Taken during the workshop Roamin’ with Roman given by Roman Kurywczak and Denise Ippolito at Nickerson Beach on LI, NY. Cropped in CS5 and applied a “glamour glow” from Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0.
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We saw this female Barred Owl at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. This is after she finished eating a mouse (quite messily) and brought the carcass to her nest (which we couldn’t see). We were packing our stuff up to continue walking the boardwalk when she came back and stared at us for a while before closing her eyes for a nap. Barred owls often nest in tree cavities, often taking them over from crows or squirrels. They eat mice and rodents but will also feed on grouse, hawks and ducks. They have been known to go after fish.We saw this female Barred Owl at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. This is after she finished eating a mouse (quite messily) and brought the carcass to her nest (which we couldn’t see). We were packing our stuff up to continue walking the boardwalk when she came back and stared at us for a while before closing her eyes for a nap. Barred owls often nest in tree cavities, often taking them over from crows or squirrels. They eat mice and rodents but will also feed on grouse, hawks and ducks. They have been known to go after fish.
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On the beach at Captiva Island. When Mikes Dad and step-Mom came to visit while we were in Fort Myers we took them there, Pat loves to collect shells and this is a paradise of shells. People were actually using what looked like mesh panniers to scoop them out at shoreline looking for that special one.
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We saw a few of these gorgeous birds when we were at Corkscrew Swamp in Naples, they were very shy and didn’t stay still very much. We got lucky that they happened to like the feeders right outside the Visitor Center and the light was in our favor to sit at the rail outside the cafeteria and be patient waiting for them to show up. The Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary and Blair Audubon Center was established to protect the largest remaining stand of Bald Cypress in North America during the 1950′s when almost all the cypress forests of Florida were being cut down for timber. The National Audubon had been protecting wading birds in this area since 1912 (during the “plumage craze” years , and in 1954 accepted responsibility to manage the area which had grown to over 6,000 acres. In 1955 the first boardwalk began construction. Today the total boardwalk length is 2.25 miles with a shorter walk of 1.07 miles and covers a variety of habitats including Bald Cypress, wet prairie, Pond Cypress, a Sawgrass pond and Pine Flatwood.
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The Great Blue Heron just enjoying the last rays of the sun in Ding Darling NWR
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Reddish Egrets hunt fish by doing an elaborate dance that includes shuffling their feet, twisting their bodies and extending their wings to various degrees, all in order to fool the fish into thinking they aren’t there. By spreading their wings they create a shadow on the water that the fish may think is just a cloud covering the sun and not see the egret waiting to pounce.
Canon 50D, Canon 100-400L f/4.5-5.6 1/1600 sec at f/6.3 +1/3EV ISO400
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Great Blue Heron doing some early evening grooming before flying off to roost. I loved the way the warm last rays of light illuminated it.
Canon 50D, Canon 100-400L f/4.5-5.6, finished in LR2 and CS4 with Nik plugins and Tony Kuyper’s actions.
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Where not habituated to people Snowy Egrets are very hard to get close to, and probably with good reason. At the end of the 19th century the plumes of the Snowy Egret were so prized as decorations for women’s hats that they were selling for over $32.00 per ounce, over twice the price of gold. It took the effort of a great many conservationists and the near extinction of the species to get laws passed to prevent the hunting of these and other egrets. They are still covered by the migratory species act which has helped their populations to rebound to close to what they used to be. An interesting fact about Snowy Egrets is that they apparently can not recognize their mates outside of the nest, and then when the bird returns it must perform an elaborate dance to prevent it’s mate from attacking it.
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This Brown Anole was out sunning itself on the limb of a mangrove tree on the short boardwalk along Wildlife Drive in Ding Darling NWR. Brown Anole’s are an introduced species and are causing loss of the native,Green Anole, by being more aggressive for food and territory. Unlike the Green Anole, Brown Anole can not change their color
Canon 50D, Canon 100-400L f/4.5-5.6. Finished in LR2 and CS4 with Nik Plugins, Topaz Adjust4, and Tony Kuyper’s web sharpening action
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