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Category Archives: Venice Rookery
From the Rookery
On my way to the Chalk Festival in Venice, I stopped off at the Venice Rookery just to see what activity there was. One pair of Great Blue Herons was nest building but there wasn’t much other activity. Things will … Continue reading
Posted in animal behavior, Bird, Venice Rookery
Tagged Bird in Flight, Common Gallinule, common moorhen, Nikkor 200-500mm, Nikon D750, Venice Rookery
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A Better Day at the Rookery
My camera club had a followup visit to the Venice Rookery last Tuesday. It was a much, much better morning for shooting with plenty of activity on the island and the surrounding area. The hard part wasn’t what to shoot … Continue reading
Posted in animal behavior, Bird, Camera Gear, Uncategorized, Venice Rookery
Tagged anhinga, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Nikkor 1 70-300mm CX, Nikon 1 V2, Nikon D750
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A Foggy Morning at the Venice Rookery
My camera club had a field trip to the Venice Rookery this morning. It was set up primarily to have a learning session for the many folks using the Canon Powershot SX40, 50 and 60 bridge cameras. I’ve seen some … Continue reading
Posted in animal behavior, Bird, Park, Photography, Venice Rookery
Tagged Field Trip, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Photo Adventures Camera CLub, Venice Rookery
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Nikon V1 and 70-300mm VR in the field
After some comments on various photo boards in regard to the Nikon V1, FT-1 and 70-300mm combination I decided to spend some time using it. I headed up to the Celery Fields nature reserve in Sarasota County and stopped off … Continue reading
Posted in Bird, Bug, Photography, Venice Rookery
Tagged celery, Nikkor 70-300mm, Nikon FT-1, Nikon V1, Venice Rookery
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Another visit to the the Venice Rookery
Last Friday, I was returning from Sarasota FL and decided to stop by the Venice Rookery. There was some fuss about the Rookery after some heavy landscaping work a year or so ago. The new plantings are doing well though … Continue reading
A quick stop at the Venice Rookery
After a trip to Sarasota I was returning on US-41 and couldn’t resist a stop at the Venice Rookery. There is still plenty of nesting activity with Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets and Cormorants and Anhingas strutting their stuff. I … Continue reading
Posted in Bird, Park, reptile, Venice Rookery
Tagged 70-300mm VR, Great Blue Heron, Micro-Nikkor 105mm f2.8 VR, Photography, rookery, turtle
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Another trip to Venice Rookery
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
Posted in Bird, Park, reptile, Venice Rookery
Tagged Alligator, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Photography, Venice Rookery
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Another visit to Venice Rookery
I needed to go up to Sarasota today. My picture of a Ramburs Forktail took an honorable mention in a juried show of the Sarasota Camera Club. I stopped by the Venice rookery on the way to see what the … Continue reading
Posted in Bird, Park, Venice Rookery
Tagged anhinga, Great Egret, Photography, Venice Rookery
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