Stormy Weather

The sky was threatening to open up, and the thunder could be heard in the distance, as I tracked this guy through the brush.


The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, helped me narrow it down as to what he is. He's a Juvenile Yellow Crowned Night Heron. So much for foraging at night. Perhaps it was the dark sky that brought him out in the afternoon.

What's a post with out a Dragon Fly? And how often do you get to go eye to eye with one?

Like Mike

Testing out my new camera and Charlie was pretending to be Michael Jordan

By 9 AM It's Gone

The cactus in our back yard blooms at night, and by 9 AM its bloom is gone. It was about 7:00 AM when I spotted the bees flying in the flower.

Katie tells me that this is a Night-Blooming Cereus.

Back on the Water

I was a bit bummed as I took another picture of a Blue Heron. I hadn’t seen any new animals. Then I started editing the picture. I noticed something. There’s yellow on the Egrets head. I hadn’t noticed it when I was trying to focus while bobbing up and down in my kayak. It’s a Cattle Egret.

The tide was coming in , and when going up and down doesn’t always make for the best pictures.