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“On the Hunt” is a Green Heron on the prowl in the swampy water by the Farmington River in Simsbury, CT. The photograph won BEST IN DEPARTMENT at the 2024 Eastern States Exposition. ©Mark D Phillips

Printed 10″ x 20″ on aluminum made to stay flush against the wall.

When this bird landed near my kayak and started hunting, I didn’t have any idea what it was. The incredible rapier beak with striking blue and yellow highlights, a sleek body with deep purple and fields of blue with white borders on a living creature that I knew I had never seen before. It was an exhilarating photo shoot.