outdoor photography

Eastern Bluebird This morning I went for the first time to the Geneva Wilderness Area.  I had heard that there was a Great Horned Owl there, but unfortunately, I never located it.  However, I still had a pretty great time. I  heard several Bobwhites at at least one Carolina Chickadee, though none showed themselves, and Eastern Towhees were constantly singing all over the area.  Photographically, I enjoyed finding Eastern Bluebirds, White-eyed Vireos, and a Little Blue Heron. A couple Roseate Spoonbills flew by as well, which I found rather surprising. White-eyed Vireo Little Blue Heron As I was a walking through the trail, a Bobcat ventured on the path.  I think we noticed each other at exactly the same time, and both of us stood nearly motionless (save the tripping of my shutter).  After a few seconds, I made a move and the Bobcat took off.  Thankfully, a couple of the photos came out. Bobcat Gopher Tortoise Here's a list of...

Bobcat This morning I returned again to Merritt Island to see what we hadn't seen yesterday. We went to Pumphouse Loop Bio Lab Rd, Scrub Ridge Trail and the visitors center.  Pumphouse Loop was hardly worth mentioning but I did find a Green Heron that sat still very nicely for me and let me take its picture. Green Heron Dragonfly Bio Lab Rd was much more fun.  We decided that we should start from the south and work our way north.  Right off the bat we saw two Bobcats, and I was able to take my best photographs of this wonderful animal.  Then we were treated to a Great Blue Heron killing and swallowing what I believe is a Southern Water Snake.  We saw several species of shorebirds including Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, many Black-necked Stilts, a Stilt Sandpiper, a Spotted Sandpiper, and a Ruddy Turnstone.  We also saw many Semipalmated Sandpipers and a couple Western Sandpipers.  On the north end of the roa...

Lighthouse at St. Marks NWR On Sunday afternoon I was driving home from Dothan, AL, and I decided to "drop by" St. Marks on my way home.  Well, it's about an hour out of the way, but it just had to be done.  I spent about an hour and a half in the refuge, and other than one particular crazy driver, it was a nice restful break from highway driving.  St. Marks is beautiful, and I did see a fair number of birds there, but most of them were pretty far away, and I had very few keeper photos.  Most of them merely helped me identify birds in the distance.  I saw my first-of-the-year Black Crowned Night Herons and Canvasback ducks, all too far way to photograph.  But three female Bufflehead did put on a show for me, and photographically, they were my saving grace.  An Eastern Phoebe and Belted Kingfisher posed for me as well. Belted Kingfisher Eastern Phoebe Bufflehead Perhaps the best highlight was a Bobcat that walked right by my car. ...