Great Bird Pictures at Ding Darling

By Corey • March 4, 2010 • 1 comment

Lillian Stokes has some great pictures of birds catching fish at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Stokes Birding Blog today. Enjoy!

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Corey

Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

One Response to “Great Bird Pictures at Ding Darling”

Jochen Mar 5th, 2010 at 6:54 am
I think the Stokes’s blog has evolved wonderfully and is currently one of my favourites. Lilian Stokes’ pictures are breathtaking and the accompanying text is very enjoyable as well.

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