Cattle Egret Mated Pair on Nest
Snowy Egret in Fll Breeding Plumage performing Courtship Dance.
If you have never been to Gatorland in Kissimmee Florida then you are missing out on a lifetime experience!
Gatorland is located in Kissimmee Florida just outside of Orlando
and close to all the Disney World attractions so if you plan on Disney you should DEFINITELY make time for Gatorland!
You will witness not only more Alligators & Crocodiles in one place then you will probably ever see in your lifetime you can view one of Florida most stunning Rookeries where Egrets & Herons Court, Preen, Mate & Nest a mere few feet from you! You will see nest so close you could pick up their eggs!
If you are a photographer bring extra Cards/Film & batteries.
If your are just a "picture taker" then your point & shoot compact camera will still get you images that will leave you breathless!
If you are just simply a nature lover then plan to spend a few hours because the sights are many.
Here's another image from Gatorland in Orlando . It is a Osprey in full dive mode
I also just got my Canon Mark 1D2N back from canon today after shutter failure occurred last week. Cost $50.00 for shipping & Insurance and $323.00 for repair. Ouchhhh.
The only good thing to come out of this is I REALLY appreciate my Canon 40D. It is a smashing good camera.
Michael Wolf
http://www.floridanaturephotography.net/index.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/floridanaturephotography/
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How do people keep up with stuff like this ?
I blink and weeks have gone by with no updates.... I cease to exist in the Blog world.
Oh well.
I have been doing a lot of shooting at Long Key park in Davie , FL lately and
have been working on silhouette images in the last minutes of sunlight.
I also just spend two days at Gatorland in Orlando a place I love to visit & shoot at !
The owner Mike Godwin is a superb host and will show you the magic places to shoot
that are not usually open to the public !
I had the pleasure of shooting along side of photographer BJ Ramsay of Maryland as well as
Jeff D Johnston from Alabama .
I also had shutter failure on my Canon 1D2N after 80,044 images and it is at Canon NJ repair facility to be fixed or 300.00 ! Ouch !!
So here is a silhouette from Davie of a pair of bickering White Ibis & a pair of Cattle Egret from Gatorland for you to enjoy !
Here in wonderful Orlando, FL at Mike Godwins Gatorland. I am here for two days to shoot morning and evenings and then on Saturday I will head to Merritt Island to look for Florida Scrub Jays !
Snowy Egret in Flight
Cattle Egret in Breeding Plumage
Snowy Egret in Breeding Plumage
Gatorland is such an amazing place to visit and while the Alligators are spectacular and it is amazing to watch them bellow , court and mate right before your very eyes the true magic for me is the natural rookery there ! There are hundreds of nest with chicks from newborn to fledgings. The bird courtships , matings , breeding plumage are all pure magic and it takes place within feet of you in many areas ..... There are Egret, Heron , Stork & Spoonbill nest.
You can walk in with a point and shoot camera and get good images!
Michael Wolf
http://www.floridanaturephotography.net/
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