Today I joined up with one of my Long Island Meetup groups to go and take wildlife pictures at the Bailey Arboretum. There they host a wildlife rescue operation that tends to a variety of birds, mammals and reptiles. Many of their rescue animals are rehabilitated and set free back into the wild, but others, for one reason or another have been given a permanent home there.
It's a beautiful estate to walk on and it was a fantastic opportunity to be able to work with the volunteers and take some wonderful pictures of the animals they care for.
and then there was...
and last but not least....
Wonderful animal pics and the last with Marie ist also very cool :)
Posted by: Christine Baier | July 28, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Great photos but ugh, I do not like possums! I do love owls though. Maybe they eat possums... I actually had to look up whether it's possum or oposum and found that in America, I should be using the "O". Australia has the cute possums as you can see here: http://www.bobinoz.com/blog/4013/possums-and-opossums-australia-and-america-all-explained/
Posted by: Maery Rose | July 25, 2012 at 10:36 PM
(American Kestrels are my fave)
Posted by: Chris | July 25, 2012 at 05:22 PM
Holy crap!! These put my L.A. County Arboretum photos to shame!!
LOOK at those feathers!
Posted by: Chris | July 25, 2012 at 05:21 PM
Oh! oh! OHOHOHOHOH OH! I want to paint them all! Those owls are just too amazing to be real! And the raptors! The dragonfly (how can I resist!) and the froggie - all of them are just superbly captured Marie.
Well done you!!!
Posted by: Cindy Lane | July 24, 2012 at 11:38 AM
Wow, Marie. A great set of photos! My fave is the turtle, and second, the barred owl. I like their expressions......
Very nice. :-)
Posted by: Vicki in Michigan | July 23, 2012 at 03:58 PM
Dragonfly is a very nice capture but my favourite is the American Opossum.............
Posted by: Robert | July 23, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Absolutely fantastic photos! I'm particularly fascinated at their eyes.
Posted by: Joanne Thieme Huffman | July 23, 2012 at 09:14 AM
Phenomenal pictures Marie! The owls and other feathered friends and would you look at the patterns on that turtle. Great photo shoot
Posted by: Bren | July 23, 2012 at 08:04 AM
Fantastic fotos! what a pleasure to behold! thank you
Posted by: lyle baxter | July 23, 2012 at 06:59 AM
Animals are a great photographers subject
Posted by: Chantal | July 23, 2012 at 06:04 AM