In Allegheny Cemetery.
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Your Thanksgiving Turkey
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Robin
Resting on the Marshall monument in the Allegheny Cemetery. That happy smile is probably the bird panting: it was a hot day.
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Canada Goose
She is keeping a wary eye on us as she swims across Squaw Run in Fox Chapel.
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American Crow
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) sitting on a post in Castle Shannon.
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Canada Goose Swimming
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Drake Ducking
A mallard drake feeding in Saw Mill Run, Seldom Seen.
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Tower with Falcon
This is the tower of St. Basil’s in Carrick. Old Pa Pitt didn’t notice the bird when he was taking pictures, or he might have tried to go after it with a long lens. If you enlarge this picture to full size, you will see a peregrine falcon sitting on the cross, probably waiting for an unwary pigeon.
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Geese
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Steller’s Sea Eagle at the National Aviary
By some measurements the largest of all eagles, Steller’s Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) is native to the eastern coast of Asia, where it hunts fish and gulls. This bird, however, gets all its meals catered.
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Wattled Currasow in the National Aviary
This bird is probably the most photographed of her species (Crax globulosa) in the world. She lives in the Wetlands room at the National Aviary, and she has a habit of sidling right up to visitors to see if they have anything good to offer her. Or perhaps she just likes the company. Or—to think more like a bird—perhaps she thinks she needs to keep an eye on us when we encroach on her territory. In the wild, the Wattled Currasow is an endangered species. At the Aviary, though, she lives a pretty soft life.