I traded up to the Nikon D1x September 2nd, 2001 (and also got the 80-400mm VR zoom lens too!)  This enabled me to get very close up shots of animals without getting bit.  The D1x had a much lower noise floor than the D1 too.
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|  University of Washington Husky Stadium in September  | 
 Downtown Seattle from Lake Union  | 
 Silhouetted Maple in winter  | 
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|  One of those blue flowers  | 
 Snow melting off of Camellia  | 
 Bumbling Bee heading for a Foxglove  | 
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|  Sleepy lion at the Woodland Park Zoo  | 
 Baby Gorilla eating yummy bamboo shoots  | 
 Tiny spikey flower  | 
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|  A Pink Rose Mallow  | 
 Horbour in Victoria, B.C.  | 
 Driftwood on Jones Island, in the Canadian Gulf Islands  | 
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|  View from atop Galiano Island  | 
 Another view from Galiano Island  | 
 Eagle atop a 100-foot pine tree  | 
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|  South Galiano Island  | 
 Tree frog in quite a predicament  | 
 Tiger Swallowtail at Gen. Washington's home, Mount Vernon  | 
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|  Downtown Washington, D.C. squirrel  | 
 Mountaintop near WHistler, B.C. Canada  | 
 Creek near Paradise, Mount Rainier  | 
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