Marilynne's Wetlands and Other Stuff

[Marilynne]

Okay, it's time to break out on my own.

Please bear with me on this one. It's gonna be a long one. A lot of the photos may be blurry after a bit since this happened really fast.

Baby Gators

Momma Gator

Enter Great Blue Heron (minus a head, normal for me)

Unhappy Momma

moving

faster

faster

faster

Calming down

Heading back

Babies safe and sound

And so was the Heron.

 

[Dave9072]

Cool sequence Marilynne, a pretty exciting to I bet. How close were you to the action?

 

[Marilynne]

I was about 5 feet from momma and babies safe on the boardwalk. The action moved about 10 - 15 feet away from me.

 

[Dave9072]

That's good but still remindes me of the quote I've seen going around - 'Caution: The object in your viewfinder can eat you' , or something like that.

 

[Marilynne]

Cousin Itt??

 

[Dave9072]

Does bear a striking resemblance. Was it breathing?

 

[Marilynne]

Hope not!

 

[Mike150]

Great shots Marilynne

 

[Marilynne]

Thanks and love your byline Mike!

 

[Marilynne]

My husbands back went out (without me), so I couldn't get to far from home today. Walked up and down our street looking for yard art and these came out the best.

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[Ironwood]

I hope your husband's back gets better soon Marilynne.

 

[Marilynne]

I hope your husband's back gets better soon Marilynne.

Thanks, he'w walking upright right now, but can't stand to long.

 

[Marilynne]

Some more yard art.

 

[Marilynne]

A couple from around the house.

Dying and Dead Air Plant Flowers

Crab Spider Web (the large white spot to the left is the sun)

 

[Marilynne]

Dying and Dead Air Plant Flowers modified

 

[grandpaw]

Okay, it's time to break out on my own.

Please bear with me on this one. It's gonna be a long one. A lot of the photos may be blurry after a bit since this happened really fast.

Baby Gators

Momma Gator

Enter Great Blue Heron (minus a head, normal for me)

Unhappy Momma

moving

faster

faster

faster

Calming down

Heading back

Babies safe and sound

And so was the Heron.

Marilynne, I just found this post. You have some great gator shots here! I haven't been able to get lucky enough to find any of the baby gators. Great job! Keep up the good work. To bad you are so far away, we could get together and go gator hunting. Jeff

 

[Marilynne]

Marilynne, I just found this post. You have some great gator shots here! I haven't been able to get lucky enough to find any of the baby gators. Great job! Keep up the good work. To bad you are so far away, we could get together and go gator hunting. Jeff

You seem to do a lot of traveling. If you're ever in south FL let me know.

 

[Marilynne]

Here's a couple from this morning.

Gator looking for breakfast.

Great Egret disagreed.

I got some shots in between these, but they were really way to blurry!

 

[Marilynne]

Reflections of an anhinga.

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The real thing

 

[Scott Murray]

Nice shots I love how your photos can tell a story