I wonder if anyone has ever pried one off a tree to see if their belly is actually red. I probably have 100 pictures of red bellys, but I’ve never seen their belly!
I think that there’s a haiku in there somewhere.
Unfortunately this guy was on the shady side of the tree.
“As a body everyone is single, as a soul never” – Hermann Hesse
This is a young hawk, still a little fluffy. But a solitary creature.
Quote found at http://www.quotes-inspirational.com/quotes/hesse/
After this past weekends wanderings I’ve become fascinated by the twisting and turning of tree branches.
“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/
Nice peaceful scene.
“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.
Quote found at http://www.searchquotes.com/search/Sweet_Courting/2/
Relaxing. Based on this past weekends activity I’m guessing that breeding season is in full swing. Sunday morning I saw at least 30 different gators along Wetlands Blvd. And most of them were large males.
“Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue” – John Muir
The trumpet vine was about 25 feet off the ground in a sabal palm sitting in front of an oak tree. Almost missed it.
The grasshoppers were huge. I was only able to capture this one guy as they were fast. One was so large, I thought it was a small bird. Yikes!
“The soul is healed by being with children” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Young Green Herons hanging out practicing being birds.
Quote found at http://www.spiritual-quotes-to-live-by.com/quotes-about-children.html
Picture This by Frank 