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Black and White Birds

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BW Heron – Biolab Dr – June 2015
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Great Blue – Biolab Dr – June 2015

“Originality is uncharted territory, you get there by carrying a canoe – not taking a taxi.” – Alan Alda

Ran across the second picture and it just didn’t work – so I tried a convert to black and white.

Quote found at http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/territory/

Flower Archives

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Flowers – Orlando Wetlands Park – April 2015
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Garden Flower – University of Central Florida – April 2015

“Man’s heart away from nature becomes hard.”  – Standing Bear

A little about Standing Bear. He was a Ponca Indian in Nebraska in the 1800’s. He was party to a landmark court case where it was judged that Indians were indeed people and US citizens and entitled to the same rights as others. Contrary to the governments argument that they were neither a person or a citizen. Unbelievable and incredibly sad.

I was creating a flower gallery and ran across some of these pics – not previously published. Probably a few more will trickle out in the next few days.

Quote found at http://www.quotegarden.com/nature.html. Standing Bear bio at http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/manuscripts/family/standing-bear.htm

Florida Sandhill Crane

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Sand Hill Crane and Juvenile – Orlando Wetlands Park – June 2015

I love these guys, they are fearless. I was walking along the berm and they shared it with me. Not showing any nervousness, just going about their business. Children stay with their parents for up to 10 months and couples stay together for several years.  The Florida strain of Sand Hills are a threatened species – they have graduated from endangered.

Bird Monday

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Cattle Egret – Lake Apopka North Shore – June 2015
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Great Egret – Lake Apopka North Shore – June 2015

“Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.”- Jacques-eves Cousteau

Cattle Egret are an America success story. First arrived as immigrants from Africa in 1941 – breeding population by the early 50s. Fulfilling a niche in the ecosystem – not displacing something here already (at least not as I understand it).