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Category Archives: Reptiles and Amphibians
Prehistoric Era
Today’s post features some images captured during my February trip to Florida. As I always do, when traveling to Florida I always try to reserve a cabin at Myakka River State Park, just outside Sarasota … one of my favorite places to hike, photograph, and just enjoy nature! When in the park, it is nearly […]
One of My ‘Tenants’
Today’s post comes from my rural Missouri home. While working around my back deck the other day, this brilliantly-colored Five-lined Skink was moving about, sunning on the exterior wall of my basement: I’ve seen a lot of these beautiful lizards this summer. Always a treat to see the summer sun glistening off their colorful tails! […]
Also posted in 2019, Blog, Nature Photography
Tagged 2019, Blog, Cass County, lizard, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, reptile, skink, summer
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Funny Looking Elk?
Today’s post features a recently published image that found it’s way into the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s magazine, “Bugle”. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) is a non-profit organization, located in Missoula, Montana. Their mission is “to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife, their habitat and our hunting heritage.” RMEF contacted me about two […]
Also posted in 2018, Blog, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tagged 2018, Blog, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, spring, travel
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Kayaking the Myakka, Part 2
In this second part of my “Kayaking the Myakka”, I’m going to feature a few of the many alligator images I captured from the kayak. But before I share the gator images, here is an image I captured using my cell phone. I think you will see how peaceful it can be kayaking the Myakka […]
Also posted in 2018, Blog, Landscape Photography, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak, Travel Photography
Tagged alligator, Blog, Florida, landscape, Myakka River State Park, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, winter
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Fun Friday: The Standoff
In today’s “Fun Friday” post, I’m featuring a pretty common sight. It seems that birds, typically vultures and some wading birds, like to come in close to where alligators are sunning and engage in a “stare-down” with each other. So far, I’ve not seen an alligator take one of these birds, but I’m sure it […]
Also posted in 2018, Bird Photography, Birds, Blog, Fun Friday post, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tagged 2018, behavior, bird photography, Blog, Deep Hole, Florida, Myakka River State Park, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, winter
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A Hike to “The Deep Hole”
During the first full day of my recent trip in Myakka River State Park, I got up early and headed to the park office to grab one of the cherished “backwoods permits”. The park has an undeveloped, wilderness area and only allows 30 people per day to hike into this pristine area. After obtaining my […]
Also posted in 2018, Blog, Landscape Photography, Nature Photography, Travel Photography, Wildflowers
Tagged 2018, alligators, Blog, Deep Hole, Florida, landscape, Myakka River State Park, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, wildflower, winter
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Fun Friday: Hitching a Ride
This Fun Friday post comes from my last trip to the Venice Rookery. While photographing the large variety of birds arriving at, departing from, and nesting at the rookery, I captured this Laughing Gull flying over with a hitchhiker, a frog:
Also posted in 2017, Bird Photography, Birds, Blog, Fun Friday post, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tagged 2017, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Florida, frog, gull, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, Venice Rookery, winter
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Rush Hour!
Today’s post comes from a photo trip I made to Florida in 2014. As I work on planning out my 2018 return trip, I’ll share a few of my favorite encounters from this past visit. In today’s post, I found a remarkable water pool in Myakka River State Park, where both the Black Vultures and […]
Also posted in 2017, Birds, Blog, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tagged 2017, alligator, behavior, Bird, Blog, Florida, Myakka River State Park, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, vulture, winter
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Fun Friday: Thinking In the Box
Getting most of the paperwork and personal tasks completed following my wife’s sudden and unexpected death, I’m going to start posting more blog posts, starting with this interesting incident that happened the other day. While going through some of my wife’s belongings, I needed a bit more room, so I placed a couple of empty […]
Also posted in 2016, Blog, Fun Friday post, Macro Photography, Nature Photography
Tagged 2016, behavior, Blog, Cass County, cute, macro photography, nature, nature photography, photography, summer, tree frog
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Red-Eared Slider
On my last kayak trip, it was pretty chilly starting out early in the morning, with temperatures around 40F. After kayaking/photographing for 2-3 hours, the temperature had risen, but still quite chilly. Even so, I found a single Red-eared Slider that found a sunny location to sunbathe. On a typical outing, with temperatures warm, there […]
Also posted in 2016, Blog, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak
Tagged 2016, Blog, Cass County, kayaking, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, spring, turtle
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