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“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.” — Louis D. Brandeis Painted stork missed its prey. 🪶 Yala N.P. 🇱🇰 #photography #travel #birds #birdphotography #SriLanka

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“If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.’” — Sophocles Palouse Falls in the twilight with the exposure adjusted to look like daytime. Eastern WA. 🇺🇸 #photography #travel #waterfalls #longexposure

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“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. Colorful tree frog hiding at night. 🐸 Quepos. 🇨🇷 #photography #travel #frogs #CostaRica

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“There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.” — Frederick William Robertson The African darter is similar to a cormorant, using its powerful neck muscles and pointed bill to spear fish. 🪶 Chobe N.P. 🇧🇼 #photography #travel #safari #birds #birdphotography

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“Tyranny requires your fear, and your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.” — J.B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois. Great Blue Heron hunting. 🪶 Edison, WA 🇺🇸 #photography #birds #birdphotography

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The short-eared owl can be found on every continent except for the Antarctic and Australia. 🪶 They favor hunting in open fields for their preferred prey, voles, by gliding low and swooping down feet first. Edison, WA 🇺🇸 #photography #wildlife #birds #birdphotography

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The stream be bleeding! Finnich Glen, the location of the Devil's Pulpit, where the water runs red from iron deposits. It was made famous by the TV series, Outlander, in 2014 as St Ninian's Spring. Craighat, Glasgow. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #photography #travel #offthebeatenpath #landscape #filminglocation #Scotland

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“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.” — Plato Violet sabrewing on the wing. Monteverde. 🇨🇷 #photography #travel #wildlife #birds #birdphotography

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“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” — Plato A joyful dog chasing soap bubbles on the #beach. Edmonds Marine Park, WA. 🇺🇸 #photography #dogs #sunset #PugetSound

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“Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.” — Charles M. Schulz The resplendent quetzal is one of the most unusual birds I’ve seen in the wild. 🪶 Monteverde. 🇨🇷 #photography #travel #wildlife #birds #birdphotography #CostaRica

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“One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.” — Robert Kennedy Whatcom Falls, Bellingham, WA 🇺🇸 #photography #waterfalls #longexposure #landscape

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Driving on the backroads of Eastern Washington, I came across this scene and thought I’d found the background wallpaper for MS Windows 95. IYKYK. Wheat fields near Dayton, WA. 🇺🇸 #photography #travel #landscape #wheat #software #rollinghills

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“Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.” — Demosthenes The Milky Way, but upside-down, from the Outback, with our camper van in the foreground. Muttaburra, QLD. 🇦🇺 #photography #travel #caravan #stars #astrophotography #Australia

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The dictator delivers opportunities for the rich to become richer, and they, in turn, protect the dictator from being overthrown. Keep this in mind as you watch current events unfold. Driving through Eastern Washington at sunset. 🇺🇸 #photography #travel #sunset #landscape

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“Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.” — Charlie Chaplin A great hornbill preparing to fly away. 🪶 Yala N.P. 🇱🇰 #photography #travel #safari #birds #birdphotography

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Apparently, there are some people who have ‘great regret’ for whom they voted, despite warnings. So here's one for them…a ‘great egret’ standing on one leg. 🪶 At least it has a leg to stand on. #photography #birds #birdphotography

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“If you don’t want your tax dollars to thelp the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don’t.” — Jimmy Carter CBD, downtown Singapore at night. 🇸🇬 #photography #travel #skyline #cityscape #night #lights #reflection

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Whenever I saw a Peruvian woman wearing a bowler hat, I was reminded of Magritte's numerous surrealist paintings of men in bowler hats. Isla del Sol. 🇧🇴 #photography #travel #people #cultures

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“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” — Desmond Tutu The quality of light is often more important than the amount of light. Sunset on on the island of Zanzibar. 🇹🇿 #photography #travel #light #sunset

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My favorite photo of my wife while we were on our around-the-world trip. This was after about 6 months on the road. We were both tanned, happy, relaxed, and even lost weight from lots of walking. Here we're having a beer before sunset in Zanzibar. 🇹🇿 #photography #RTW #travel #sunset

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“Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” — John F. Kennedy American white pelicans. 🪶 San Diego Zoo. 🇺🇸

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“Any politician promising not to raise your taxes is like a vampire promising to become a vegetarian.” — Pierre Poilievre A vampire of the avian world, the yellow-billed oxpecker often eats insects and ticks off its host animal, but blood is its preferred food. #photography #birds #birdphotography

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“If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?” — Lily Tomlin Just to show that I don't always have the best timing. A blue sky would have been a perfect contrast to Old Faithful, Yellowstone N.P., Wyoming. 🇺🇸 #photography #travel #nationalpark #geyser

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“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” — A. A. Milne 😍 Happy Valentine's Day! 💝 Sometimes the perfect shot lines up...and then someone parks in your way. Serengeti N.P. 🇹🇿 #photography #safari #wildlife #elephants #Tanzania

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“Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites.” — William Ruckelshaus A colorful little bee-eater waiting on a branch for its mate to return, hopefully with lunch. Serengeti N.P. 🇹🇿 #photography #safari #birds #birdphotography #Tanzania

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We've been to Cape Town a couple of times now and it's a whole different vibe than the rest of #SouthAfrica. 🇿🇦 There are no shanty towns, nor are there any large mammals wandering about. #Panorama of Cape Point #lighthouse, Cape of Good Hope. #photography #travel #landscape #panoramic

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The view from our hotel room in Sharjah of Khalid Lake and Al Majaz Island amphitheater just minutes from Dubai 🇦🇪 #photography #travel #landscape #cityscape #UAE

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This almost looks like a B&W photo, except for that pop of color from my wife's jacket. In reality, the camera overexposed the image because of the dark basalt rocks and black sand. Reynisfjara Beach. 🇮🇸 #photography #monochromatic #beach #landscape #Iceland

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“Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life.” — Maya Angelou The grey crowned crane🪶 is the national bird of Uganda, but we saw them in #Tanzania 🇹🇿 #photography #birds #birdphotography

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Watching the sunrise over Mt. Kilimanjaro from the summit of Mt. Meru (4566m. 14,980ft.) and looking down at the cinder cone inside the caldera of Meru. This journey to the summit started at 1:30 a.m. 🇹🇿 #photography #travel #adventure #mountaineering #summit #mountains #sunrise #Tanzania

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As the largest bird, I didn't realize just how large an ostrich was until one walked up to our vehicle looking for handouts. 🪶They're kind of scary up close. Serengeti N.P. 🇹🇿 #photography #travel #safari #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #Tanzania

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One of the hazards of driving on the Serengeti. Roads are like washboards and to smooth out the ride, you must drive fast, but also a little out-of-control. Steep berms on the sides can flip a 4x4 easily. 🇹🇿 #photography #travel #safari #accidents #hazards

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Following the crowds of safari vehicles in the morning to find a pride with a cub lounging in the sun. When all the vehicles arrived, they decided the place was no longer relaxing. Here they're on the move again. Serengeti N.P. 🇹🇿 #photography #travel #safari #wildlife #animals #lions #Tanzania

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The brush fires in the Serengeti were slow burning thanks to almost no wind. The animals didn't seem very concerned and were often less than 100 ft. (30m) from the flames. They did produce some colorful sunsets. 🇹🇿 #photography #travel #safari #self-drive #wildfires #animals #sunset

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Secretarybirds hunt reptiles, small mammals and insects by stomping on them with their powerful legs. 🪶 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 #photography #birds #birdphotography #safari #self-drive #Tanzania

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“My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.” — Abraham Lincoln Short-eared owl on the wing. 🪶 Edison, WA 🇺🇸 #photography #birds #birdphotography #owls

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Now that we have an administration full of climate change deniers, I think everyone should visit Venice before it's underwater. The entire Venetian Lagoon is vulnerable. Gondolas and boats along Venice's iconic Grand Canal. 🇮🇹 #photography #travel #landscape #Italy

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“Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.” — H. L. Mencken This species of heliconia (heliconia stricta?) reminds me of crab claws. Jalisco. 🇲🇽 #photography #flowers #plants #Mexico

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“If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt At the Museum of Broken Relationships, Zagreb 🇭🇷 #photography #travel #museums #Croatia

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“I love watching the sunrise and sunset and the sky, the birds.” — Manisha Koirala Sunset in the Amazon and a black vulture perched on a pole. 🪶 Amazonia. 🇧🇷 #photography #travel #birds #birdphotography #sunset #Brazil

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