Category Archives: Sunrise

Corkscrew Reserve

I had to ride a bicylce 12 miles on an unpaved path, that seemed like it was uphill the entire way, to get these shots. The road was strewn with giant alligators that would not get out of the way and looked very meancing, as they are very protective of their babies swimming in the […]

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Stuck in the Muck in the Backwoods

  No kidding, I was up to my mid-knees in a swamp (which I thought might eat me alive) to get the pictures of the water birds this morning. It felt like I was stuck in cement and I was thinking about the sinkholes found in Florida recently. I also wondered if they had quicksand […]

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Sunrise and Key Deer

Rutting season is not yet over as these two bucks will verify. The older male was chasing the younger one off the beach and into the marsh and was staring at him with a sharp intensity. Their behavior almost seemed playful and there was not any aggression like sparing as the young bucks’ antlers were […]

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Sunrise on Big Pine Key

The tide was at its lowest, exposing the rocks, creating reflecting pools of brilliant sunshine as it rose over the Atlantic.   I saw the magnificent buck and he saw me and we stared at each other in  silence.  Wedged in the mangroves, I found a coffee cup from Vancouver, Canada and wondered if it […]

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