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USA & Canada 2011

3 October 2011

Entrace of UM

Burton Memorial Tower

Fountain on the campus of UM

Eastern gray squirrel

Literature, Science, and Arts Building

Nichols Arboretum

Nichols Arboretum

Nichols Arboretum

Nichols Arboretum

Nichols Arboretum

Cricket in Nichols Arboretum

Nichols Arboretum

Nichols Arboretum

Chipmunk

Nichols Arboretum

Nichols Arboretum

(Praying) mantis

(Praying) mantis

Katydid (or bush-cricket in British English)

(Praying) mantis

(Praying) mantis

At the beach of Rondeau Provincial Park, ON, Canada

Rondeau Provincial Park

Rondeau Provincial Park

Rondeau Provincial Park

Bird of prey circling above Rondeau Provincial Park

Rondeau Provincial Park

Rondeau Provincial Park

Niagara Falls (the Horseshoe Falls) as seen from the Canadian side

Maid of the Mist

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls with Maid of the Mist in the front and Rainbow Bridge to the horizon

Maid of the Mist

The Canadian side of the Niagara Falls with all its casinos and hotels

American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls seen from Canada

Spray from the Horseshoe Falls blocks the sun

Panoramic view of the Horseshoe Falls

Panoramic view of Niagara Falls with Rainbow Bridge at the left. The left falls are the American Falls and the Bridal Veil Falls, to the right the Horseshoe Falls.

Horseshoe Falls

The people below are visiting Journey behind the Falls

American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls

Great Cormorants

American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls

On Maid of the Mist looking back at Rainbow bridge

Up-close to the American Falls

The smaller falls at the right are the Bridal Veil Falls

Mist as seen from Maid of the Mist

Double rainbow seen in the mist of the Horseshoe Falls

The Horseshoe Falls seen from the Journey behind the Falls

Casinos and hotels on the Canadian side of the falls

Clifton Hill - The Street of fun at the Falls

Clifton Hill

Clifton Hill

Clifton Hill

Clifton Hill

Clifton Hill

Clifton Hill

Clifton Hill

Clifton Hill

Heteroptera

The Niagara River a few miles downstream from the Niagara Falls

Whirlpool in the Niagara River

Whirlpool in the Niagara River

The Niagara River a few miles downstream from the Niagara Falls

The Niagara Falls are lit from the Canadian side at night. The falls are just of to the right.

Illuminated Horseshoe Falls

The American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls at night

American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls at night

American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls at night

A raccoon is enjoying a free dinner at one of the trash cans

A butterfly in the Butterfly Conservatory, a few miles north of the Falls

Some tiny frogs in the Butterfly Conservatory

Twins @ Indians

Twins @ Indians

Twins @ Indians

Fireworks to honor Jim Thome for hitting his 600th homerun

Fireworks to honor Jim Thome for hitting his 600th homerun

Pointe Mouillee

A catterpillar in Pointe Mouillee

A catterpillar in Pointe Mouillee

A butterfly in Pointe Mouillee

A catterpillar in Pointe Mouillee

A great egret in Pointe Mouillee

A great egret enjoying a tasty fish

Collage of a great egret

A catterpillar in Pointe Mouillee

American goldfinches in Pointe Mouillee

Canada goose in Ann Arbor

A mute swan

A mute swan

One adult mute swan and four juveniles

Canada geese chasing a piece of bread

Canada geese chasing a piece of bread

Tasty bread for a Canada goose

Tasty bread for a Canada goose

Tasty bread for a Canada goose

Mute swans

A Canada goose is forced out of the water by a mute swan

Geddes Pond

Geddes Pond

The fall is about to start at Geddes Pond

Above the clouds seen from our flight to New York City

Flatiron Building

The Empire State Building seen from Madison Square Park

Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower and North Building

Flatiron Building

Little Italy

Little Italy

Little Italy

Rooftop water tank

Old St. Patrick

Washington Square Park

Washington Square Park

The Empire State Building at night

Panoramic view of downtown Manhattan seen from the observation deck at the 86th floor

Avenue of the Americas seen from the Empire State Building

One Penn Plaza seen from the Empire State Building

Times Square seen from the Empire State Building

The Chrysler Building seen from the Empire State Building

North west view seen from the Empire State Building

The Statue of Liberty in the mist seen from Battery Park

The skyline of Manhattan seen from the boat to Liberty Island

The Statue of Liberty

The skyline of Manhattan seen from the boat to Liberty Island, the tower under construction is one of the new towers of the WTC

One World Trade Center or Freedom Tower

A gull

The Statue of Liberty and Manhattan

Baggage at Ellis Island Immigration Museum

Ellis Island Immigration Museum

Ellis Island Immigration Museum

Ellis Island Immigration Museum

Manhattan

Grand Central Station

Grand Central Station

Grand Central Station

Mars Rover at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)

Osborn Caribou @AMNH

Spotted skunk and Cacomistle @AMNH

Enormous slice of a tree displaying its growth rings @AMNH

Crustaceans at the American Museum of Natural History

All sorts of sea life (including a human??) @AMNH

Tube worms @AMNH

Blue whale @AMNH

Fossil of a horseshoe crab @AMNH

Spectacular piece of stibnite found in a mine in southeast China @AMNH

Meteorites @AMNH

Plates of gold on and in Quartz @AMNH

Diaboleite @AMNH

Stibnite @AMNH

Left: rhodochrosite; top: azurite; bottom: malachite @AMNH

Azomite and malachite @AMNH

Quartz (rock crystal) @AMNH

The Mysterious Giant Arms of Deinocheirus (Deinocheirus mirificus - terrible hands) @AMNH

Tyrannosaurus Rex @AMNH

Apatosaurus excelsus (deceptive reptile) @AMNH

Plesiosaurus @AMNH

Prehistoric fish @AMNH

Giant prehistoric shark teeth @AMNH

From left to right: Mammut, Gompotherium and Mastodon @AMNH

Megaloceros @AMNH

Anatotitan copei (giant duck) @AMNH

Anatotitan copei @AMNH

Triceratops horridus (three-horned face) @AMNH

Stegosaurus @AMNH

African elephants @AMNH

Cheetahs @AMNH

American eagle @AMNH

Turkeys @AMNH

Easter Island statue @AMNH

Theodore Roosevelt statue outside of AMNH

The American Museum of Natural History

Times Square at night

Times Square at night

Times Square at night

Times Square at night

Times Square at night

Times Square at night

Times Square at night

Times Square at night

WTC 2

Freedom Tower

Inside Winter Garden just next to Ground Zero

Winter Garden

Construction of Freedom Tower

New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street

Freedom Tower

9/11 Memorial - two waterfalls at the location where the two towers stood

9/11 Memorial

9/11 Memorial

Manhattan seen from Staten Island

A gull

Staten Island Ferry

A thunderstorm is catching and overtaking us on our way back on the Staten Island Ferry

A thunderstorm is rolling in over Brooklyn

The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, connecting Brooklyn to Staten Island, just visible in the rain

Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge

Governor

Rockefeller Plaza

30 Rockefeller Plaza

Rockefeller Plaza

Rockefeller Plaza

Rockefeller Plaza

Rockefeller Plaza

Central Park seen from the Top of the Rock

Upper Manhattan seen from the Top of the Rock

Lower Manhattan seen from the Top of the Rock

The Empire State Building seen from the Top of the Rock

The Lake in Central Park

The Lake at Central Park

A fountain next to The Lake at Central Park

A painted turtle swimming in The Lake at Central Park

Water lilies in the fountain at Central Park

A fountain at Central Park

Sea lions at Central Park Zoo

Kea at Central Park Zoo

Snow leopard at Central Park Zoo

Snow leopard at Central Park Zoo

Snow monkeys at Central Park Zoo

Snow monkeys at Central Park Zoo

White-naped crane at Central Park Zoo

Red panda at Central Park Zoo

Painted turtles at at Central Park Zoo

Collage of two trumpeter swans trumpeting

Painted turtles at Central Park Zoo

Mountain coati at Central Park Zoo

White-faced saki monkey at Central Park Zoo

Blue & gold macaw at Central Park Zoo

Green-winged macaw at Central Park Zoo

Fairy bluebird at Central Park Zoo

Victoria crowned pigeon at Central Park Zoo

Golden breasted starling at Central Park Zoo

Nicobar pigeon at Central Park Zoo

Scarlet ibis at Central Park Zoo

Superb starling (left) at Central Park Zoo

Victoria crowned pigeon at Central Park Zoo

Bali mynah at Central Park Zoo

Bali mynah at Central Park Zoo

White fronted amazon parrot at Central Park Zoo

Peacocks at Central Park Zoo

Solomon Island ground-skink at Central Park Zoo

Blue crowned motmot at Central Park Zoo

Superb starling at Central Park Zoo

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