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Article: Nature at water's edge: paddling a kayak or canoe is a perfect way to explore habitats where land and water meet--and photograph fauna and flora found there.(Cover story)
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- New York State Conservationist
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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Natural life is especially abundant where land and water meet--along wetlands, creeks, rivers, and shorelines. Paddling a kayak or canoe is a perfect way to explore these habitats and photograph fauna and flora found there. You may encounter beaver, muskrat, frogs, turtles, and a variety of bird species. Fascinating wetland plants, shoreline flowering shrubs and wildflowers make enticing nature photo subjects. Perhaps you'll come upon a white-tailed deer, red fox, or even a moose. When approached by a silently floating boat, wildlife often seems unbothered and does not immediately flee.
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