6 March 2019 (mockingbird)

fresh snow

missing palm trees

mockingbird’s song

4 March 2019 (dragonfly)

morning sun

on the alligator’s back

blue dragonfly

3 March 2019 (beach)

blue sky

a pelican dives through it

blue water

2 March 2019 (vultures)

over the ballpark

vultures spiraling upward

spring training

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

April 1: April Fool's Day

April Fool's Day.

Water moccasin in the canal

scares her inside.

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March 31: Fisherman

Sunset on the canal

as he catches one last bass.

Bats flutter past.

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March 30: Gasparilla SP

another perfect beach

fossilized shark's teeth

worn down to hearts

 

 

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March 29: Stump Pass SP

beach-combing

for fossilized shark's teeth

what we leave behind

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March 28: Rookery

visiting the rookery

with my parents

what chaos in each nest

 

 

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March 27: Blue heaven

standing in the blue Gulf

as manatees swim past

it's enough

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