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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>My first good shot of my favorite bird, the Belted Kingfisher.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Eastern Phoebe On A Fence</image:title>
      <image:caption>My first shot of the month was an Eastern Phoebe on a fence. It was an easy shot, I saw my first bird and just snapped a photo.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Hooded Merganser And A Turtle</image:title>
      <image:caption>One of our favorite spots to look for birds is a little pond alongside a busy road. Oftentimes you can find Hooded Mergansers there. On this day, I only saw the one and I captured some photos of a Blue Heron, but they ended up not being the “keeper” Blue Heron shot for the challenge.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Red-Tailed Hawk Flying Overhead</image:title>
      <image:caption>This was a rough-looking Red-Tailed Hawk flying overhead. Nothing else, just a basic photo to log the bird. Oddly enough, I did not get a better Red-Tailed Hawk photo in March.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Black Vulture</image:title>
      <image:caption>Black Vultures are always fun to watch. They are such charismatic and interesting birds. This one was just hanging out on this dead tree.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Eastern Bluebird On A Light</image:title>
      <image:caption>I love all blue birds, and the little Eastern Bluebird is no exception. I love shooting them, and I hope to share many more photos of these little guys in the future.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Field Sparrow On A Fence</image:title>
      <image:caption>Another basic photo of a Field Sparrow on a fence. This one was shot in a hurry just trying to check off some more birds.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Double-crested Cormorant</image:title>
      <image:caption>I always confuse Cormorants and Anhingas. Like I said, I am not good at birding.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - The Cutest Pine Warbler</image:title>
      <image:caption>On our Bald Eagle trip, Conor took a break to play on the playground at the park. While he did that, I took a break to shoot some little birds hopping around the covered benches while we waited for the eagles to show up… they never really did.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Ring-billed Gull</image:title>
      <image:caption>These Ring-billed Gulls were flying around the area we were told we could find some Bald Eagles. While I grew up in FL and probably saw tons of different kinds of gulls, I actually never knew there so many species. I thought there were Seagulls and… that’s it basically!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - THE Osprey Shot</image:title>
      <image:caption>We were originally here looking for Bald Eagles, but I will consider myself lucky in getting this Osprey shot nonetheless. This area is supposed to be the hunting ground for the local raptor squads, and I am super excited to capture this shot of an Osprey with a fish in it’s talons.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - The Bald Eagle</image:title>
      <image:caption>We came looking for Bald Eagles and only found two. This was the best shot I was able to capture. It was far away and not doing much interesting until it flew off.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Northern Cardinal</image:title>
      <image:caption>Northern Cardinals are a very cool bird, they mate for life, we have a ton in our yard, the males are really beautiful with their bright red coloring.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Eastern Meadowlark</image:title>
      <image:caption>I know nothing about this bird. I wasn’t even sure it was a new species when I shot it from a distance from my moving vehicle.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Eastern Towhee</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Eastern Towhee is another bird I do not know very much about, but it is a cute one.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Northern Mockingbird</image:title>
      <image:caption>We were driving around this day and I was able to capture a few birds during the drive. This was one of them. Super basic shot of a common bird, but this one was playing around on this sign for quite a while. I was able to slow down and shoot it for a few minutes before moving on.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Northern Rough-winged Swallow</image:title>
      <image:caption>This Northern Rough-winged Swallow might not look like it was a tough one to shoot, but it was sipping across the water at incredible speed. I took a few minutes to practice dialing in my settings to try and capture one and got lucky.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Mallard</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Mallard is Sadie’s favorite duck, so I always stop to try and get a good photo when I can.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Canada Goose</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Canada Geese around our favorite pond apparently lay their eggs in March. We learned this because there were several nests and the Geese were very territorial on this day.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Chipping Sparrow</image:title>
      <image:caption>I tried to get a little creative with this Chipping Sparrow by getting really low to the ground, getting down to its level, and getting a good shot.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Blue Jay On A Branch</image:title>
      <image:caption>Another blue bird, Blu Jays are another favorite of mine. My brother’s favorite bird is the Scrub Jay which, if I’m not mistaken, is related to Blue Jays - so that’s cool too!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Rock Pigeon Under A Bridge</image:title>
      <image:caption>This is just a Rock Pigeon under a bridge.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - American Goldfinch</image:title>
      <image:caption>These were a little hard to find. When I shot this bird, the leaves were just starting to come back for spring and it blended in really well with it’s surroundings.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Just A Basic Brown-headed Nuthatch</image:title>
      <image:caption>This Brown-headed Nuthatch was hanging upside-down playing on this branch.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - American Robin In Grass</image:title>
      <image:caption>American Robins were all over, so capturing one shouldn’t have been hard, yet this was one of the only shots I got in March.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Mourning Dove Looking Rough</image:title>
      <image:caption>This Mourning Dove looked a little rough perched on a rough branch. Not the coolest bird to photograph, but I’ll take it for my monthly challenge!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - American Crow</image:title>
      <image:caption>If you talk to people who are interested in birds, I think most of them will tell you how cool and smart corvids are. I still don’t know much about birds, but I do know the American Crow is an awesome one.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Blue Heron</image:title>
      <image:caption>Blue Herons are just so photogenic. They are always so dramatic, and this one was captured on a boardwalk during a little boardwalk we took.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - Lesser Scaup</image:title>
      <image:caption>Again, I know nothing about the Lesser Scaup other than that I think it is some kind of duck.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - THE BELTED KINGFISHER!</image:title>
      <image:caption>This one is my favorite and my brother challenged me to capture a better photo of one than he did (I think I did it!). I wasn’t sure I would actually see one, but when I heard it’s distinctive call I knew I had to hang around until I could get this photo!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - March ‘26 Birda Challenge - White-throated Sparrow Was The Last Bird</image:title>
      <image:caption>And my last bird of the month was this little White-throated Sparrow I captured in our neighborhood on the last day of the challenge!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A bull elk bugles for a mate during the elk rut in Cataloochee valley, NC. September 21, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The slight fog made for a majestic background for this image. Though, I wish there was slightly more fog.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>After a wallow, this bull elk picked up a crown of wildflowers, which he wore proudly.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>You should always stay 150 ft away from elk during rut. In this case, the bull approached the crowd moving between vehicles. If this happens, you should make an attempt to slowly back away.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - What 20 Years As A Professional Photographer Looks Like - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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