A few other cool finds from the Circle B Bar Reserve on Sunday were a Firewheel or Indian Blanket and a Viceroy butterfly. The Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) also goes by several other names including Indian blanket, Indian Blanketflower, or Sundance. They are one of my favorite wildflowers that grow in […]
Living history museums have become one of my favorite places to photograph. I have been to 6 or 7 now, most in the Tampa Bay area and they have all been interesting. Manatee Village Historical Park is definitely one of the better ones I have been to. Usually my favorite […]
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 […]
Tampa Bay Times Forum is the home of the Tampa Bay Lightning. In a few months it will also be hosting the Republican National Convention. The team had a great run when it won its championship in the 2003-2004 season but was really hurt by the hockey lockout the next […]
A quick post tonight. The St Petersburg Pier shot was taken during the “Supermoon” last month. I am trying different methods of cropping the photos and like how this one looked with a more panoramic crop and is balance by the sailboat on the opposite side of the moon. The […]
How can I go wrong if I just post pictures of cute baby birds? It seems like the baby is measuring itself up against the small tuft of grass in the first shot. That gives you an idea how small these guys are. The second shot shows the interaction between […]
Viera Wetlands is one of the best places in Florida to photograph birds. On my last trip there i was able to photograph these Black Bellied Whistling Ducks as silhouettes at sunrise. I got several shots with but since several ducks were trying to stay on the same palm tree […]
Tonight’s shots are again from St Petersburg while I had the rented fisheye lens. The first shot, surprise, surprise, is from the St Petersburg Pier. This was taken from the 5th floor observation deck around 9:15 at night. I like the curve and color of the lighted portion of the […]
Despite living in the Tampa area for my whole life today was my first visit to Hillsborough High School. Hillsborough High School is one of the South’s oldest high schools. Although the school probably dates closer to 1880, a room over a Franklin Street livery stable in 1885 is recognized […]
I’m feeling lazy tonight so I’m just going to throw up a few cute pictures of baby birds. These are a few more from my outing to the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida where I was able to photograph a sandhill crane family of two parents and two […]