Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try. ~Mary Kay Ash
The sun is very large in the morning. Sunday was the best – I was of course on the road – unable to get a shot.
Quote found at http://www.gadel.info/2011/07/keep-trying-quotes-sayings-and-proverbs.html
Argument could be made that this is a white-face ibis – I’m not sure. But the sun was perfect!!
“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).
While I didn’t think it possible the population of grackles and red wing blackbirds may be larger at the Lake Apopka North Shore than at the Orlando Wetlands Park. Perhaps because this is reclaimed farmland. This guy is finished his molt and back to his handsome self.
Red Belly Woodpecker – Mullet Lake Park – December 2014Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until he finishes the job he starts” – Coleman Cox
The mystery is solved, I finally found a picture showing the red belly of the woodpecker. Most woodpecker pictures show them clinging to a tree and seldom reveal their belly. I found this guy searching my archives. Taken at Mullet Lake Park in Geneva, FL.
Quote found at http://www.searchquotes.com/search/Woodpecker/
I’m not great with juveniles but I think this is a green heron. Judging from the facial features.
Young Common Gallinule. I dislike the term common and prefer to call them moorhens as there is nothing common about these birds although they are abundant. This guy will grow up to have black feathers and an orange bill/shield.
Gotta give some love to the gators. They were quite active last weekend and I did see a real monster. Guessing over 11 feet. This little pup was a pretty good size too,
“Behind the squaw’s light birch canoe
The steamer rocks and raves,
And city lots are staked for sale
Above old Indian graves.” – John Greenleaf Whittier
While Whittier was speaking of his native New England this verse is true of most of our country.
Quote found in Out of Doors in Florida by Charles Simpson Torrey.
Picture This by Frank 