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cbay said:
Good Luck! Walleye are fixin to turn on here.
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I dont think we have those , hmm maybe in the ST John's ,, dunno ,, its just I was seing other folks on the beach and on piers etc, it's really been a long time since I took out my surf fishing gear. The photography really did overwhelm that hobby.
 
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Week 9 , decided to go to Paynes prairie State park , the Bison and wild spanish horses are in a section of fenced marsh/prairie which you can view from a tower, or you can go in there and walk the trails .
This means that if these animals wanted to pound you into a paste , they could. Theyre acclimated to people , but arent tame,, and you can only get as close as the animals will let you. I think this is terriffic.
I did get rather close to the bison, maybe 80 feet ,, since I couldnt see them in the high grass, and wouldve walked completely past if I hadnt heard them.



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This one was eye-balling me , but didnt do anything

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The park is really excellent for birds, but it is hard to get good shots ,, theres lots of underbrush and twigs ,, and wide expanses.. I think its a beautiful park and plan to go back and do some of the other trails. This I believe is a new one for me , a Lincolns sparrow ,, If Im wrong about that , please tell me.


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Marilynne said:
Had to look that park up. That's way up there. How long did it take you to get there from...?
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For me in Orlando its a straight shot turnpike to I75 , 105mi to Micanopy hour 45 min ,but the park itself is very close to the off-ramp maybe a mile.
They open at eight, and didnt get busy till about noon or so. I was surprised at just how many people there were, joggers and bikes.
Most of the trails are woods actually, not what I expected. I expected flat nothingness. :)
 
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Below Ive put my flickr link , so you can see other pix , Stoshowicz is just a screen name.
I know some of the pix could use some tweaks and adjustments, I just am not that worried about scrutiny that I'm going to go back and fix them all,( now that I got the lightroom 6 as an upgrade from elements 9 , and am getting used to its advantages.)

I just realized someone may not believe about the Bison and wild horses , I didnt think to take a pic of the trail with the footprints in the mud where my foot was,, but I did take a shot with my phone at 4mm focal length to show the distance and no fence , I could post it if you want. (The Stallion could in fact, have kicked me , but they arent stupid irrational creatures screwed up by captivity. You can tell they are intelligent and do know whats going on. And I didnt see any big bulls amped up on testosterone.)
 
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