Photography is for the birds
An Anhinga dries its wings in Everglades National Park

Photography is for the birds

My wife's a birdwatcher. When we hike together she's usually looking up with binoculars in hand while I'm looking around with camera in hand.  I've never made much of an attempt to photograph birds because they're usually small, far away,…

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Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

My sister-in-law told my wife that she saw a Great Horned Owl in a tree in her neighbor's yard. During the day it mostly just sits way up in the tree and doesn't move around very much. She wondered if…

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Wood ducks and new toys
Wood Duck in Kettle Pond

Wood ducks and new toys

I went down to Kettle Pond yesterday afternoon to see how the Sandhill Cranes are doing. It had been 11 days since my last visit and I was anxious to see if they were still there and if both chicks…

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Two days old
Cranes in Kettle Pond

Two days old

They're only two days old and already the crane chicks are walking around having dinner with their parents.  I don't know about you but this seems amazing to me. I'm not sure I like what's on the menu, however!

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Crane redux
Sandhill Crane with eggs in Kettle Pond

Crane redux

Last year I heard about some sandhill cranes nesting in our neighborhood.  I had a lot of fun photographing them and watching the chicks grow.  If you're interested you can read the old posts -- see The Crane Wife and Family (5/11/12),…

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Talking turkey
Turkeys in Owen Conservation Park

Talking turkey

I don't usually think about turkeys unless it's November, but a recent walk in Owen Conservation Park brought me face to face with a group of them. Now, I've seen turkeys in this park before, but never during the spring when,…

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Foxy photos
Foxes in our backyard

Foxy photos

We've known about a fox in our neighborhood for a couple years or so.  We've occasionally seen it trotting down the road; one of our neighbors has also seen it several times.  Until recently, however, I've never had a chance to…

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Crane update
Sandhill Cranes

Crane update

Since we first saw the Sandhill Cranes nesting in our neighborhood on 5/4/12, we've been going down to the pond almost every day to watch them.  Word quickly spread about the baby cranes so other people are now down there almost…

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The crane wife … and family
Sandhill Cranes at Kettle Pond

The crane wife … and family

My wife is a bird watcher.  She says that she's not very good but I'm always impressed by how much she knows.  She's had a lot of fun this week because she heard about a pair of Sandhill Cranes that were…

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