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Pine Warbler at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

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photograph of a Pine Warbler in Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida

Pine Warblers can be hard to spot as they like to stay high up in the trees.  This one was making its way through the lower branches when I saw it in Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary near Naples, Florida early this year.

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Anhinga In Mangrove Tree

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photograph of an Anhinga in a mangrove tree

This Anhinga was beautifully perched in a sunny patch of a mangrove tree when I encountered it.  The Anhinga was picking leaves out of the tree and seemed to be playing with this one before it dropped it.

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Red Eyes

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photograph of a dragonfly with bright red eyes resting on a green leaf

This summer I was hiking in a coastal forest in North Carolina and noticed this dragonfly perched on a sun drenched leaf.  The shaded background helped to make the image a little more dramatic.

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Weekly Photo Challege: Up

photograph of tundra swans taking flight

I watched these tundra swans paddle around in the water for a while and hoped they would take flight.  When they finally did I was able to capture a few photos.


King of the Mud Puddle

photograph of a red southern toad sitting up in a mud puddle

 

Walking in a park near the James River on spring afternoon, I stopped to see if there might be anything interesting in a large puddle adjacent to a small pond.  Sitting, quietly a few feet from the trail was this red toad.  It remained so motionless as I photographed it, I began to think it might be a toy frog somebody put there as a joke.