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/

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.