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Feature: Harns Marsh Preserve

Harns Marsh Preserve, including a north and south marsh, located in Lehigh Acres, Florida, is a wildlife venue I strongly encourage you visit as I hope to many times in the future. The Turkey Vulture above was photographed at Harns Marsh Preserve in August 2009. Currently at 578 acres in size, Harns Marsh is under control of the taxing authority, East County Water Control District (ECWCD), whose mission, in part, is to preserve and protect, in a financially responsible manner, water resources within...

Anticipation

With summer about to come to a close, the migratory action of numerous bird species will soon make their return. There are hundreds of additional bird species which I hope to observe in the future as I seem to miss each season.For many of you, it may be seem an environment here in Florida in the habitat that these birds are otherwise comfortable in at this time of year when the climate is at its warmest. The Black Skimmer above was photographed at San Carlos Bay: Bunche Beach Preserve in August...

Have You Cleaned Your DSLR Sensor Lately?

Although I've kept the changing of lenses on my two year old Nikon D80 to a minimum, it was becoming increasingly apparent that my camera's sensor was in desperate need of cleaning as I was occasionally spending an inordinate amount of time editing an image to remove a dust spot on the edge of a bird's wing.A few months ago, I contacted my local Ritz Camera store to inquire about their DSLR sensor cleaning service. When I was told that they would need to have the camera for a month, I realized...

Feature: Brown Noddy

This is an account of the first documented sighting of the Brown Noddy at Lovers Key State Park, Fort Myers Beach, Florida USA. I made this observation of the species on 19 September 2008. The Brown Noddy above was photographed at Lovers Key State Park in September 2008. My visit to the park on this day was not unusual as I walked to New Pass at the southern end of the venue where numerous bird species can be seen with regularity. I happened to time my visit during an unusually low tide where...

Serve Me As I'd Serve You

Part of this post is incorporated into the forum at PBase.com which hosts my wildlife photography. There are a lot of resources to accommodate such an endeavor, but I've found Pbase to be the best in what it does. The Marbled Godwit above was photographed at San Carlos Bay: Bunche Beach Preserve in November 2008.PBase apparently uses many computers to maintain its 116 million images at the time of this writing. The servers are new and old and depending on which you may be using at the time of...

Random Thoughts

There have been enough breaks in inclement weather to allow for an occasional observation of bird behavior here in southwest Florida this summer without too much fear of getting the photography equipment wet. There has been a mid season downward revision to the hurricane forecast which is no guarantee that there won't be a chaotic scene at some point by November. The White Ibis above was photographed at San Carlos Bay: Bunche Beach Preserve in August 2009.If a hurricane does ultimately make its...

Bunche Beach Revisited

Does lightning have a smell? I can't say I know the answer. The accompanying rain certainly can. It is one of my favorite aromas.That unique fragrance caused by water interacting with mold, which I read as the cause somewhere, is sometimes experienced in advance of your getting wet if you're lucky. The White Ibis above was photographed at Harns Marsh Preserve in September 2009.A return visit to Bunche Beach Preserve was enjoyable as usual while the smell of of rain was absent. The skies have been...

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