Tuesday, May 23, 2017

May 21, 2017

I hope you enjoy viewing the 8 photos below taken on May 21 after an early morning storm, walking the margin of the salt marsh east of Purify Creek. 
Ahhhh, I have no photos backlogged!

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Monday, May 22, 2017

May 2, 2017 through May 15, 2017

This is the thirteenth in a series of posts to catch up on photos from previous months.

I hope you enjoy viewing the 12 photos below.
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Great Blue
St. George Island State Park

Nighthawk
St. George Island State Park

Night Hawk
Note the white wing patches
St. George Island State Park

Red Milkweed
Sand Beach Road in Franklin County, Apalachicola National Forest

Low Tide at Mashes Sands

Sunrise Driftwood 1 of 2

Sunrise Driftwood 2 of 2

Salt Marsh After a Storm
Skipper Creek

Sunburst
Skipper Bay

Ochlockonee River Floodplain Swamp
near Porter Lake, Apalachicola National Forest

Color Full Floodplain Swamp
Ochlockonee River near Porter Lake

Cypress Tree Butress
Floodplain Swamp, Ochlockonee River
Apalachicola National Forest

Sunday, May 21, 2017

March 11, 2017 through March 29, 2017

This is the twelth in a series of posts to catch up on photos from previous months.

I hope you enjoy viewing the 20 photos below.
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Leaf Bud, Southern Magnolia
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Thistle
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Leopard Frog Hiding in Plain Sight
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Lily Pads 1 of 3

Lily Pads 2 of 3

Lily Pads 3 of 3

Coral or Cherokee Bean

Anhinga - Willow
Wakulla Springs State Park

Snowy Egret
Wakulla Springs State Park

I Can Fly
Mullet jumping at Wakulla Springs State Park

Impressive Engineering
American Alligator at Wakulla Springs State Park

The Elusive Least Bittern
Wakulla Springs State Park

Showboat Common Gallinule
Wakulla Springs State Park

Brown Water Snake
Wakulla Springs State Park

Spider Lilies
Wakulla Springs State Park

Storm Over St. George Sound 1 of 2
Carrabelle Beach

Storm Over St. George Sound 2 of 2
Carrabelle Beach

Monarch Chrysalis
minutes before emergence

A Southern Spectacle
Southern Magnolia

Soul Satisfying

Saturday, May 20, 2017

March 22, 2017 through April 6, 2017

This is the eleventh in a series of posts to catch up on photos from previous months.

I hope you enjoy viewing the 22 photos below.
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Bald Cypress in a Small Pond
South of Alligator Lake, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Buttress Base of Bald Cypress Tree
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Pond Shoreline - Natural Wakulla
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Tupelos in Ochlockonee River Floodplain Swamp
East of Porter Lake, Apalachicola National Forest

Ochlockonee River
Apalachicola River

A Blue-sky, Puffy-white Cloud Day!

Handsome Male Red-winged Blackbird
Mashes Sands

Semipalmated Plover
Mashes Sands at Fishing Pier

Small Shorebird Footprints and Fragments of Manatee Grass
Mashes Sands Beach

Tree Hugger, Loving Nature
Bald Cypress along the Florida Trail
Sopchoppy River, Apalachicola National Forest

Wild Azalea
Along the Florida Trail/Sopchoppy River
during a Native Plant Society hike

Palamedes Swallowtail on Florida Flame Azalea
My Yard

Palm Frond - Blue Sky
Apalachicola

Bubble Bear
St. George Island State Park

Light As A Feather?
St. George Island State Park

Fun at the Beach
St. George Island State Park

Laughing Gull Convention
St. George Island State Park

Pygmy Rattlesnake
I value (and respect) snakes. They are an essential part of biological communities.
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Cool patterns on an Old Culvert
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge between Medart and Panacea

Pen Shell and Cross-barred Venus clam in the Early Morning
Alligator Point

Elegant Sand Pattern
Alligator Point

Dazzles
Alligator Point