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Thinking in the Future
Been busy looking at a long term photo schedule. After little hesitation, I decided I needed to go back next winter to Florida … catch some rays and also some beautiful birds, like this Great Egret I captured during my last visit to the Venice Rookery: And yes, the Venice Rookery is on my list […]
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Tags: behavior, bird photography, birding, Birds, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Florida, nature, nature photography, travel, Venice Rookery, winter
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2018 FOY Roseatte Spoonbill
Today’s post features some new photos I captured of a Roseatte Spoonbill, my targeted species of my February trip to Florida. The Roseatte Spoonbill is one of my favorite birds to photograph. I just love the beautiful pinks/reds of this magnificent bird. I only wish we had some in Missouri! While photographing at the Venice […]
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Tags: behavior, Bird, bird photography, birding, birds, Birds, birdwatching, Blog, Florida, nature, nature photography, travel, Venice Rookery, winter
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Fun Fri: Ready or Not, Here I Am
Today’s Fun Friday post comes from the Venice Rookery (Florida), where I captured this beautiful male (in fantastic breeding plumage) calling out loudly as he approaches the rookery nesting site: Coming up: more Florida travel images and some woodland wildflowers. Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 7D Mark II body Canon 500mm, f/4 IS lens Bogen 3021 […]
A Regal Bird
Following up to yesterday’s post on the regal Great Egrets carrying nesting materials back to their nest in the Venice Rookery, today’s post features some of the birds returning to the rookery without nest materials. I love photographing these white beauties, especially in their colorful and frilly breeding plumage: Coming up … more images from […]
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Tags: bird photography, birding, birds, Birds, birdwatching, Blog, Florida, nature, nature photography, travel, Venice Rookery, winter
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Home Construction
When I visited the Venice Rookery (Florida) this past February, there was tons of activity by the Great Egrets. Besides the one pair of egrets that were being incubated (in last Friday’s post), all of the other egrets were busy attracting mates or collecting sticks and building their nests. Here are a few of my […]
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Tags: behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, Birds, birdwatching, Blog, Florida, nature, nature photography, travel, Venice Rookery, winter
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Fun Friday: Eggs-cuse Me …
… but please watch your step! This image was captured during my 2-day photo outings to the Venice Rookery, in Venice, Florida. Most of the Great Egrets were busy building nests (will be covered in another post) and a couple of pair even mating. But this was the only nest that was busy with parents […]