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Well, after April told me that the folks at Ashland Nature Center were interested in seeing pictures from our Florida honeymoon, I'm skipping ahead a bit to highlight the birds and butterflies of the sunny state. Early in our trip we visited the Disney Wildlife Preserve, which is on the outskirts of Orlando. Near the entrance, a Red-Shouldered Hawk sat on a fencepost, almost posing for the camera (and this wouldn't be the last photogenic Red-Shouldered Hawk on the trip).

Red-Shouldered Hawk, Disney Wildlife Preserve, July 2009

Gone fishing

Here is a picture of a pair of Black Skimmers at Bombay Hook NWR. April and I were looking out at one of the impoundments when the two started doing a flight pattern right across our field of vision. They would swoop down and skim the water for food, pull up, and then loop around and do it all over again. It was an excellent chance to see why they're called skimmers!

Black Skimmers, Bombay Hook NWR, June 2006

From the beginning...

Hello all,

After watching April create her own blogs to share her love for nature, I've finally decided to take the opportunity to post some of my favorite nature photos. While 'nature photos' can cover a lot of territory, I'll mostly stick with birds and butterflies.

For my first post I'll go back to May 2006, when I first visited Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna, DE. While walking on one of the trails through the marsh, I had the luck of capturing a picture of a diminutive Marsh Wren hiding in the reeds.

Marsh Wren, Bombay Hook NWR, May 2006

I'll be back with more soon!