Tuesday, August 23, 2022

February 2022

I hope you enjoy the 75 images of this post.

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First of three images along the Florida trail from Carraway Cutoff near my home

Web of filmy dome spider (Neriene radiata)

Image of Live Oaks, post processed with the Photoshop plugin Nik Silver Effex

Saltmarsh Sunrise along Bottoms Road, Panacea

First of four images at Otter Lake, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge




First of two images on a walk from my home to Allitagor Lake
Yellow Jessamine

Yaupon Holly

First of eight photos in the Wakulla Springs State Park
Ruby-crowned Kinglet


Cypress trees, laden with Spanish Moss and shrouded in mist

Male Hooded Merganser

Anhinga

High Stepper White Ibis

Common Gallinule, the bird with the 'laughing monkey' vocalization

Great Egret

First of eight photos in the Ochlockonee River State Park
A Ginormous flock of Tree Swallows



Emergent aquatic plant in the river - Cloud reflections





First of thirteen images in the Wakulla Springs State Park
Snowy Egret



Eastern Phoebe

Anhinga, aka snakebird

Pied-billed Grebe








I saw this pine tree seed spiraling downward, stretched out my hand, and it landed in the palm of my hand.

First of five images on a walk from my home to Alligator Lake
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge





First of thirteen images during a morning at Alligator Point and Bald Point













First of seven images in the Wakulla Springs State Park


This sunfish was too large for the Anhinga to swallow!



Cedar Waxwing in a Dahoon Holly tree

The dazzling color of the eyes of Double-crested Cormorants have been described as blue-green, turquoise, and aquamarine.

First of three images in the Wolf Creek Trout Lily Preserve
Wigham, GA
Dimpled Trout Lily - Erthronium umbilicatum


Spotted Trillium (Trillium maculatum)

First of two images on a walk bordering several small ponds near Bice Road
Apalachicola National Forest


First of two images in the Oak Garden
Apalachicola National Forest


First of two images in the Wakulla Springs State Park