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I had a nice PM from a member asking about this annual thread. He asked if I could start one for this year. I totally forgot about this but it is arguably the best thing on this board each year.

Here is the format I will suggest we use and I know we are a few days late but might as well try it as we have in the past couple years.

Please post just one, yes ONE shot from each quarter. If you don't see this thread till later in December than feel free to catch up and post your missed quarters in one post at that time.

Q1 shot posted Dec 1-8
Q2 shot posted Dec 9-15
Q3 shot posted Dec 16-22
Q4 shot posted Dec 23-31

I will start digging up my Q1 ASAP....gets harder ever year to pick the 4 best!!

And here are the links to previous years for anyone that is new here or hasn't seen these amazing threads before...


Past 7 years of Best of Nature & Wildlife:
2009, hosted by Mr Zoom; https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/844016/
2010, hosted by Thang; https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/962334
2011, hosted by Khai (aka Major_K); https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1067605
2012, hosted by Tim Foltz; https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1173803
2013, hosted by Tim Kuhn; https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1260426
2014, hosted by Greg (kosin): https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1334687
2015, hosted by Geoff (arbitrage): https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1403413
2016, hosted by Troy (troy bilt): https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1463096



Dec 04, 2017 at 08:16 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


SO this one is a few days into Q2 I am going to be the 1st one to ignore the rules Sorry won't happen again.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/My-newest-Photos/i-2t8k6KJ/0/28e6493d/XL/6639-2-XL.jpg



Dec 04, 2017 at 08:20 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


Here is my Q1 entry taken in March. Common Redpoll in the snow....







Dec 04, 2017 at 08:28 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


Thanks Geoff for starting this thread.

Here is my Q1 shot, a Burrowing Owl, taken in California on January 26, 2017.

IMG_8291x by Mike Dec, on Flickr



Dec 04, 2017 at 08:36 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


Thanks for taking the lead Geoff...I've been off the grid most of the last 6 months so there may be a few new ones...however this isn't one of them.
Eric

Spoonbill in breeding plumage
https://photos.smugmug.com/FM/i-BCmXdq4/0/5b7d238d/X2/_87I6881spoonielr-X2.jpg



Dec 04, 2017 at 08:47 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


I considered a photo from my trip to Cedar Key Florida yet I already see a spoonbill posted by a good friend so I'll put of this shy owl. It was photographed February 18, 2017 on a Long Island beach.

021817DSC_4363 by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

Morris



Dec 04, 2017 at 09:11 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


awesome shots to start this wonderful thread.

Looks like that Wood Duck was still alive Troy!

We had an explosion of WTK population up and down the coast of SoCal this year...






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Dec 04, 2017 at 09:19 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


This is a late afternoon portrait of "Monday," one of the 2016 Eakins Oval chicks, taken in March 2017.

I watched her grow up in the nest on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. When she fledged prematurely on June 6, 2016 ("Monday") she was unable to fly and very unlikely to survive the four-lane traffic that is the Art Museum Circle. So we grabbed her and took her to the wildlife clinic at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. When her flight feathers had fully emerged a week later, we brought her back to the Oval where she spent the rest of the summer with her two siblings, learning to hunt on the Art Museum grounds in the care of her capable parents, "Mom" and "T3."

To everyone's delight, she showed up not far down the road at the John Heinz NWR in the fall, where she spent the winter and early spring, feeding on squirrels and voles. I spent many hours following her around the woods of Tinicum Marsh. The cool thing was that she would just as often find me as I'd find her. She moved on some time in April. Hope you're doing well!

"Monday" by Christian Hunold, on Flickr



Dec 04, 2017 at 09:28 PM
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Trumpeter Swan in January.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/446/32271258776_184741c28f_h.jpg



Dec 04, 2017 at 09:50 PM
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Thang wrote:
awesome shots to start this wonderful thread.

Looks like that Wood Duck was still alive Troy!


The duck was definitely alive. On the fist attempt to bring it to the nest the eagle came in behind the nest giving us just a quick peek that it had brought in something. About 3 second later something fell out of the nest and my friend yelled out the baby just fell out.

Thankfully it was just the wood duck that was not ready for dinner just yet. Mom, and Dad where quick to jump down and fetch dinner once and for all coming in from the side and lending a few frames for the books.



Dec 04, 2017 at 10:49 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


Taken on February 13th...
Keith W.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Things/Leque-Shorteared-Owls/i-xnXW9TQ/0/364da09a/X2/20170213-_D503308-Edit-X2.jpg



Dec 05, 2017 at 01:02 AM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


1Q17





Female Ring-necked Duck - Santee Lakes




Dec 05, 2017 at 02:30 AM
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red tailed hawk from february




Dec 05, 2017 at 07:24 AM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


Thanks Geoff for getting this rolling again

2017 was an off year in photography, did very little at the beginning then sold off all my gear. However 2018 will put me back in the game.

Last I checked, florals fit in here in the Nature forum I share one from one of my favorite indoor greenhouses to visit when the outdoors turns gloomy!

Great stuff so far...............
Karl




Amaryllis minimum




Dec 05, 2017 at 09:25 AM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


Thanks Geoff for starting the fun...









Dec 05, 2017 at 11:33 AM
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My 1st Q entry taken in March 17. A killdeer over the eggs with his/her mate in the bg. Image taken in North Carolina.. To all before me, great entries.





Killdeer




Dec 05, 2017 at 02:40 PM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


Wonderful shots everyone. Mine is from March 2017.

Birdie




The Dandelion




Dec 05, 2017 at 03:59 PM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


Here are my first and second quarter's shots as I'm leaving town soon - it was really difficult choosing only one per quarter!




From my Botswana trip - one of many I really liked!






Tern Action, from Bolsa Chica




Dec 05, 2017 at 06:13 PM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


Well, this post is way out of my league but WTH.

A Slate-colored Junco from March








Dec 05, 2017 at 06:39 PM
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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Best of 2017 Nature and Wildlife


birdied wrote:
Wonderful shots everyone. Mine is from March 2017.

Birdie


That shot is amazing Birdie.



Dec 05, 2017 at 06:42 PM
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