4 March 2019 (dragonfly)

morning sun

on the alligator’s back

blue dragonfly

1 March 2019 trio (swamp)

Spent the morning in Corkscrew Swamp, a nature preserve protecting an ancient cypress swamp lush with ferns, water hyacinth, palmettos, vines, and giant trees hundreds of years old, and teeming with birds, insects, and other wildlife. Such a challenge to convey the essence of such a rich and multi-textured place in a minimal number of words...

cypress swamp

opening as we pass

the alligator’s eyes

cypress swamp

climbing the fallen tree

bright green ferns

cypress swamp

the green heron remains

motionless

March 17: Cypress swamp

500-year-old trees

we crane our necks

in this open-air cathedral

 

 

 

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January 15: Habitat

Spent the morning in the lush, primeval cypress swamp of Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, then a few hours this afternoon in the sandy pine flatlands of the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area. In between, we had lunch at a fast-food franchise off I-75.

 

Between bird stops,

lunch at a Waffle House:

two Wood Storks soar past.

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