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In Velvet

Antlers are growing bigger every day for the island’s male deer population, covered in a fuzzy velvet-like substance until it reaches maximun size,  just about the time for the mating season in September.  The velvet will peel off by August. The best time to photograph the boys in town are when they are in full […]

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June 7, 2015
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Reef

There were small immature moon jellyfish out and about on the reef, nearly invisible with their translucent camouflage. Too busy looking for the Goliath Grouper and sharks, I didn’t notice the jellies until they were right up in my mask. The small ones don’t appear to have any effect as I had skin contact with […]

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May 19, 2015
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categories: Looe Key
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Key Deer Brotherly Love

The bucks have shed their antlers and new black stubs are emerging while they engage in the most peaceful stage of the Key Deer world I call Brotherly Love. As they participate in grooming behavior towards one another it is difficult to imagine that five months ago they were fighting to the death over the herds’ […]

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April 30, 2015
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Common Grackles

It is getting hotter now that winter is over. The last day of winter sprang straight into summer with a blazing humid sun and insects that crave human flesh. I went out looking into the deep back woods of No Name Key off the beaten path for any signs of newborn deer as now is […]

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April 21, 2015
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categories: Birds
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Reddish Egret Morph

Born dark or white for life, this Reddish Egret might resemble a Great Egret but the color of the beaks are different. The white Reddish Egret once outnumbered the reds, but were slaughtered for their feathers to near extinction in the late 1800’s before they became protected.        

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April 5, 2015
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