March

It took some traveling to put together the March gallery. The first trip was to Little Estero Lagoon just off Ft. Myers Beach. There I was able to photograph the American Oystercatcher and the Reddish Egret, both of which are appearing in the gallery for the first time. At Little Estero Lagoon, I found a small Mangrove Salt Marsh Snake. This non-venomous water snake was a treat as I have never seen one in the wild before. After several pictures, he was set free and continued about his business.

The following weekend it was off to Osceola County and Joe Overstreet Landing. Meadowlarks and Sandhill Cranes were abundant in this area. There were also a couple Crested Caracara and many Bald Eagles. Unfortunately the Eagles were not very cooperative and I have few shots of them. Also speaking of non-cooperative birds, I managed to see my FOS (first of the season) Swallow-tailed Kite there.

Enjoy the images in the March gallery.

An Inconvenient Truth

We haven’t been to the movies all that much lately, so when we go we often go see the latest blockbuster action movie. One movie that slipped by us over the past year was Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. It finally made it to the top of our Netflix queue and I got the chance to see it this past weekend. I have to say that it wasn’t at all what I expected. I thought that it would be a documentary; like one that you might find showing on PBS or the Discovery Channel. It’s pretty much Al Gore’s slide show presentation delivered directly to you, and it’s a powerful reminder about how we are destroying the very planet we live on.

We’ve tried to live green. We have replaced the majority of our light bulbs and appliances with energy efficient ones, our cars are low emission and fuel efficient, and we recycle. I’m not going to write here about how you should live your life, but you owe it to yourself to watch the movie and find out how you can help preserve what we have for future generations.