Love the eyes on these little guys – hope I get to see one grown up.
Yellow Crowned Night Heron
Category: photography
Bird Monday
“Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.” – Henry David Thoreau
Blew that one. Think space junk and contrails.
Quote found at http://www.quotegarden.com/flying.html
Frog
These guys are noisy!
Heron in Flight
“The bluebird carries the sky on his back.” – Henry David Thoreau
Quote found at http://www.quotegarden.com/flying.html
Baby Deer
Young deer stashed along the edges of the wetlands while momma’s out an about. Apparently mothers shelter their young during the day until they are strong enough to walk and run along with them.
Epiphytes
“Plants are nature’s alchemists, expert at transforming water, soil and sunlight into an array of precious substances, many of them beyond the ability of human beings to conceive, much less manufacture.” Michael Pollan
I was introduced to an entirely different habitat at the park Saturday. In amongst the hardwoods around the edges of the wetlands where the air plants grow.
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/plants?page=3
Reptiles
Some of the resident reptiles – besides gators.
Heron Breakfast
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” –Chinese Proverb
Check out the heron’s eye in the first pic. Looks like some sort of protective eye lid while he struggles with the snake. In the second pic he’s trying to figure out how to eat it.
Quote found at http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2013/05/28/inspirational-quotes/
White Top Sedge
This is a new to me interesting flower. The flower is actually the tiny blooms in the center. The leaves turn white much like a poinsettia. And as always in the ecosystem there are spider webs and a tiny beetle like creature in residence. (see tight crop.)
Hawk Posing
“Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six unbelievable things before breakfast.” – Lewis Carroll
What a magnificent creature!
Quote found at http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/belief/
Picture This by Frank 