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Full Circle, Perhaps

“Look at those red eyes!” No, Gini was not referring to me. A handsome (that immediately disqualifies yours truly) brown and white bird ran, stopped, cocked its head, ran a few...

Category: Birds, Florida, Photography Tags: brown-headed nuthatch, cattle egret, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, killdeer, palm warbler, red-shouldered hawk, ruby-crowned kinglet, sandhill crane, savannah sparrow, sunrise, swamp sparrow, white-eyed vireo, yellow-rumped warbler, yellow-throated warbler

The Winter of Our Content

(Click on image to enlarge, click again to zoom.) A splash to our right caused us to reflexively look in that direction, although we knew the source. An Osprey rose from...

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Photography Tags: american kestrel, cattle egret, cypress tree, great blue heron, loggerhead shrike, narrowleaf silkgrass, palm warbler, red-shouldered hawk, sunrise

Picnic Launch

(Click images to enlarge, click again to zoom.) Although she didn’t ask any questions, I could tell Gini was curious about my frequent checks of the time. Very uncharacteristic of me,...

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Photography Tags: bald eagle, biolab road, black-crowned night heron, brown pelican, catfish creek, killdeer, lesser scaup, merritt island nwr, reddish egret, ring-necked duck, rocket launch, strangler fig

Marsh Madness 2/3

(Click images to enlarge, click again to zoom.) “All that water looks really shallow but if you wade out in it you would probably completely disappear in the soft mud.” I’m...

Category: Birds, Fauna, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: american alligator, american white pelican, gulf fritillary, hooded merganser, indian blanket, marsh, merritt island nwr, northern shoveler, roseate spoonbill, tricolored heron, white ibis, wood stork

Morning Refuge 1/3

(Click images to enlarge, click again to zoom.) In the near-dark, Common Gallinules were gabbling and the calls of distant gulls confirmed we were near the coast. Weather reporters, excuse me,...

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Photography Tags: blackpoint wildlife drive, bonaparte's gull, bottlenose dolphin, glossy ibis, great egret, indian blanket, little blue heron, merritt island nwr, osprey, shite ibis, snowy egret, sunrise, tricolored heron

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