Monthly Archives July 2009

Holiday Weekend Wildlife

July 6, 2009 Photography  No comments

This past weekend I headed out once again to my favorite wildlife management area and wanted to share the photos with you

It was really foggy at sunrise but it made for some beautiful shots…

This was one of the first things I saw that morning, an alligator crossing the road…I’m guessing he was around 10 feet long.

There were also a lot of white tailed deer out…here’s a fawn:

And a doe:

And I was finally able to locate some juvenile Barred Owls I had been hearing for a couple weeks.  Here’s one of them on a post looking for food.  He didn’t sit here long before moving farther back into a palm tree:

And then he dropped down into the tall grass to try and grab something but he didn’t succeed...

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Flickr Group Meet-Up Re-Cap

July 3, 2009 Photography  No comments

I met some of my really good photographer friends out at our favorite wildlife management area this past weekend and we had a blast.  Here’s a few of my shots from the meet-up.

Barred Owls

Deer In Flowers:

Crested Caracara:

Two Fawns:

Two Bucks And One Doe:

Alligator:

And I went out alone the day before the meet up at sunrise and captured these images:

Sunrise:

Doe:

And the doe’s fawn:

Green Heron:

Red Shouldered Hawk:

It’s great to be able to get wildlife images year round, but in the summer you’ve got to get up early to beat the heat, bugs and rain!  Hopefully I can get back out there again this weekend

Hope everyone has a GREAT Fourth Of July!!!

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