We got home from Gainesville about midnight last night after watching the Gator game and visiting with Lindsay. I still made it to the Circle B for sunrise. Sunrise was a nice one. Not a lot of super exciting action. The cooler weather was nice for a bit. Sunrise on […]
Wildlife
Photos of wildlife
Ocala National Forest
This morning was my 3rd visit to Ocala National Forest in a week after not visiting for probably 10 years. I was able to photograph another bear. Still distant but a little closer. I got a ton of good Florida Scrub Jay pictures. Ocala National Forest supports the largest single […]
Looking for Bears
I went out looking for bears this morning. I failed in that. I saw a bunch of Florida Scrub Jays, some Wild Turkey, White-tailed Deer and a Pigmy Rattlesnake. The Pigmy Rattlesnake was a highlight for me as I hadn’t seen one in a long time. Florida Scrub Jay-my second […]
Quick outing to Fort Desoto
Busy weekend so only time for a quick morning stop at Fort Desoto. Not a lot of activity but I made the best of what I found. The highlights were an Osprey flying down the beach with a fish, a couple Snowy Egrets fishing along the shoreline and a cute […]
Circle B Search
If it wasn’t for the spiders and insects I would barely have had anything to photograph this morning after a nice sunrise. This time of year is always slow for nature photography and I think the Circle B has been impacted by the drought also. It was one of the […]
Sweetwater Wetlands Park
We were busy moving my oldest daughter into her apartment in Gainesville this weekend as she gets ready to start college. This morning I made a quick trip out to Sweetwater Wetlands Park while most of the rest of the crew slept in. Didn’t find anything amazing and was absolutely […]
Sea Turtles and Scrub Jays
Somehow, despite living in Florida for my whole life I had never made it over to the East Coast beaches during turtle nesting season. I rectified that this weekend. I saw 5 mama Green Sea Turtles covering up their nests and watched 3 of them make their way back into […]
Swallowtailed Kites at Sunrise
A little good and bad with todays photography venture. I’ll start with the good. I got my best shots ever of Swallowtailed Kites including some nice flight shots and some cool sunrise shots. I got to hang out with one of my photography friends for a bit. I saw a […]
Summer Doldrums
Summer is definitely the toughest time for wildlife photography in Florida. The time you can be outside is limited by the heat and rain and the animal activity is significantly lower also. I walked 8.5 miles this morning and didn’t feel like I saw a lot until finding my juvenile […]
Sunday Funday
Hit two parks and was home by 10 this morning. Nice variety but hard to beat watching the Black Skimmers fishing (although not catching anything I saw). Black-crowned Night Heron-Never realized they had such long toes and toenails. Bitter Melon Juvenile and parent Common Gallinule. This family had 2 parents […]