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Gator Fight

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Gator Fight – Orlando Wetlands Park – May 2015
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Disengage – Orlando Wetlands Park – May 2015

“Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.” Kalil Gibran

This was quite a violent encounter. In the top picture, one gator has the other in it’s jaws. After the encounter there was a clear winner and the loser left in a big hurry, under the watchful eye if the winner. Although I cannot be sure there was no sign of injury to either.

This certainly reenforces the need to respect gators and their power and unpredictability,

Quote found at http://www.searchquotes.com/search/Strife/6/

Looking Good

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Anhinga – Orlando Wetlands Park – May 2015
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Preening – Orlando Wetlands Park – May 2015

“That it will never come again is what makes life sweet” – Emily Dickinson

This bird is getting his courtship plumage going – that blue around his eye is also the color of the inside og his mouth. Couldn;t get hem to say “ah” though.

And here’s a potential mate.

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Lady Anhinga – Orlando Wetlands Park – May 2015

Quote found at http://www.searchquotes.com/search/Sweet_Courting/2/

Northern Shovelnose

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Napkin Please – Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge – March 2015
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Big Stretch – Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge – March 2015

“A man is but a product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.” – Mahatma Gandhi

Northern Shovel-nose ducks have lots of personality. They seemed to pose for every shot. These photos are from March, the ducks have long ago headed north.

Quote found at http://thinkexist.com/quotations/personality/

Mockingbird Love

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Sitting in the Sun – Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge – May 2015
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Singing my Heart Out – Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge – May 2015

“Be like the bird in flight . . . pausing a while on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, yet sings knowing yet, that she has wings.” – Victor Marie Hugo

Decided to give a little love to the mockingbird – I tend to forget/dismiss the more common birds yet they too are beautiful

Quote found at http://www.allgreatquotes.com/bird_quotes.shtml

Addison Ellis Canal

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Addison-Ellis Canal – Enchanted Forest – May 2015
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Historic Sign – Enchanted Forest – May 2015

Yet another monument to man’s attempts to conquer the environment. They were stopped by the Atlantic Ridge, a 120,000 year old sand bar – turned coquina rock that proved too much for them. However, not before they reversed the water flow through the Enchanted Forest from flowing westward towards the St Johns River to the east towards the Indian River Lagoon.

The Enchanted Forest is a Brevard County park, that is indeed enchanting!! As you walk along the ridge, sometimes 25 feet above the canal, you can see geological history in the coquina rock walls. This elevation and the rock walls make it an unusual site in Central Florida. This is the highest point in Brevard County.

Morning Gathering

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Morning Gathering – Orlando Wetlands Park – May 2015

I have been inspired by the Heritage Rivers book about the St Johns. So as the spring turns into summer here I’m going to focus more on landscapes. Here in Florida we are challenged by the terrain – there are vast expanses of flatness and this does not lend it self to traditional landscape photography. So please bear with me on my journey and perhaps we can discover something! But don’t worry there will still be ample birds, bugs, and flowers.

Wildflower Wednesday #2

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Indian Blanket – Merrit Island Wildlife Refuge – May 2015
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Vine – Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge – May 2015

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are” – Theodore Roosevelt

Teddy Roosevelt was an avid sportsman who was a strong supporter of national parks in the US – particularly the western US.

Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/inspirational