"I have autism and I'm not broken." At the Princeton Public Schools’ Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, 9-year-old Teddy pushed back against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments on children with autism. The U.S. Secretary of Health stated “autism destroys families” and that “they’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go out on a date.”
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Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca), American Black Duck, Gadwall, and Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) on a partially frozen marsh.

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Winter Waterfowl at Abbott Marshlands - Island in the Net

Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca), American Black Duck, Gadwall, and Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) on a partially frozen marsh.

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Another foggy morning at Charles H. Rogers Wildlife Refuge in Princeton area. Another frustrating morning trying to photograph migratory birds. With the sky acting like a soft box, the Fuji struggled with focus.

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Not an ideal day for bird photography.

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The air is humid and still; not a single leaf is moving. When I looked outside this morning, a mild fog blanked the area. I was in Institute Woods for an hour but I mostly heard the birds, most were unseen. Exposing at ISO 12800 on the XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR isn’t ideal. Does anyone make a small aperture telephoto?

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Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) at Bryan Farm on Island in the Net

Happy Earth Day!

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European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) on Island in the Net

I thought they were common blackbirds but I was wrong. What’s a European bird doing in the USA?

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White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

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