Florida Scenes

Hillsborough River 10-31-2010

American Alligator

Green Heron

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Little Blue Heron (adult)

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Snowy Egret

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Limpkin

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Juvenile Tri-Color Heron

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Painted Turtle

Snowy egret

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Earlier:

Reddish Egret

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Great White

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Snowy Egret

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Birds on the wing today!

Yellow Crowned Night Heron

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Great Blue Heron

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Pelican 

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Pelican (note the fish flipped beneath him sending up water)

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A lost feather on the water.

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An itch somewhere down there.

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Reddish Egret (that is a stick to the right, not his right leg!)

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Lonely Greater Crested Tern in the wind.

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Juvenile Yellow Crowned Night Heron

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Great White Heron

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Sunrise 9-16-08 (great white with mullet jumping in foreground)

The moon 9-15-08.

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White Ibis (some grass hanging off his beak, may be building a nest).

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Osprey on mast in the marina.

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130. Ft. Desoto.131. Cormorant in the rain.132. Osprey in my backyard.   133 134. Series of photographs selected by Vista Galleries for presentation.!135. Vista Galleries also is displaying this one.Roseate spoonbill in my backyard.136. Baby Yellow Crowned Night Heron (my backyard).137. Adult Yellow Crowned Night Heron (my backyard).138. Adult Yellow Crowned Night Heron displaying (my backyard).139. Great Blue Heron with his lunch (my backyard)140. Seagull (my back yard)141. Osprey (same post as above!)142. White Ibis 143. Pelican (Ft. Desoto – down the street from my house)144. Snowy Egret145. Great White departing146147. Bald Eagle, Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa148. Osprey, my backyard149150. Great Blue151. Tri-Color Heron152153. Snowy Egrets154155156. Green Heron157158159. Limpkin160. Yellow Crowned Night Heron161162. Roseate Spoonbill163. Great Egret164. Great Blue Heron165. Green Heron166. Yellow Crowned Night Heron. Bringing his wing up…….167……then over his head. He stays this way for about 15 minutes. 168. Osprey169

src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Current/Ft%20Desoto.jpg” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>144. Snowy Egret</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Current/Tiger%20125.jpg” widalth=”377″ he/></fight=”336″ure><p>145. Great White departing</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Alligator%20Lake%20195%20(Small).jpg” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>146</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Amy%20&amp;%20Sarah%20108%20(Small).jpg” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>147. Bald Eagle, Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Dec-001.jpg” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”347″ure><p>148. Osprey, my backyard</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Dec-002.jpg” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”471″ure><p>149</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Ft%20Desoto%2005%20102.jpg” widalth=”360″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>150. Great Blue</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Ft%20DeSoto%20022%20(Small).jpg” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>151. Tri-Color Heron</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/july2004.jpg” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>152</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/july2004-1%20(2).jpg” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”460″ure><p>153. Snowy Egrets</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/july2004-1%20(8).jpg” widalth=”360″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>154</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/july2004-1%20(9).jpg” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>155</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Treasure%20Island%20Yacht%20076.jpg” widalth=”392″ he/></fight=”311″ure><p>156. Green Heron</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Treasure%20Island%20Yacht%20083.jpg” widalth=”432″ he/></fight=”339″ure><p>157</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Treasure%20Island%20Yacht%20105.jpg” widalth=”534″ he/></fight=”400″ure><p>158</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Weedon%20Island%20ibis%20(Small).jpg” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>159. Limpkin</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Weedon%20Island%20night%20fem(Small).jpg” widalth=”360″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>160. Yellow Crowned Night Heron</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Weedon%20Island%20Night%20male%20(Small).jpg” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>161</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Weedon%20Island%20R%20S%20(Medium).jpg” widalth=”509″ he/></fight=”600″ure><p>162. Roseate Spoonbill</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Current/Memorial%20Day%20144.jpg” widalth=”480″ he/></fight=”640″ure><p>163. Great Egret</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Current/Misc%20002.JPG” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>164. Great Blue Heron</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Current/Cow%20and%20Night%20Heron%20081.JPG” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>165. Green Heron</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Current/Cow%20and%20Night%20Heron%20055.JPG” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>166. Yellow Crowned Night Heron. Bringing his wing up…….</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Current/Cow%20and%20Night%20Heron%20056.JPG” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>167……then over his head. He stays this way for about 15 minutes.</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Current/Misc%20006%20(Medium)%20(Small).jpg” widalth=”640″ he/></fight=”480″ure><p>168. Osprey</tdp></tfigure class=”wp-block-image”><tr><td><img src=”http://www.herrickhomepage.com/Current/Misc%20012%20(Medium)%20(Small).jpg” widalth=”640″ height=”480″>169</td></tfigure></tbodyp>169</tablep></figure>

INSECTS

Black swallowtail
Butterfly in my backyard.
Butterfly in my backyard.
Butterfly in my backyard.
Bees in my backyard.
Denver 
Denver
Aruba
Aruba
Aruba
Aruba
Two swallowtails mating.
Dragonflies mating.
Dragonfly.

OTHER 

Lizard looking for a mate in my backyard.
Gecko on my living room wall.
Gecko on my hardwood floor.
Lizard in my backyard.
Raccoon in my backyard.
Alligator, at Blue Spring
Manatees at Blue Spring
Fierce Fiddler (1″ in size)
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Seahorse, Seattle Aquarium

PEOPLE

Missed bunt.
Mullet fisherman out my back window (air filled with smoke from Georgia wildfire).
Kite surfing St. Pete Beach
Surfing St. Pete Beach
She caught a fish!