I’ll say this right away…Best viewed large 😆
Even people who live here don’t know what’s down the end of this dirt road. Everything about this place, the scene, is magical.
The pyramid is just perfect for this spot,
The Pyramid Mausoleum
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Foggy Buzzards
Look close and you can see a good number of Turkey Vultures off in the fog.
An interesting scene I’ve shot a few times, but I love the palms and buzzards.
Glossy Ibis, A Little Frazzled
Picking his way through the big pads.
This Glossy had nice colors, but he sure looked a little scraggily. He was soaked for sure.
Tricolored At A Palm
I didn’t, and still don’t, know much about the palm tree. It was a tree with big fronds on top. I now know there are all kinds of palms. This one is the ‘ratty bottom’ palm.
A Tricolored Heron standing here made up for it though.
Strutting Reddish Egret
Maybe it’s because they’re not all that common, or they have swagger. What ever it is the Reddish Egret is always the bird photographers look for first.
So when we come across them close in the mangrove swamps I start checking my battery life right away. 😆. I will take a few billion shots, can’t help,it.
Posing Reddish
The shadow coloring is so much different than the actual bird. The water might be taking on the shades of all the dead mangrove leaves around.
This Reddish Egret wandered past us down in a cut. Reddish are most always out in open water where they can fish and dance. Maybe because of the drought but we found them in all types of areas.
Drought And Frost, Bad Combination
There are places along the eastern coast of Florida, the inland marshes, that have taken two different types of damage. The changes in some places is profound.
First was a deep frost. The tops of the iconic mangroves froze, now they are dead and brown. This changes the color of the entire landscape.
Along with the frost is a long drought. It’s been going for a while since much of the land which had been underwater is now cracked and hard.
The water and mangroves have always returned. Still you have to wonder what it will look like next.
Merritt Island WMR, Florida.
Neon In Flight, Roseate Spoonbill
I even considered turning down the vibrancy slider on these shots. I mean, really, look at the colors of this bird.
They aren’t always this bright, it’s mating season and she was just leaving the nest.
A day when the Spoonbills cooperated nicely. I’m not sure how many gave us great opportunities, it it was one of the best mornings to photograph them.
