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A day in the life of a pair of (toy) pterosaurs

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A pair of pterosaurs on a cliff face. (Robin Rowland)

This continues my project of photographing old Louis Marx toy dinosaurs. Most of the photographs are based on Charles R. Knight paintings. The Marx company, however, created these two as perching, probably easier to produce and for the children of the 1950s to play with.

So here we have a day in the life of pair bonded Pterosaurs on a cliffside, in the forest, and nesting.

A pterosaurs on a cliff (Robin Rowland)
A Pterosaur in the forest (Robin Rowland)
Pterosaur exploring the forest (Robin Rowland)
Pterosaur exploring a nesting site (Robin Rowland)
Pterosaur (Robin Rowland)
Pterosaurs searching for a nesting site. (Robin Rowland)
Pterosaurs (Robin Rowland)
Pterosaurs (Robin Rowland)
Pterosaurs confirm their nesting site. (Robin Rowland) July 22

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