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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.

Ollies Pond – Port Charlotte FL

Posted on 2010/10/22 by birds n' bugs

Today, Oct 22 the Photo Adventure Camera Club that I belong to took a field trip to a 41 Acre Park in Port Charlotte FL. It’s called Ollies Pond and has about a 1 mile walk through it. I took … Continue reading →

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Extreme Sports for Squirrels

Posted on 2010/10/20 by birds n' bugs

Yesterday, I went to the Punta Gorda History Park to see what our local urban eagles were up to. The male must have been out hunting and the female was just sitting on a perch above the nest. I noticed … Continue reading →

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White Ibis – Eudocimus albus

Posted on 2010/10/18 by birds n' bugs

The White Ibis is an odd looking bird. It’s white body with a bright blue eye in a red face and bill makes it quite striking. The young start off as brown birds with a tan neck and face but … Continue reading →

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Gulf Fritillary – Agraulis vanillae

Posted on 2010/10/18 by birds n' bugs

The Gulf Fritillary is one of the most attractive butterflies here is SW Florida. It’s host plant is the passion fllower and they can bee seen everywhere that it grows, wild or cultivated. Despite it’s name, it isn’t unique to … Continue reading →

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Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program (CHNEP) Calendar

Posted on 2010/10/13 by birds n' bugs

Well, that’s a mouthful. Each year the CHNEP produces a calendar and asks local photographers to provide photographs for public voting and consideration. To be included, each photographer can submit up to 3 pictures from the Peace and Myakka River … Continue reading →

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Great Blue Heron – Ardea herodias

Posted on 2010/10/10 by birds n' bugs

The Great Blue Heron is always a favorite of photographers. It’s large, stately, graceful and stands still a lot. To a photographer this means that you don’t need an expensive super long telephoto lens or a particularly fast one. When … Continue reading →

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Ladybugs – Coccinellidae

Posted on 2010/10/08 by birds n' bugs

Ladybugs are small and benign. In fact, they are downright helpful to gardeners because they eat aphids and other sapsucking parasites. There are over 5000 species of them all around the world. But, they aren’t always the cute little orange … Continue reading →

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Punta Gordas Urban Eagles

Posted on 2010/10/05 by birds n' bugs

We have a pair of eagles who decided that they liked living here. They’ve shown up at their nest again but haven’t taken up housekeeping yet. They generally live here in the fall through the spring. Once they young are … Continue reading →

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Long-legged Flies – Dolichopodidae

Posted on 2010/10/03 by birds n' bugs

These are really tiny flies. Most not more than 1/16 of an inch (1.5mm) they are brightly colored but, so small that most people don’t notice them. They are good to have around swampy areas like SW Florida because they … Continue reading →

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Green Heron – Butorides virescens

Posted on 2010/10/02 by birds n' bugs

The Green Heron is an interesting little bird. It is the smallest heron in Florida and nicely colored. They are solitary feeders and their coloration blends into reeds and foliage so well that they can be difficult to see at … Continue reading →

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