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Category: Environmental

  • On the Second Day in Iceland

        By the second day, the sun began to melt the snow and we made some new friends.                

  • First Trip to Iceland

        When I arrived in Iceland back in November 2005, I wasn't sure that I would warm up to it. Hurricane Wilma had just dropped a foot of snow on the island, and contrasting that to the black lava underfoot, it was a black and white world. If you weren't careful in the scene…

  • Beside Themselves

      How do they tell each other apart?     Three Snowy Egrets, fishing from the seawall near the Castillo in St. Augustine, Florida  

  • Are You Hot?

      Is it hot out here, or is it just me?               (For those of you who worry about the health and well being of critters, this Great Blue Heron was just fine!)   Photograph taken at Blue Springs State Park, Florida

  • Who Cares About Football?

      Sleeping good. A warm ginger leaf and a frog. Who needs football?  

  • Nature’s Diversity

      The diversity found in nature is sometimes mind boggling.     Pictured here are two black skimmers and a laughing gull. Skimmers are apparently the only species of bird with the lower mandible longer than the upper.  Watching them as they fly so close to the water to capture small fish and insects near…

  • Dream BIG!

      Let's never forget that we are a nation that can dream BIG, and make those dreams come true.   What are your dreams for our America?     The last launch of the Space Shuttle, Discovery, seen from St. Augustine Beach on February 24th, 2011. 

  • Pelican Sets Sail

      Does a pelican in the water ever doubt that he can raise his sails and take to the air? In three powerful strokes, this huge bird is airborne and glides away.      

  • Flying Fish

      Flying fish in the sky!     Flying fish!         The "Fish Cloud" photograph was not manipulated in any way. Even if I knew how to do that, I didn't need to here. Nature provided.

  • The Returning River

      Matanzas inlet… a gull with a broken wing walks confidently to the edge of the spit, hitches a ride on the incoming tide and joins a gang of gulls on the other sandbar. Fish are jumping out of the returning river like skipping stones. The heron on the distant shore is quiet. With a…