Since I have had a lot of interest in my last few photos from Dry Tortugas National Park, here are a couple more. There are not too many better places to relax than this hammock at Fort Jefferson. You can get a cool ocean breeze and have spectacular views of […]
While going through my photo archives recently I came across this photo of the light plumaged Red Shouldered Hawk. I probably did not realize at the time that it was unusual, but it definitely caught my eye when I saw it this time. It is not the best shot, but […]
This year I visited the Black Skimmers on Indian Shores a little too early. There were only a couple of parents with chicks and the ones that were there were all pretty small and not doing a lot. Only 1 week or two later Tropical Storm Debby came and destroyed […]
A few months ago when the water level was low there were a ton of wading birds at the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland. In the mornings it was easy to capture reflections. The hard part was to isolate the birds or groups of bird as there were so […]
Tonight I decided that I needed something a little different to post on the blog. Both photos are from the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida. The butterfly already stands out from the background but I decided to process it with a selective color effect to make it stand […]
On my last visit to the Circle B Bar Reserve I got the chance to practice some flight photography. I stationed myself on the dock on Lake Hancock around sunrise. I started by trying to capture silhouettes of the birds as they flew past the rising sun and its reflection […]
These two photos are from my last trip to Viera Wetlands. The first shot is of a nesting Great Blue Heron with two young chicks. There is obviously a bit of sibling rivalry going on. The second shot is of three Glossy Ibis. They are a less common bird, but […]
Roseate Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) are one of the prettiest birds in Florida. Like the American Flamingo, their pink color is diet-derived, consisting of the carotenoid pigment canthaxanthin. This species feeds in shallow fresh or coastal waters by swinging its bill from side to side as it steadily walks through the […]
Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers out there! Since grandma took the kids last night for a sleepover I made a quick trip to the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland again. The two things I really like about this place is that it is pretty close, about 45 […]
Today I visited a Black Skimmer nesting colony in the Indian Shores area of Florida. There are only a few babies so far and they are pretty tiny right now. They are not very active yet, but it was still nice to watch the interaction between the chicks and the […]