Heat of Summer

First, something new on my website. If you look at the top of the page, I’ve added a tab called Store. I have chosen a few of my photos to print on metal and made them available for purchase. Several people have encouraged me to sell my photos. So, we’ll see how it goes. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?

With the hot and humid (or rainy) days, the opportunity for good photos isn’t as easy to come by in the summer. We did get to take a walk on the beach last weekend before the rains hit this week.

There is usually an egret playing in the edge of water, looking for food.

There were many brown pelicans in the air, the water and the trees.

Speaking of brown pelicans in trees, there were two big trees weighted down with them.

Below is a closer look at one section of the tree.

The osprey below was in a palm tree next to the pelican loaded pine tree. The look on his face seems to say, “Can you believe all those pelicans in one tree?!”

Today was very overcast with a lot of glare, which is not the best light for photos. We watched the brown pelicans and the roseate spoonbills along Wildlife Drive at Ding. But, they seemed to be tucked in for naps, so I took a few pics and we moved on.

One more brown pelican joined the crowd.

We came upon a little blue heron that is in the process of going from the white phase to the beautiful blue it will become. I think they are really striking in this phase.

We saw this regal Great Egret below before leaving the refuge.

Then, a quick stop by the Bailey Tract and we saw another little blue heron in the transition from white to blue.

We saw one black-necked stilt. It was very shy, but I managed to get a couple of photos before heading back home.