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About birds n' bugs

Retired, living in SW Florida and spending my time at nature photography in my local area. I volunteer with a couple of local organizations to help my adopted home town. Travelling is now by airplane and car instead of a sailboat but happy anyway.

The B-25 Mitchells – Florida International Air Show

Posted on 2011/03/28 by birds n' bugs

The year we had three B-25 Mitchells on hand.  Panchito, Barbie III and Killer Bee.  All three were on static display and were hosting three of the remaining five Doolittle Raiders.  Panchito was it’s normal gorgeous self in shining aluminum, … Continue reading →

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Heritage Flight – Florida International Airshow

Posted on 2011/03/28 by birds n' bugs

One of the real crowd pleasers at any airshow is the Heritage Flight.  In these flights an older warbird leads a formation of modern combat aircraft from the various USAF flight demonstration teams.  This year we had a fourship formation … Continue reading →

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F4U Corsair – Florida International Airshow

Posted on 2011/03/28 by birds n' bugs

They had one of my favorite warbirds at the Airshow this year.  The F4U Corsair.  It was on static display and flew with the B-25s Panchito and Killer Bee in the simulated ground attack runs. The shooting was tough since … Continue reading →

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Heavy Metal – Florida International Air Show

Posted on 2011/03/25 by birds n' bugs

This weekend, the Florida International Air Show rolls into town.  I went over to the airport today to see what might be going on that could be worth photographing.  As soon as I got there, I noticed an old DC-7B … Continue reading →

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Another trip to Venice Rookery

Posted on 2011/03/18 by birds n' bugs

It was time to go to Sarasota to bring back a couple of pictures that had been on display at the Senior Friendship Center as part of the Sarasota Camera Club contest.  On the way back we made another stop … Continue reading →

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Arcadia All Florida Championship Rodeo

Posted on 2011/03/12 by birds n' bugs

Today (March 12) was fun.  I went a few miles up the road to Arcadia for the professional rodeo that is running this weekend.  Yes, it was my first time at the rodeo although, I had shot a lot of … Continue reading →

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The Rattlebox Flower and Moth

Posted on 2011/03/12 by birds n' bugs

Many of the Florida wildflowers are what I call pea-like.  Their flowers and seed pods are similar the familiar green pea.  While I was at Boca Grande, I noticed this healthy one along the grade to the Fishing Pier.  These … Continue reading →

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A few birds from Boca Grande

Posted on 2011/03/09 by birds n' bugs

Boca Grande is a small resort village on the south end of Gasparilla Island.  The island is one of the gulf coast barrier islands and Boca Grande Pass is the place where Charlotte Harbor meets the Gulf of Mexico.   Despite … Continue reading →

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Doggy fun at Laishley Park

Posted on 2011/03/07 by birds n' bugs

As a part of the Punta Gorda Barbecue Festival we had a dockdogs competition run by Sun Coast Dockdogs.  In these competitions, dogs run down an ‘dock’ and jumped into a four foot deep pool for distance.  It was open … Continue reading →

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I think that Red-bellied Woodpecker followed me home

Posted on 2011/03/01 by birds n' bugs

At least, it sure looks that way.  After finding the Red-belly across town I came home to hear one calling out his territory right on our cul-de-sac.  The first place I saw him was up in the palm tree in … Continue reading →

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