Sunday, March 29, 2009

Pictures of Florida Wildlife and Parks

We've been able to visit a couple of parks and wildlife refuges over the last month or so, and were able to get some pretty amazing shots of different animals and birds. Check them out! For more pictures, check out this link

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=169407&id=1060654732#/album.php?aid=169404&id=1060654732&ref=mf

On the Dora Canal...





This heron got lucky and nailed himself a fish almost too large for him to swallow. We watched him make a sudden jump into the canal and spear the fish. Subsequently the heron took it to shore and speared it several times with its beak to make sure it was dead. Traffic on the canal kept us from watching him go through the process of eating it.




This guy I think is a Cooper's hawk.
It sat on its branch watching us as we
clicked away with our cameras. It
was a real treat for us to be able to
capture these pictures.






I've never seen a heron hunker down in the water like this before.









Lake Woodruff Wildlife Refuge

Blue Heron





Tri-colored heron


A barred owl - this guy was very cooperative.
Too bad I didn't have a tripod.

This is an immature green heron. Yep,
I know, because I looked it up!

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