Not sure why I’m trying this again. But these pics seemed to lend themselves to conversion.
B & W
Category: Florida
Sunday Morning
“It’s a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning” – Jimmy Buffett
Something light this AM. Have a great day.
Quote found at http://www.searchquotes.com/search/Sunday_Morning/
Ruddy Turnstone
Named turnstone because of it’s habit of turning over stones to look for food. As you may guess he’s not doing that in Florida since we have very few stones. Shells maybe?
I do believe he has a small crab in that first pic.
Interesting Sun
“You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds” – Henry David Thoreau
Wetlands today and a history jaunt around Lake Monroe tomorrow. I’ve been reading a fabulous book Florida’s American Heritage River – Images from the St John’s Region by Mallory M. O’Conner and Gary Monroe. It explores the history of the region through it’s art.
Lake Monroe was the southern terminus of the navigable portion of the St John’s River and consequently of the exploration of Florida. In the 1800’s steam ships ran between here and Jacksonville. While I’m somewhat familiar with Sanford, I’ll be exploring DeLand and the northern shore of Lake Monroe.
Lots of history surrounds Lake Monroe which was the southern terminus of the St John’s river,
Quote found at http://www.quotegarden.com/sky-clouds.html
Random Birds
Random bird pics from Cocoa Beach / Canaveral area. That dove has a creepy look on his face, Guess I made him angry. He looks much better below.
Happy May Day
“Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun” – Kahlil Gibran
While we don’t celebrate this here – I think we should! Bring out the maypoles. Perhaps we could replace Cinco de Mayo with this day. Then celebrate Mexican independence in September.
Quote found at http://www.egreenway.com/months/monmay.htm
Variety
Two wood Storks, a spoonbill and an ibis. The spoonbills were hunted to near extinction in the early 1900’s. Their feathers were prized for women’s hats. By the 1930’s there were 30-40 known breeding pairs in Florida. They have made a great comeback.
Speaking of comebacks the wood stork has “graduated” from endangered to threatened!
Second picture is an anhinga after just spearing his dinner.
Eagle
“The eyesight for an eagle is what thought is to a man” – Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Poet
The eagles talons, eyesight, and beak are formidable however the sound it makes is somewhat weak. Listen at http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bald_Eagle/sounds
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/eagles
Sun Up
I took my wide angle lens out for a walk last Saturday. All my other dawn pics have been with a telephoto – hopefully you can get some idea of the size with these. And I didn’t miss any good bird pics on the way.
However an important tip, if you bring a lens case with a belt attachment — wear a belt!
Wildflower Wednesday #1
“The flower that follows the sun, does so even on cloudy days” – Robert Leighton
These are two of the most prolific flowers at this time of year.
Quote found at http://www.quotegarden.com/flowers.html
Picture This by Frank 