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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>Wildlife Photography | Tico Photography - Red Tailed hawk</image:title>
      <image:caption>Need I say more? What a spectacular predatory bird. Look at those claws.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Wildlife Photography | Tico Photography - Red tailed fox</image:title>
      <image:caption>Red tailed fox passing through the parkway trails, the Rivanna River trails.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Wildlife Photography | Tico Photography - Humming bird in the tree</image:title>
      <image:caption>If you watch hummingbirds enough, you will see they take many breaks as well. Just be patient, and you can capture them while sitting around as well.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Silent but Beautiful, Dunlora and the Rivanna River Trails.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Spotted at the train tracks, it could not pass, I think this helped keep it safe. The Rivanna River Charlottesville</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Epic battle, clearly the Black ant wont. Macro at its best</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Wildlife Photography | Tico Photography - Wolf Spider</image:title>
      <image:caption>This wolf spider crawled onto my lens as I photographed it.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Wildlife Photography | Tico Photography - Male Red Cardinal</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Virginia State bird, always beautiful to see.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Wildlife Photography | Tico Photography - Red-shouldered Hawk Fine Art Print Available</image:title>
      <image:caption>Captured this Red-shouldered hawk as it took of from an old camera pole.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Wildlife Photography | Tico Photography - Lazy  Racoon Fine Art Print Available</image:title>
      <image:caption>While searching for some Great Horned owls nearby, I turned my back looking up to find this critter content as could be gazing at me.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Wildlife Photography | Tico Photography - Male Buck on the floodplain Rivanna River Fine Art Print Available</image:title>
      <image:caption>One of many male bucks that would pass the floodplains to what is now homes in Dunlora. It’s amazing how much land is gobbled up by humans</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Wildlife Photography Gallery | Tico Photography - White-tailed deer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rivanna River Trails</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Wildlife Photography Gallery | Tico Photography - Eastern tiger swollowtail</image:title>
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      <image:title>Wildlife Photography Gallery | Tico Photography - Great Blue Heron Pantops</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Reflection Great blue heron Ivy Creek Nature Center</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Wildlife Photography Gallery | Tico Photography - Male Peacock</image:title>
      <image:caption>Look at those eyes, there is nothing more beautiful.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Wildlife Photography Gallery | Tico Photography - Wood ducks</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nearly impossible to photograph, spotted on the Rivanna river</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Wildlife Photography Gallery | Tico Photography - Eastern blue bird</image:title>
      <image:caption>One of many songbirds here in Virginia that bless us daily</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Wildlife Photography Gallery | Tico Photography - Hummingbird</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hummingbirds are everywhere. Look for bright oranges and reds, sit patiently and they will appear. A neighbors garden</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Macro Photography | Tico Photography - Wolf Spider</image:title>
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      <image:title>Macro Photography | Tico Photography - Carpenter Bees</image:title>
      <image:caption>Got a wood deck, they are around and have no problem going to town inside the rails,</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Macro Photography | Tico Photography - Hover Fly and Day Lilly</image:title>
      <image:caption>Capturing the pollen stems of a Day lily a hover fly decided to perch at that time.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Macro Photography | Tico Photography - A Caterpillar and Cement ant</image:title>
      <image:caption>I found these two fighting it out. The ant had the caterpillars leg in his jaws.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Macro Photography | Tico Photography - Wild Mushrooms</image:title>
      <image:caption>Talk about a colorful mini mushroom, don’t let those colors fool you.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Macro Photography | Tico Photography - Pink Striped Oakworm moth</image:title>
      <image:caption>One of the joys of summer is the outdoor light, and the insects it attracts.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Macro Photography | Tico Photography - Praying Mantis</image:title>
      <image:caption>This insect eater is found often around my home, but always an excitement when they are.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Even seen a pollen stem up close, now you have.</image:caption>
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