Pinellas County

Live, Love, Laugh, Sing, Dance, Be, Do

By |2023-08-11T15:23:09-06:00May 18th, 2023|Categories: Anclote Key, Florida, Pasco County, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I saw this quote that aligns with my philosophy of Live, Love, Laugh, Sing, Dance, Be, Do and thought I would share a post about the reason I like the quote.

World Water Day 2023

By |2024-02-02T05:37:24-07:00March 22nd, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Centennial Valley, Conservation, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, Glacier County, Glacier National Park, Juab County, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Sawgrass Lake Park, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today is World Water Day. The theme for World Water Day 2023 is: Accelerate Change. Every human being on this planet is roughly 60% water.

Double-crested Cormorant coming in for a landing

By |2021-06-10T04:03:52-06:00March 9th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm glad the Double-crested Cormorant didn't decide to relive itself as it came in to land or I might have been wearing white-wash!

Great Egrets in varying light conditions

By |2021-04-12T16:07:56-06:00February 22nd, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Egrets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The best light can be fleeting though so it is always best to photograph as much as you can during the "golden hours".

Addressing A Strange Comment

By |2023-05-13T17:21:28-06:00February 18th, 2015|Categories: American Coots, Anclote Key, Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Florida, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Anyone who has worked on their own web site that allows comments knows that there are times you get a strange comment that make you scratch your head.

Great Egrets – Big White Wading Birds

By |2021-04-12T16:17:37-06:00January 18th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Egrets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

After posting Great Blue Heron images yesterday I decided to post images of Great Egrets which are also a large wading bird species this morning.

Tricolored Heron hunting the Gulf of Mexico’s shoreline

By |2023-10-06T13:15:57-06:00October 2nd, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Tricolored Herons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Tricolored Herons are smaller than Great Blue Herons and larger than Snowy Egrets and all three of these wading birds hunt in many of the same locations along the Gulf Coast.

Little Blue Heron portrait

By |2016-12-07T12:09:00-07:00September 12th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Little Blue Herons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

This is another image I came across last week and wondered why I hadn't processed it because I don't have many Little Blue Heron portraits in my portfolio.

White Ibis and the reflections from mangroves

By |2024-03-15T06:42:13-06:00August 23rd, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, White Ibises|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

These two White Ibis images were taken 19 frames apart and the color of the water changed dramatically as the ibis and I moved north

Posts from the Past – Some of My Favorite Locations

By |2016-12-07T12:09:15-07:00July 26th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Flat, Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: , , , , |

Today I am focusing on older posts that have some of my favorite locations in them starting with Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

Please Take Nothing But Pictures Leave Nothing But Footprints

By |2024-03-14T15:44:53-06:00July 3rd, 2014|Categories: Birds, Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Ospreys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The Fourth of July is just a day away and soon many campgrounds, parks and beaches will be filled with people celebrating and sadly leaving trash behind.

Head angles – Less than perfect head angles can be compelling

By |2020-04-18T04:36:34-06:00June 22nd, 2014|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Salt Lake County, Snowy Egrets, Tricolored Herons, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I believe that even without what some may consider "the perfect head angle" that we can create interesting and compelling avian images.

American Oystercatcher in sea foam

By |2016-12-07T12:09:27-07:00June 13th, 2014|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Florida, Florida Botanical Gardens|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Just a simple post of an American Oystercatcher about to be awash in sea foam at Fort De Soto's north beach taken back in September of 2008.

Other Things with Wings – Male Eastern Pondhawk

By |2023-07-18T05:19:08-06:00May 22nd, 2014|Categories: Eastern Pondhawks, Florida, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Sawgrass Lake Park in Pinellas County, Florida is a wonderful location for birds and other things with wings including Eastern Pondhawk dragonflies.

Resting Marbled Godwit

By |2016-12-07T12:09:37-07:00May 18th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Photographing birds; wherever I am, allows me to feel a deep and sometimes profound connection to nature. I wouldn't have it any other way.

An Aerial Food Fight – Gulls and a Tern

By |2017-04-25T05:17:24-06:00May 4th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Herring Gulls, Laughing Gulls, Royal Terns|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This image was taken on a breezy April morning in 2009 at Fort De Soto County Park's north beach when I saw an aerial food fight occurring over the Gulf of Mexico.

Red-breasted Merganser at rest on the Gulf shore

By |2021-03-22T10:18:26-06:00April 24th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Red-breasted Mergansers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I've mentioned in another post that "Some Days are Magic" and I felt that magic the morning I created this image of a Red-breasted Merganser.

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