The Great Blue Heron can be spotted in most parts of North America, but they flourish in Florida at certain times of the year. Ever since I saw my first one in early 1972 I have been quite impressed with their size and beauty. Not until the past few years have I become enamored watching…
Category: Animals
I have been capturing wild and domestic animals on film, video and digital still since I was in school as a kid. I am publishing and explaining many of my pictures from most recent back to scanned images from negatives and slides of 35 years ago.
Gator Tail
Gator Tail, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. Via Flickr: The orange glow of the late afternoon sun offers a shadowed glimpse of a couple alligators just hanging around doing what they do most, absolutely nothing. Must be males. If they had a TV they would be watching Florida play Nebraska this fine Sunday afternoon.
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Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. Via Flickr: Lurking just feet ahead of the beautiful American Egret swims a 12 foot long alligator waiting for some unsuspecting creature to become his afternoon snack. The American Alligator has probably been warming itself in the noon sun raising it’s temperature, preparing itself to eat. One…
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Beamer flash enhancer
Beamer flash enhancer, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. Via Flickr: This is a shot in broad daylight in the Everglades using my Canon 580 with the Beamer. The Cypress trees are about 35-40 feet away and the lighted area is the result of the beamer kicking in to assist. Not only does it illuminate the Cypress…
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Great White Heron
Great White Heron, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. Via Flickr: What is unique about this picture? No, it’s not the two rather large alligators watching this bird as he fishes. He’s a Great White Heron, or “white morph” as some call it. When we first came up on him fishing today we just thought it was…
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Osprey Takes a ride!
Osprey Takes a ride!, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. Via Flickr: Joy riding with an Osprey in Daytona Beach on the Sling Shot ride. He flies in when the ride closes and stays all night until it opens again. In the morning we find him hunting right from the top of the ride seat case. The…
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Charley the Bittern Vs The Snake
Today, Jo and I spent about 5 hours at Green Cay in Palm Beach, Florida. It’s a wonderful wetland area and just full of really neat birds. One of the neatest locals is the American Bittern, I call him Charley for short. We’ve seen Charlie on many occasions in the Cay and have spent some…
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Bald Eagle Pair
Bald Eagle Pair, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. Via Flickr: Bald Headed Eagle pair in their nest in lower Central Florida. It’s the time of year when the BHEs get together in rather large nests to start the annual propagation dance. Even though far off, we caught these two prepping the nest making ready to settle…
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Being Watched
Being Watched, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. Via Flickr: Do you ever get the impression that you are being watched? These two Quaker Parrots were happily sitting in a tree enjoying life while this Woodpecker watched nearby. Actually, the Woodpecker was feeding up and down that tree trunk. The Quakers were not at all concerned with…
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Crested CaraCara
Crested CaraCara, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. Via Flickr: We were watching this Crested Cara Cara sitting on top of a post. As I was cranking up the camera and getting ready for a shot, he dove off the pole and headed directly across in front of us and snapped up, well, some food on the…
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Birds Superb Gallery
Bird Superb, a gallery on Flickr. As I connect with other avian photographers around the world we tend to share each others pictures with our friends. In this Flickr Gallery you will see 16 of the most beautiful bird pictures I’ve seen. Click the link and check out the gallery called Birds Superb. As superb…
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American Bittern
American Bittern, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. American Bittern’s are elusive birds. When they are around they totally blend in with their surroundings. I just captured this photo this weekend while Jo, my wife, and I were visiting Wakodahatchee, a wetland park about 30 minutes north of our home in Palm Beach County, Florida. There were…
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Heron & the Snake
Heron & the Snake, originally uploaded by ShacklefordPhotoArt. WoW! I really love to take pictures of Great Blue Herons and have hundreds if not thousands of pictures showing GBH’s doing all kinds of normal things. Photographer Donnie Shackelford captured this action in one of my all time favorite wetland areas, Wakodahatchee in Palm Beach. Check…
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Quaker Pair
Quaker Pair, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. I’ve been photographing Quaker Parrots in my home and in the wild since 1996 when we brought Stanley my first Quaker Parrot home from the store and I have enjoyed it so much. Stanley really gave me the inspiration to start taking a lot of bird pictures. Many years…
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Canon SX1 IS – Migration to the Modern
In the 1940s and 1950’s my dad was a fine photographer using a 4×5 Graflex Speed Graphic to take scenic and family portraits. I remember he had a darkroom someplace in the house to process the film from those funny black holders but I was too young to go there so I didn’t get trained…
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Sandhill Chorus
Sandhill Chorus Originally uploaded by QuakerVille JO and I are in Central Florida for a couple days visiting her high school class group. One of the places we pass through is the Orlando to Kissimmee corridor where we usually see Sand hill Cranes. We stopped at a flock of about 7 juveniles and were greeted…
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Cattle Egret
Cattle Egret, originally uploaded by QuakerVille. I love to watch these Egrets form relations with the cattle they feed with/on. These birds seem to have a symbiotic relationship with whatever type of beast they are around. An amazing sight is to see one riding on top of a Water Buffalo or standing on the back…
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