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Post by htmb on Nov 27, 2013 1:18:02 GMT
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Post by htmb on Nov 27, 2013 1:26:29 GMT
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Post by htmb on Nov 27, 2013 21:20:03 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 21:32:46 GMT
That fallen tree on the beach is 100 times better than any driftwood that one can find.
Your photos showing the stairs and the top of the lighthouse make me realize that I have been up a lighthouse at least once in my life, but I absolutely cannot remember when or where.
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Post by htmb on Nov 27, 2013 21:48:57 GMT
The weather could not have been more perfect, and was the last beautiful, rain-free day we would have for a long time.
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Post by htmb on Nov 28, 2013 13:03:28 GMT
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Post by htmb on Nov 28, 2013 16:12:23 GMT
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Post by mossie on Nov 28, 2013 16:33:22 GMT
Even more beautiful birds and butterflies, you are making good use of that new camera.
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Post by tod2 on Nov 28, 2013 17:01:43 GMT
She certainly is Mossie! What lovely shots. And what an amazing place. I love the cactus plants on top of the chimney, and that remarkable photo of a butterfly on some grapes!
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Post by htmb on Nov 28, 2013 17:05:07 GMT
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Post by htmb on Nov 29, 2013 14:21:06 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2013 18:26:50 GMT
Now we know where all of the birds fly to spend the winter.
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Post by htmb on Nov 29, 2013 19:17:23 GMT
Northern birds were just beginning to come into the area. I spotted some white pelicans, but they were too far away to make a good picture. I spoke with one wildlife officer about the roseate spoonbills and he said they had a nesting pair on Seahorse Island this past spring for the first time ever recorded. They typically nest further south, beginning about Tampa Bay, and scientists have speculated the nesting to the north is due to climate change.
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Post by bjd on Nov 29, 2013 19:25:32 GMT
Nice to see pictures of warmth and sunshine while it is so cold here. And I like the colour of the roseate spoonbills, "lovely plumage".
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Post by htmb on Nov 30, 2013 0:32:52 GMT
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Post by htmb on Nov 30, 2013 1:03:40 GMT
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Post by htmb on Nov 30, 2013 13:42:31 GMT
I've always wanted to walk down the old railroad trestle that has been turned into a linear park. The beginning of the park was in a residential neighborhood and had this very encouraging sign. If they are going to warn about dangerous animals, couldn't the Nature Conservancy mention which ones I should be looking out for? Lions, tigers and bears? No. Animals of the human variety? Likely. How about snakes, wild pigs, and alligators? Yep, those, too. I walked about halfway down the path, saw there were labels on some of the vegetation... ......and decided I'd seen enough. I imagine the trail ends with a view of the bay, since I was traveling out on a spit of land, but the trees were too thick to see anything else.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2013 14:50:13 GMT
So well taken, htmb. Each photo could be a post card. I envy you for the nice weather you get in Florida.
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Post by htmb on Nov 30, 2013 22:40:34 GMT
Thank you, Deyana.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2013 22:49:57 GMT
Well, I hope you are happy with yourself, young lady, after posting all of these superb photos with mostly superb weather. They told us today in France that we had 20% less sunshine and 20% more rain this autumn.
Speaking of wild animals, they also mentioned that 43 wild boars were killed by commuter trains in the greater metropolitan area in the last few months. During the past year, 1110 "big animals" (deer, boars, farm animals...) were hit by trains.
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Post by htmb on Nov 30, 2013 22:52:45 GMT
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Post by lugg on Dec 5, 2013 6:02:02 GMT
Another wonderful report Htmb. I really get why you love this area so much. Your photos are wonderful , what type is your new camera ? (Of course it is the photographer who dictates the capture)
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Post by mossie on Dec 5, 2013 14:39:01 GMT
I love the photo of the couple fishing off the pier with the pelican standing by. As we say "he knows which side his bread is buttered".
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Post by tod2 on Dec 5, 2013 15:13:11 GMT
Just awesome htmb! It looks like a wonderful place and brings home my memories of the Keys. Thank you so much!
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 5, 2013 17:42:52 GMT
Finally getting to see this wonderful thread! (sorry -- was out of town w/only a tablet & a pitiful wifi connection)
Htmb, you really bring the place to life in all its timeless but fragile magnificence. Your capturing of the light & colors makes me feel I could step into the pictures and smell the salt air.
I hope everyone shares this thread around, as your loving vision could go a long way to inspiring respect & care for nature in others.
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Post by questa on Dec 5, 2013 21:42:18 GMT
I had only had quick glances at these photos. Now I have rolled through the whole series with great pleasure. Your bird pics are beautiful and the history of the area interesting. A good photographer like you, htmb, deserves good equipment.
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Post by htmb on Dec 5, 2013 22:25:06 GMT
Thank you all for your very kind and much appreciated comments. My new camera is not all that special, but I am learning to make it work, I think. My old one takes good pictures and is very compact. New one is a bridge camera so is certainly much bigger and a bit cumbersome. However it has a view finder which I find myself using exclusively. It also has a 60X lens.
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Post by htmb on Jan 4, 2014 3:24:18 GMT
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Post by htmb on Jan 4, 2014 3:43:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2014 5:25:08 GMT
And so you rub our noses in another beautiful Florida day. The fact that it is cool does not really show in the photos. That low tide is pretty impressive because I know that the Gulf of Mexico has very minimal tidal amplitude. But it also has an ultra gradual drop-off in most places so even a tide of 30-40 cm can expose vast areas of mud flats. The boats in the marina must be only for super shallow water anyway because the road level is not very high above the water level even at low tide. That's a great sunset. Here, too, we get most of our best sunsets in the winter, on the rare occasion that we get to see the sun.
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