Entire Menu

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by Bryan Costales

The Hemp House Grill had its sign, and entire menu, displayed above the order window.

A Dragonfly

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by Bryan Costales

A dragonfly work of art by Roy Lopez was on display in one of the booths at the Oregon Country Fair.

Grilled Cheese

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by Bryan Costales

The sign over the "Cheezy Weezy's" booth listed "Grilled Cheese," and "Tomato Soup."

Signs Above

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by Bryan Costales

Signs above the "Rosie's Just Desserts" booth included, "Organic Gourmet Coffee," and "Organic French Roast."

A Small Line

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by Bryan Costales

A small line of customers waited for delivery of their Egg Rolls.

Hung In The Bushes

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by Bryan Costales

An artist created a large strawberry and hung that art in the bushes beside the trail.

On Back Side Of

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by Bryan Costales

Several of our purple spike, (Liatris Spicata), plants grew on the back of the Monster Raised Garden Bed in the front yard.

Carbon Free And Dividend

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by Bryan Costales

A scene was painted on canvas and supported on a white, plastic-pipe frame. There were two cutouts for faces. One face was for, "Captain Dividend." The other face was for "Carbon Free Face."

Zero Motorcycle

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by Bryan Costales

A Zero electric motorcycle was on display in front of one of the booths at the Oregon Country Fair.

Plain Wooden

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by Bryan Costales

A plain wooden bench was set under the shade of trees and between two fabric works of art.

Avocet non-breeding plumage

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by Terry Costales

This photo was taken late March of this year and many birds were still in just black and white. For courting and breeding the necks and chest acquire a rusty or tan color. They really seem to enjoy their mud-flats.

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

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by Terry Costales

This female Killdeer is standing over eggs in its "nest." Three eggs are actually present but only one is clearly visible. Even the clearly visible one is very well camouflaged. It is reputed their call sounds like "kill deer" and thus the name. I don't hear it myself but maybe that's just me.

Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron

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by Terry Costales

Taken late March, this bird is probably a year or two old and has the yellow legs you see on both juveniles and non breeding adults. They get their full adult plumage in the third year. If you look at this shot and the thumbnail below it, you can see they are roughly the same size and shape. Nice of them to pose for their comparison shots.

Tortoise

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by Terry Costales

These two large tortoises ambled about and were not as sluggish as one might expect. I dont know which species of tortoise this is because I forgot to photograph the sign.

Black-crowned Night Heron

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by Terry Costales

The bird on the left is a young adult who won't achieve the look of the mature bird on its right for another year.

Great Blue Heron

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by Terry Costales

This is a photo of the heron taking off as the boat got too close for comfort.

Male Lion Sleeping

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by Terry Costales

Here is a photo of a lion doing what a lion does best.

Warthog

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by Terry Costales

The profile of a warthog is not handsome. Neither is any other view. They do have their niche in nature, but they just don't look good filling it.

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

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by Terry Costales

The female Killdeer in this picture is adopting a wounded bird pose and making a distress call. She is trying to lure me away from her nest by convincing me she is easy prey. Luckily for her I only wanted her photo.

Breeding pair of Avocets

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by Terry Costales

Taken Early May, they are guarding a nest and looking lovely. Maybe next trip out there I can get a shot of some Avocet chicks.

Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)

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by Terry Costales

Of course England has it's fair share of "flying rats". For some reason this one in Hyde Park seemed more like an actual bird to me than just feathered vermin. I'm sure if I was there long enough they would become just as annoying as pigeons are here at home.

Nesting Night Heron

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by Terry Costales

This nest was not in the fenced off area near the pond but next to the picnic tables. The herons are used to seeing and hearing people and seem quite tolerant of being ogled and photographed.

White Horse

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by Terry Costales

Hyde Park is a large London park with much to offer visitors. Kids played soccer on the lawns. People paddled boats. Couples strolled the many paths in and around the Serpentine This photo is of a very dignified, white, police horse.

Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)

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by Terry Costales

This snowy owl at the Dublin Zoo was very quiet but, if it had spoken, it would have had an unusual voice.

Harbor Seal

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by Terry Costales

This photo of a Harbor Seal was taken very near the Lucy Evans Interpretive Center at the bird sanctuary. I was very surprised to see it but the ranger verified that they have been known to occasionally appear.