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Wildlife Along The South Platte River — wk 47

For yesterday and today, I headed down to the South Platte River, at Littleton to practice some more bird photography. Beside the river is a pond where couple of geese were preening themselves.

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Pair Of Geese Preening, South Platte River.

Hanging around here for a half hour, one goose looked towards me, allowing me the capture this image.

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Canada Goose On Tree Stump.

This afternoon, a Red-Tailed Hawk was perched in one of the trees near the river bank, facing away from me. I continued to walk until I could get a better view and made this image.

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Red-Tailed Hawk, Littleton.

Heading south along the river, there were several Buffelhead Ducks. These little ducks feed by diving to find food.

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Eight Buffelhead Ducks, South Platte River.

On the far bank, was a deer grazing among the grass. This deer had one horn that looked like it was deformed — growing forwards instead of upwards.

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Deer At South Platte Riverside.

I made my way back to the parking lot, and arrived home to see an amazing sunset at the end of the day.

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