Last year I managed to narrow it down to 6 photos. Try as I may I can't get anywhere close to that this year. I just get too attached to some photos, either because of the image on it's own, or the memory/story behind it.
So I will group them...
Foxes
Red fox in the wild, red and arctic foxes at Parc Omega
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Birds
Sandhill crane and 10(?) day old colts, house finch, wild turkey, wood duck with clutch, merganser telling off a mallard
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/9e123314-f45b-4f7a-a67d-9b91d0ac1a2b_rw_1920.jpg?h=a3bb8f936e259712552bb0e3c56c87ae)
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Birds in flight
Great blue heron, brown booby, mallard duck
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/3facc3da-da1c-4780-a81f-8cbac6ee4f9b_rw_1920.jpg?h=0c62d373f8750188c7f30fb00f146c5a)
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Blue jays and hairy woodpecker, Downy woodpecker and chickadee.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/3a9b7247-1a39-4de2-98d3-b7feaba63b4c_rw_1920.jpg?h=db87f1218bfae401154d1e4299cb5756)
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Barred owl
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/4951fbba-6c0a-4fb2-8beb-96043c34511c_rw_1200.jpg?h=513c78f2680f9d311f1591523cd09bce)
Hare's Foot Inkcap mushrooms
A new variety to me, last only a few hours.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/4e5e2149-dca4-438e-a5d9-7bd3eb7cb6bf_rw_1920.jpg?h=2c9e3616fe123f329bf38d65b18d0c89)
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Academy award for best mushroom imposter
(Indian Pipes- a perennial lacking chlorophyll)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/953e3388-483a-46fa-96ee-55124de9c7ac_rw_1920.jpg?h=5f8ab2654d58ee515c07ef1d8d511d56)
Winter
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/e66df6b1-0bde-4fd2-8fa4-bcc9ce1673cb_rw_1920.jpg?h=f76fd423477b1841c98b081ecd14b5e1)
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![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/6efcf3dd-6125-459b-baa1-e2bb0caaac12_rw_1920.jpg?h=e9422d04876c0912c3ee3da6c0e10867)
Insects
Snout Fly and Virginia Ctenucha Moth
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/f73fb472-f8d2-4b39-9d11-50346f5d9f19_rw_1920.jpg?h=855ec9f08344c25ea49375e6327289b9)
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Night Sky
Star trails, full moon
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/3c2136bd-a850-4e4c-9efd-51b53d6cf973_rw_1920.jpg?h=ff37f3c0a09fd7417dd969e1b9366b7d)
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Flowers
Real (pitcher plant) and not (lotus blossom)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/d33c3a95-5de5-456a-b2ca-95cdf1ca02f1_rw_1920.jpg?h=bac7ac50866f70780f1e82ac1e46fc12)
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Cute and humour
Mum gator and 3 of 6 young, red deer at Parc Omega
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/246fd75f-5c9a-42aa-9527-ea66620cbdde/77f66c74-ed49-4029-902c-8c4e271e8d22_rw_1920.jpg?h=de1fd72569c18c52924e6214c1330b59)
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