20091114 320 Green-winged Teal (M).jpg	20090616 587 Common Loons.jpg	20090327 050 Canada Goose Hybrid.jpg	20091112 003 Canada Goose Hybrid - SERIES.jpg
20090327 031 Canada Goose Goose Hybrid - SERIES.jpg	20091202 027 Canada Goose Hybrid NX2 - SERIES.jpg	20091030 028 Lesser Scaup.jpg	20050928 0020 Robin SERIES.jpg	20090514 091 Canada Goose-Gosling.jpg	20090411 335 Red-breasted Merganser (F).jpg
Snowy Ow 071.jpg	20090824 339 Black-crowned Night-Heron (juv).jpg	20091112 212 Blackpoll Warbler.jpg	20090411 161 Red-breasted Merganser.jpg	20090413 117 Red-breasted Merganser (F).jpg	20091108 374 Blue Jay3 NX2.jpg
20091118 052 Scaup3.jpg	20091117 097 Snow Goose - SERIES.jpg	20091117 241 Snow Goose NX2 .jpg	20091106 090 American Wigeon - (M).jpg	20091114 326 Green-winged Teal (M).jpg	20091112 014 Blackpoll Warbler .jpg
20091112 193 Blackpoll Warbler.jpg	20091106 958 American Black Duck.jpg	20091108 371 Blue Jay.jpg	20090824 106, 093 Black-crowned Night-Heron (juv) - SERIES.jpg	20091104 024 Red-tailed Hawk - SERIES.jpg	20091106 364 American Wigeon - M.jpg
20091106 371 American Wigeon - M.jpg	20091030 049 Mallard (M) - SERIES.jpg	20090804 195 Glads & Mallards -SERIES.jpg	20091030 661 Mallard (F).jpg	20091030 104 Northern Pintail (F).jpg	20091030 333 Green-winged Teal (M) - SERIES.jpg
20091030 084 Northern Pintail ( F) NX2a.jpg	20091030 306 Green-winged Teal (M).jpg	20091018 180 Redhead Duck.jpg	20090919 513 Pectoral Sandpiper.jpg	20090730 198 Swamp Sparrow.jpg	20091002 035 Golden-crowned Kinglet (F) - SERIES.jpg
20091020 171 Fox Sparrow.jpg	20091026 097 Green-winged Teal (M).jpg	20091018 323 Redhead Duck.jpg	20091018 346 Redhead Duck (M).jpg	20091021 087 Long-tailed Duck.jpg	20091020 197 Long-tailed Duck (M).jpg
20091020 325 327 Long-tailed Duck (M).jpg	20091019 027 Long-eared Owl.jpg	20091017 451 Dunlin.jpg	20091017 273 Semipalmated Plover.jpg	20090911 175 Lesser Yellowlegs.jpg	20090919 169 Marbled Godwit.jpg
20081006 476 GB Heron.jpg	20090824 438 Black-crowned Night-Heron (juv) - SERIES.jpg	20090419 054 Red-winged Blackbird (M).jpg	20081108 074 Blue Jay - SERIES.jpg	20090828 050 Blue-winged Teal.jpg	20090912 826 Killdeer.jpg
20090919 300 Killdeer.jpg	20090912 399 Belted Kingfisher.jpg	20090825 117 Ruby-throated Hummingbird.jpg	20090828 412 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - SERIES.jpg	20090911 378 Green-winged Teal.jpg	20090923 038 Raccoon - SERIES.jpg
20090626 551 Red Fox Pup.jpg	20090921 023 Barn Swallow.jpg	20090830 022 Ruby-throated Hummingbird.jpg	20090616 404 Common Loon.jpg	20090828 285 002 Ruby-throated Hummingbird.jpg	20090912 286 Lesser Yellowlegs.jpg
20090701 154 American Goldfinch.jpg	20090825 028 Ruby-throated Hummingbird.jpg	20090912 476 Belted Kingfisher - SERIES.jpg	20090912 793 Belted Kingfisher (F).jpg	20090912 619 Belted Kingfisher (F) - SERIES.jpg	20090831 125 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - SERIES.jpg
20090824 100 Belted Kingfisher (F).jpg	20090824 117 093 Black-crowned Night-Heron juv.jpg	20090310 185 Coopers Hawk.jpg	20090720 035 Small-to-Large Images - SERIES.jpg	20090522 432 Dragonfly.jpg	20090822 042 Garden-cross Spider - SERIES.jpg
20090831 134 Ruby-throated Hummingbird.jpg	20090828 418 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - SERIES.jpg	20090830 022 Ruby-throated Hummingbird.jpg	20090830 019 Ruby-throated Hummingbird.jpg	20090825 118 Ruby-throated Hummingbird.jpg	20090821 188 Fly.jpg
20090708 237 Eastern Kingbirds - SERIES.jpg	20090713 404 Eastern Kingbirds - SERIES.jpg	20090713 034 Eastern Kingbirds - SERIES.jpg	20090713 304 Eastern Kingbirds - SERIES.jpg	20090714 027 Eastern Kingbirds.jpg	20090713 589 Eastern Kingbird.jpg
20090713 571 Eastern Kingbirds.jpg	20090713 569 Eastern Kingbirds.jpg	20090713 556 Eastern Kingbirds - SERIES.jpg	20090714 054 Eastern Kingbirds - SERIES.jpg	20090714 181 Eastern Kingbirds - SERIES.jpg	20090714 157 Eastern Kingbirds - SERIES.jpg
20090709 199 Eastern Kingbirds - SERIES.jpg	20090708 161 Green Heron (Juv).jpg	20090616 315 Common Loon.jpg	20090821 208 Green Bottle Fly - SERIES.jpg	20090725 091 Water Drop Reflections - SERIES.jpg	20090801 095 Northern Cardinal (M).jpg
20090726 206 Great Blue Heron.jpg	20090613 424 Common Loons.jpg	20090730 111 Great Blue Heron - SERIES.jpg	20090801 090 Northern Cardinal (M) - SERIES.jpg	20090802 194 Japanese Beetle - SERIES.jpg	20090801 189 Ruby-throated Hummingbird.jpg
20090725 343 Ruby-throated Hummingbird.jpg	20090725 005 Purple Martins.jpg	20090718 362 Purple Martins - SERIES.jpg	20090725 130 Purple Martin - SERIES.jpg	20090718 354 Purple Martin - SERIES.jpg	20090726 069 Purple Martin.jpg
20090623 819 Common Loon - SERIES .jpg	20090530 168 Swamp Sparrow.jpg	20090610 048 Savannah Sparrow.jpg	20090718 375 Purple Martin - SERIES.jpg	20090610 106 House Wren.jpg	20090718 105 Water Drop Reflections R 180 - SERIES.jpg
20090718 105 Water Drop Reflections - SERIES.jpg	20090708 054 Green Herons (juv) - SERIES.jpg	20090708 117 Green Heron (juv).jpg	20090706 189 Green Heron (Juv) - SERIES.jpg	20090613 107 Common Loon.jpg	20090616 317 Common Loons.jpg
20090708 061 Green Herons ( juv).jpg	20090511 190 Northern Cardinal ( M).jpg	20090613 073 Snapping Turtle - SERIES.jpg	20090614 026 Snapping Turtle - SERIES.jpg	Snapping Turtle, No. 1 - SERIES.jpg	20080606 580 Cosmos.jpg
20090607 288 Iris.jpg	20090701 165 American Goldfinch - SERIES.jpg	20090630 311 Pied-billed Grebes - SERIES.jpg	20090626 540 Red Fox Pup.jpg	20090626 490 Red Fox Pup.jpg	20090626 481 Red Fox Pup.jpg
20090626 913 Pied-billed Grebes - SERIES.jpg	20090630 303 Pied-billed Grebes.jpg	20090626 463 Red Fox Pup.jpg	20090626 401 Red Fox Pup - SERIES.jpg	20090626 196 Red Fox Pups.jpg	20090616 221 Common Loons.jpg
20090608 023 Common Loon - SERIES.jpg	20090616 538 Common Loons - SERIES.jpg	20090616 096 Common Loons.jpg	20090616 071 Common Loons.jpg	20090616 042 Common Loons - SERIES.jpg	20090523 096 American Bittern - SERIES.jpg
20090522 456 Cerulean Warbler.jpg	20090522 442 Yellow-throated Vireo.jpg	20090522 253 Red-eyed Vireo.jpg	20090522 216 Black-throated Green Warbler.jpg	20090602 051 Killdeer - SERIES.jpg	20090427 097 Greater White-fronted Goose - SERIES.jpg
20090506 090 Great Horned Owls - SERIES.jpg	20090602 338 Clay-colored Sparrow - SERIES.jpg	20090429 522 Northern Flicker (F).jpg	20090429 537 Northern Flicker.jpg	20090522 329 Ovenbird (Warbler) - SERIES.jpg	20090420 514 Hooded Merganser (M).jpg
20090523 002 Red-winged Blackbird (F) - SERIES.jpg	20090522 159 Indigo Bunting - SERIES.jpg	20090504 050 Yellow Warbler - SERIES.jpg	20090524 034 Bonaparte's Gull.jpg	20090522 144 Indigo Bunting.jpg	20090524 035 Bonaparte's Gull.jpg
20090522 180 Common Yellowthroat.jpg	20090522 024 Scarlet Tanager.jpg	20090522 133 Indigo Bunting.jpg	20090511 254 Gosling.jpg	20090514 018 Canada Geese Goslings - SERIES.jpg	20090518 348 Common Loon.jpg
20090518 132 Common Loon.jpg	20090518 337 Common Loon - SERIES.jpg	20090509 008 Common Loon.jpg	20090420 180 Wood Duck (M) - SERIES.jpg	20090508 197 Tree Swallow - SERIES.jpg	20090508 074 Eastern Bluebird (M - SERIES).jpg
20090508 071 Eastern Bluebirds.jpg	Mississippi Belle Cover Page - SERIES.jpg	20090504 223 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - SERIES.jpg	20090505 172 Red-headed Woodpecker.jpg	20090505 151 Red-headed Woodpecker.jpg	20090504 367 Red-headed Woodpecker.jpg
20090419 096 Mallard (M).jpg	20090429 359, 361 Northern Shoveler (M) - SERIES.jpg	20090429 186 Northern Shoveler (M).jpg	20090419 052 Red-winged Blackbird (M).jpg	20090416 152 Canada Geese.jpg	20090420 212 Wood Duck(M).jpg
20090416 Adam's 045 Peacock (M - SERIES).jpg	20090317 251 Pine Marten.jpg	20090317 487 Pine Marten.jpg	20090327 225 American Robin.jpg	20090415 098 Coopers Hawk (F juv).jpg	20090415 082 Cooper's Hawk (F, juv).jpg
20090415 112 Coopers Hawk ( F, juv).jpg	20090414 172 Pied-billed Grebe - SERIES.jpg	20090408 007 Red-breasted Mergansers - SERIES.jpg	20090307 090 Cooper's Hawk (F) - SERIES.jpg	20090402 178 Double-crested Cormorant.jpg	20090402 104 Double-crested Cormorant.jpg
20090402 080 Double-crested Cormorant.jpg	20090331 123 Hooded Merganser.jpg	20090331 126 Male Hooded Merganser & Female Common Goldeneye - SERIES.jpg	20090331 166 Male Hooded Merganser & Female Common Goldeneye - SERIES.jpg	20090331 178 Hooded Merganser & Common Goldeneye - SERIES.jpg	20090331 235 Male Hooded Merganser - SERIES.jpg
20090331 260 Hooded Merganser & Common Goldeneyes - SERIES.jpg	20090420 298 Hooded Merganser(M).jpg	20090420 299 Hooded Merganser (M) - SERIES.jpg	20090420 376 Hooded Merganser (M) - SERIES.jpg	20090415 302 Hooded Mergansers - SERIES.jpg	20090415 311 Hooded Mergansers - SERIES.jpg
20090415 334 Hooded Mergansers - SERIES.jpg	20090420 543 Hooded Merganser (F) - SERIES.jpg	20090420 431 Hooded Merganser (M) - SERIES.jpg	20090327 013 Wood Duck (M).jpg	20090317 094 Gray Jay.jpg	20090317 071 Gray Jay.jpg
20090303 140 Common Goldeneye - SERIES.jpg	20090112 009 House Finch - SERIES.jpg	20090317 514 Beaver - SERIES.jpg	20090317 441 Pine Marten - SERIES.jpg	20090320 330 Brown-headed Cowbird.jpg	20090123 099 Tree Fungi.jpg
20090123 079 Tree Fungi.jpg	20090123 069 Tree fungi.jpg	20090224 074 Great Gray Owl - SERIES.jpg	20090320 099 Brown-headed Cowbird - SERIES.jpg	20090318 406 Barred Owl SERIES.jpg	20090318 254 SERIES - Barred Owl.jpg
20090318 404 Barred Owl.jpg	20090318 392 Barred Owl.jpg	20090318 204 Barred Owl.jpg	20090203 250 Barred Owl.jpg	20090316 034 Red-bellied Woodpecker (f).jpg	20090316 024 Red-bellied Woodpecker (f).jpg
20090304 117 Northern Shrike - SERIES.jpg	20090224 173 Great Gray Owl - SERIES.jpg	20090205 503 Great Gray Owl - SERIES.jpg	20090303 009 Great Gray Owl - SERIES.jpg	20080407 015 Northern Cardinal (male).jpg	20080324 008 Cardinal (male).jpg
20090224 148 Great Gray Owl.jpg	20090224 085 Great Gray Owl - SERIES.jpg	20090224 174 Great Gray Owl.jpg	20090110 309 Northern Mockingbird.jpg	20090131 155 Squirrel - SERIES.jpg	20090202 003 Great Gray Owl - SERIES.jpg
20080329 Cedar Waxwing 048 - SERIES.jpg	20090120 115 Bohemian Waxwings - SERIES.jpg	20090115 105 Common Raven - SERIES .jpg	20090124 067 Dark-eyed Junco.jpg	20090126 413 Great Gray Owl.jpg	20090127 175 Boreal Owl - SERIES.jpg
20090126 494 Great Gray Owl - SERIES.jpg	20090126 399 Great Gray Owl - SERIES.jpg	20090127 228 Boreal Owl - SERIES.jpg	20090119 026 Northern Saw-whet Owl - SERIES.jpg	20090120 087 Bohemian Waxwing.jpg	20090125 072 Snowy Owl by Adam.jpg
20090120 125 Bohemian Waxwings.jpg	20090120 056 Bohemian Waxwing.jpg	20090115 162 Common Raven.jpg	20090119 212 Pine Grosbeak (male) - SERIES.jpg	20090114 043 Common Redpoll.jpg	20090112 035 House Finch.jpg
20090110 301 Northern Mockingbird.jpg	20090112 202 Northern Mockingbird.jpg	20090114 119 White-winged Crossbill male.jpg	20090112 277 Northern Hawk Owl.jpg	20090114 052 White-winged Crossbill (male - red, female-yellow) - SERIES.jpg	20090112 047 Pine Siskin.jpg
20090106 090 Snowy Owl - SERIES.jpg	20090106 068 Snowy Owl.jpg	20090106 164 Snowy Owl.jpg	20081218 143 White-tailed Deer - SERIES.jpg	20081216 354 Northern Hawk Owl.jpg	20081218 015 White-tailed Deer - SERIES.jpg
20081213 160 Northern Hawk Owl.jpg	20081216 290 Northern Hawk Owl - SERIES.jpg

comment

Victor Tackett		28-Jan-2010 04:29
Wow! Outstanding Gallery. V

Chet Harwell		18-Jan-2010 22:27
Without a doubt, some of the best work I have anywhere.

Stan Wojick		30-Dec-2009 00:26
Absolutely amazing gallery Hank - obviously a huge amount of work and fun involved in all of this - best regards, Stan.

Jean Chiasson		23-Dec-2009 02:26
Great gallery Hank vote Merry Christmas and a very happy new year

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		04-Dec-2009 07:40
Wow!Nice pictures:love!!!! Vote my friend,bravo!!! Paolo

Giancarlo Guzzardi		01-Dec-2009 08:14
an excellent naturalistic work

John Cravatta		21-Nov-2009 23:40
I enjoyed viewing your fantastic nature gallery!

Doug Jones		16-Nov-2009 03:50
What an absolutely spectacular collection of bird photo!! Thanks for sharing! V

Guest		02-Oct-2009 15:53
Another beautiful gallery!!v

Kim		02-Aug-2009 19:42
Great bird gallery, very nice work! V

Lamar Nix		02-Aug-2009 11:48
Wonderful collection of wildlife images. V

alfredo camba jr.		25-Jun-2009 05:03
Wonderful gallery! Very nice and interesting images!! V

Steve Morris		20-Apr-2009 17:10
Super gallery Hank, so many profesional bird shots in this series!!BV

Tom Torbert		11-Apr-2009 14:39
Great images Hank.. You catch the personality of the birds you photograph so well.. And the stories that go with them are hilarious... and add so much to the understanding of the image... Great work.. Always..

pr_rajan		26-Mar-2009 01:54
...great!~V~

Guest		24-Mar-2009 17:59
a wonderful, excellent collection.

Guest		09-Mar-2009 00:02
The capture of nature is just amazing, beautiful gallery

Ali Majdfar		26-Jan-2009 09:02
Outstanding collection, stunning shots. ~V

Steve Highfield		21-Jan-2009 23:54
Excellent photography, Hank. First class work. +V

an nguyen		12-Jan-2009 02:12
Excellent starting for the New Year, Hank..love them..

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