July 4th

Charlie started barking at something outside the fence. I looked and seen this little guy. I didn't see mama. Don't know what age they are sent into the world on their own, but this little one looked a little to be out here on his own. If he was alone, what a day to be out. All that noise.

.Speaking of the noise, my neighbors were quiet this year. The economy must really be going down hill. There were very little fireworks going off in my neighborhood

Not Sure

I was questioning myself if I made the correct decision. The Kodak has a very good lens on it. It's made by Schneider Kreuznach. Fuji makes there own lens. As I looked at some of my pictures, I wondered if Kodak supplied a better lens.


Today, I know I made a good choice. Even though this is just a picture of a lowly Mocking-
bird, it is a picture I would never have been able to make with the Kodak. The Kodak would have focused on the branches instead of the bird.

I still wish Kodak had come out with a version that is like the Fuji S100FS. Kodak's software is much better, and the camera set up is much cleaner.

Nothing New

I love dragon flies. They are as interesting as butterflies to me.


One of my books for birdbrains says that the red on the Red Bellied Woodpecker is barely noticeable. It isn't so, when the bird is in my neighbors oak tree. I think the red is easy to see.

Lake Seminole looks "healthy". It's a wonder anything survives in that muck.

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.