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Tag: #Florida

  • Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Birds beginning with a “G” In The Title

    Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Birds beginning with a “G” In The Title

    Week #48 challenge is birds beginning with a “G” in the title (if a bird has more than one word of the name, you can use it as long as it begins with a “G”, ie: Green Heron or Common Gallinule).

  • Thursday Trio – Ibises

    Thursday Trio – Ibises

    A family of Ibises were hanging out at the boat ramp at Lake Deaton in The Villages, Florida. We had stopped here on our way back to Jacksonville from Tampa on Monday. My camera settings were set for close up shots so the other two birds were not in focus. The two adults were in…

  • A-Z Challenge – P is for Pelican

    A-Z Challenge – P is for Pelican

    Pelican Island, a part of the Everglades Headwaters NWR complex located off the western coast of Orchid Island in the Indian River Lagoon just east of Sebastian, Florida was the first National Wildlife Refuge in the United States in 1903. President Theodore Roosevelt signed an executive order on March 14, 1903 to protect egrets and…

  • SQUARES – Bright Sunshiny Day

    SQUARES – Bright Sunshiny Day

    It had been a bright sunshiny day on April 2nd when we went to St. Marks Wildlife Refuge for a full day of birding. As we were doing the last bit of birding, the sun that had shined bright all day was peaking through the palm trees and passed the salt marsh.

  • A-Z Challenge – G is for GALLINULE

    A-Z Challenge – G is for GALLINULE

    The Purple Gallinule is one of the most colorful birds in North America. They are found in the southernmost part of the United States, along the coasts of Mexico, South America and throughout Central America.

  • CEE’S BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE – Things on Picnic Table or in a Park

    CEE’S BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE – Things on Picnic Table or in a Park

    The feature image is the best veggie sandwich on the planet. Fresh Italian bread, cream cheese (instead of mayo), cucumbers, spring mix lettuce, carrots, cherry tomatoes and avocado. Add a little salt and pepper and viola! YUM YUM! We had a picnic after birding all morning at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Folkston, Georgia.

  • SQUARES – Creativity Brightens our Lives

    SQUARES – Creativity Brightens our Lives

    We always pack our folding chairs and folding tables with us so we can make a picnic anywhere. We are very creative when it comes to being outside and one with nature.

  • SQUARES – Bright & Beautiful

    SQUARES – Bright & Beautiful

    This part of Death Valley is 282 feet (85.5 meters) below sea level. We were only part of the way down towards the bottom.

  • Quote – Leisure – Week #16

    Quote – Leisure – Week #16

    A day off sitting under the beach umbrella slathered in sunscreen, watching the birds fly over, closing your eyes listening to the waves crash upon the shoreline transforms the busy mind of the day to day and takes you to a place of euphoria.

  • Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #140 – Unwanted Change of Scenery

    Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #140 – Unwanted Change of Scenery

    Birds were frantically feeding and flying around as storms approached Jacksonville, Florida. We had been in a Tornado Watch all day and as it got closer, we were in a Tornado Warning.