Took a friend from Ormond Beach, Florida on his first visit to the native bird rookery at the Saint Augustine Alligator Farm this morning. Dan is a major bird guy and budding photographer. I love the jaw-drop reaction of folks who have never walked into this amazing slice of nature before... already there are hundreds of birds pairing off and building nests...
...like the great American Egret above, and the wood stork below... though so far there is only one hatchling (that I could find) -- a tiny egret.
The photographers were nearly a numerous as the roseate spoonbills (below), that I have never seen in such numbers in one place. I take this as a good sign for the north Florida ecology. Tourists were easily identifiable today by comments like: "I didn't know flamingos could fly..." when they saw the beautiful pink spoonies for the first time...
These are three quickly processed shots of more than 400 shot today. More to come plus a link to my website where the "good" ones will be posted... stand by.............
1 comment:
What can I say? Nice shots!
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