Do you have one of those old friends who no matter how long it’s been, whenever you get back together you can pick up just like you had seen each other yesterday? I have some of the two-legged kind but Fish Haul Creek is a place that is friend just like that. When I first …
The results from the 2013 Wildlife in Focus were recently announced and I’m honored to have received third place overall with 27 photographs placing from 1st to 5th in their respective categories. The 51 photographer entries (some entries are pairs of photographers) produced some amazing photographs. Hector Astorga received a well-deserved first place and second …
It has been a very, very, very long time since I made a blog post. Falling behind a few days quickly becomes weeks and then months. It’s remarkable how easy it is to build a huge backlog of photos to go through. When they build, it just gets bigger. This last year held many events …
Today was my third day in a row at the rookery at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm. Having taken certain types of shots, I was on the lookout for different sorts of photos. Either the less common ones or ones that I hadn’t been able to do justice to so far. Today was a lovely …
The rookery is definitely full of activity in its first month. Not all of the species have arrived in full force yet, but many are here. A few even have some chicks already. Some of the early Great Egrets have had chicks hatch. You need a lot of nests to find some photos. Since the …
It’s late March and spring has really started to take off. The herons and egrets are some of the earliest nesters in the area. I made my way down to the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine, Florida which is about a 2.5 hour drive from where I live. Alligators have a great relationship with the …
Sometimes you just have that kink in your back that you can’t get to go away. Nothing like a good stretch to try and loosen it up. At least that might have been what this Ring-billed Gull was thinking.
As spring starts to take shape, most of the birds undergo a dramatic transformation from their drab winter selves to the colorful forms of summer. The Laughing Gulls are a very common winter bird when they are mostly a dull white and plain gray. In the breeding season, they get a sharp black head and …
The light was just right today for the black birds. This Boat-tailed Grackle had found a nice bush that he was displaying for all the lady grackles in the area. The soft sun brought out all those blues and purples in his iridescent feathers.
Ok, obviously it’s not an alien, but this small wasp looks awfully strange. Like most wasps, it’s completely harmless and couldn’t sting if it wanted to. It was busy searching some flowers for food. There were lots of insects out at the beginning of the afternoon. The warm temperatures and sun really made them active. …