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Posted December 28, 2015

<p>Hardly any migratory ducks at St Marks Wildlife Refuge. I think this tricolor heron is standing watch for their arrival.</p><div></div>

Posted March 16, 2015

<p>Did someone say Sandhill Crane eye?</p><div></div>

Posted January 12, 2015

<p>Great photos this week. No snow here in North Florida, just cold and rain. Found this Oven bird foraging on the forest floor on Sunday. </p><div></div>

Posted December 2, 2014

<p>Great photos.<br /> Bill, speaking just for myself, fading the background clutter to make the ducks pop bothers me not a bit.<br /> I happened on this egret intent on catching dinner while traveling home from our family Thanksgiving celebration.</p><div></div>

Posted November 3, 2014

<p>Beautiful fall day at the pond.</p><div></div>

Posted May 19, 2014

<p>Spring has been very wet here in North Florida. In normal years, this area isn't a swamp.</p><div></div>

Posted March 24, 2014

<p>Wonderful birds this week. I wasn't able to get a good photo of my big siting of the week, a Cara Cara. A couple of blurry ones of him flying off, good enough to convince the doubtful. So I'll settle for flowers.</p><div></div>

Posted March 17, 2014

<p>Spring is here. I see these tiny white flowers along the edge of the woods but haven't been able to identify them online. They're tiny. I shot this at 3x magnification on a 60d then cropped it so this is only about half the frame. The whole flower can't be more than 3mm across.</p><div></div>

Posted March 13, 2014

<p>Spring is coming, the first wild flowers have arrived</p><div></div>

Posted February 17, 2014

<p>Spring is coming. Found this glass snake in the garden as I was cleaning it out to prepare for planting yesterday.</p><div></div>

Posted January 27, 2014

<p>Cool here in Florida, but at least the sun is shining today.</p><div></div>

Posted January 13, 2014

<p>Another great selection of photos to start off Monday. Amazing Kestrel photo. I love the pond sculpture. Sunday, I went to the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. It was windy and cool, and not a lot of ducks. Enjoyed the usual selection of herons and egrets, white and glossy ibises. The high point was an appearance by one Roseate Spoonbill. I took photos but he was so far away they're usefully as evidence of the sighting. Here's my favorite photo of the day, a Snowy Egret.</p><div></div>

Posted January 6, 2014

<p>Predicted to get down to 20F tonight, much too cold for Florida. Remembering Christmas week when the high was 85 and I took this photo of a Willet</p><div></div>

Posted December 30, 2013

<p>We got rain day before yesterday and despite this being the end of December, mushrooms are popping up all over. I liked these, perhaps because they were tiny.</p><div></div>

Posted December 23, 2013

<p>Wonderful photos. Getting a mink is tough. Here on Marco Island Florida the temp was 85 degrees yesterday and I took this photo of a very cooperative Reddish Egret.</p><div></div>

Posted November 4, 2013

<p>We don't get the spectacular fall colors here in Florida, but there is enough to let us know fall has really arrived.</p><div></div>

Posted November 4, 2013

<p>So, did anyone else get up Sunday morning to see the eclipse? Here in the Tallahassee are we were at the very western limit. The eclipse was ending just as the sun was rising. This is what we saw.</p><div></div>

Posted October 28, 2013

<p>Wonderful photos. The image of bees in flight is simply amazing. No stormy weather here, but fall migration is well underway. This Tufted Titmouse was stuffing himself at the feeder yesterday.</p><div></div>

Posted September 30, 2013

<p>Great shots! Laura, glad you grabbed the opportunity. It is a wonderful shot. While I was weeding this weekend I noticed these tiny blue flowers. The photo is uncropped 1:1 on a Canon 60D crop sensor, so the flower is about 8mm in diameter and the plant was only about two inches tall. I have a wildflower guide but haven't found it yet. I'm in the Tallahassee area of Florida if that helps anyone identify it.</p><div></div>

Posted September 16, 2013

<p>Great photos. The bioluminescent mushrooms were great. I'm in Florida and fungi seem to be everywhere in the woods. I'm going to have to pick likely candidates and check them by night. I also l loved the standing deer. Here's my modest contribution, a Zebra Longwing.</p><div></div>

Posted September 9, 2013

<p>Wonderful photos. My modest contribution, a five line skink living in a live oak.</p><div></div>

Posted August 19, 2013

Posted August 5, 2013

<p>Lunch on the beach, Marco Island, Fl.</p><div></div>

Posted July 22, 2013

<p>Don't think we've had a day in the last month without rain. Just have to live with it, so here's my rainy day shot, with the image reduced to 700px the rain drops barely show as streaks against the foliage.</p><div></div>

Posted July 12, 2013

<p>It has rained every day for the last two weeks here and mushrooms are popping up everywhere, so I'm joining the fungus parade.</p><div></div>