zackiedawg
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Been keeping busy on the personal front which again led me to go longer than intended between posts, so needed to get back to some more of the wetlands variety again from SE Florida.
The following were taken in the first weeks of May, in and around Green Cay Wetlands and Wakodahatchee Wetlands. - all of these were taken with the A6600 and the FE 100-400mm GM OSS lens, handheld, and all posted at 2400 pixels on the long side if you view them in original size:
Black-necked stilt wading on those long pink legs
I know - just a pigeon. But it was sitting so relaxed on the rail and had no intentions of moving - even as I walked by a few feet away
An alligator up on the bank of the pond - looking for a good spot to nap
A basilisk lizard using the curled edge of a downed palm frond as a lookout spot
A juvenile red-winged blackbird, perched on the side of a reed - still in its early phase of learning to fly
Eastern screech owl female, popping out of a nest box with those intense owl eyes
A female wood duck nesting in the hollowed out trunk of a palm tree stump
An atala caterpillar - the atala butterflies are endangered and thought for a time to be extinct, but have been making a great comeback
Usually, the very last of the migrating birds to pass through our area in Spring - the blackpoll warbler. They are usually only here for a week or so as they feed up before their travels back north
A mottled duck momma keeping her ducklings close for protection
Another weekend, and another shot of the screech owl coming out of the nest box to stretch and take a break from sitting on her eggs
The always-pretty black-bellied whistling duck
A glossy ibis flying my way
Black-necked stilt chicks are quite adorable little cottonballs - fluffy and painted, on those comically oversized legs
Momma stilt was standing nearby, watching her chicks as they roamed the shallows and fed
Comments, questions, and critique always welcome.
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Justin
galleries: www.pbase.com/zackiedawg
The following were taken in the first weeks of May, in and around Green Cay Wetlands and Wakodahatchee Wetlands. - all of these were taken with the A6600 and the FE 100-400mm GM OSS lens, handheld, and all posted at 2400 pixels on the long side if you view them in original size:
Black-necked stilt wading on those long pink legs
I know - just a pigeon. But it was sitting so relaxed on the rail and had no intentions of moving - even as I walked by a few feet away
An alligator up on the bank of the pond - looking for a good spot to nap
A basilisk lizard using the curled edge of a downed palm frond as a lookout spot
A juvenile red-winged blackbird, perched on the side of a reed - still in its early phase of learning to fly
Eastern screech owl female, popping out of a nest box with those intense owl eyes
A female wood duck nesting in the hollowed out trunk of a palm tree stump
An atala caterpillar - the atala butterflies are endangered and thought for a time to be extinct, but have been making a great comeback
Usually, the very last of the migrating birds to pass through our area in Spring - the blackpoll warbler. They are usually only here for a week or so as they feed up before their travels back north
A mottled duck momma keeping her ducklings close for protection
Another weekend, and another shot of the screech owl coming out of the nest box to stretch and take a break from sitting on her eggs
The always-pretty black-bellied whistling duck
A glossy ibis flying my way
Black-necked stilt chicks are quite adorable little cottonballs - fluffy and painted, on those comically oversized legs
Momma stilt was standing nearby, watching her chicks as they roamed the shallows and fed
Comments, questions, and critique always welcome.
--
Justin
galleries: www.pbase.com/zackiedawg
