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Holland Lop Rabbits
I rescue neglected Easter bunnies and this was a very special case. Woodrow and Lorrie’s mom was destined for euthanasia at the local SPCA. They discovered that she was pregnant and they halted the kill. They saved their mother’s life. She found a home and I brought Woodrow and Lorrie home but only had five…
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Beautiful Cuba
Have you ever really looked at Cuba? It’s beautiful. Looks like some great diving, too.
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Left
This piece is a deeply personal visual story and it has nothing to do with left and right. It has to do with betrayal and abandonment.
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The Complexities of Grey
This is an abstract portrait of the many complex personality traits of my African Grey Parrot, Augustus. This piece has a black border on the face, and all four sides are painted black.
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Florida Keys
I had great fun with this. Couldn’t wait to use Phthalo Green. The light green you see is the lightest layer of this gorgeous color — almost nothing. I had the best time painting this. It was very soothing to my sun-drenched soul.
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Down Time
They could be a pair of birds, but it’s not clear which species. Some would say gulls and others would say shorebirds. Maybe they’re ibis. I have left it up to the viewer. The idea behind the title is that they are heading into stormy skies. Their body positions are clearly pointing down, away from…
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Waimanu Falls, Hawaii
Posted in honor of the precious lives lost in the Kauai helicopter tours crash. I do know they died seeing God’s greatest work. I hope it wasn’t too scary or painful. God bless them.
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Self Portrait with Augustus
Don’t paint open smiles they say. I’m very sorry but give me a rule and I will find a way to break it. Besides, that’s me. Always smiling.
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Chris Gillette and American Alligator
Chris has many titles but first and foremost is wildlife expert. He’s also a great photographer, reptile and snake expert and a very nice guy! The care and consideration he gives his subjects when he handles them is indicative of his love of these wonderful creatures. I took many photos of Chris doing his routine…
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Great White Heron with Fish
In this photo you can see the difference between the heron and the similar looking Great Egret. The egret does not have the neck plumes and their legs are all black. See the pink legs on this bird? Also you can see the blue nares (nose area). The heron also has the large head plumes…
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Great White Heron
This is a white morph Great Blue Heron and it’s called “Great White Heron.” The difference between this bird and the similar looking Great Egret is the nares on the Great Blue are blue. With egrets the nares are green. This bird is also much larger, more bulky and stocky, and the shape of the…
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Snowy Egret Dipfeeding
Snowy Egrets will drag their feet in the water to stir up the fish just below the surface, and then grab one or more on-the-wing. The tiny dots you see at the end of its bill are fish.
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Tri-colored Heron in Breeding Plumage
The surging hormones that rush through the bird’s body during breeding season can do things like grow plumes, change the color of skin and deepen the color of eyes. This is all in an attempt to attract a mate.
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Wurdemann’s Heron
This light colored heron is a hybrid of a Great White Heron and a Great Blue Heron. Not too common.
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Snowy Egret Dipfeeding in Backlight
Snowy Egrets, Tri-colored Herons and Great Egrets will drag their feet to stir up the fish just below them. The bird will grab one or more fish on-the-wing. Beautiful way to make a meal! Sometimes they will grab more than one.
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Rainbow and Bird
I’m bound for southern Appalachia but Florida’s weather is keeping me here. Love it.
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Purple Gallinule
Birds have some of the greatest feet ever. My favorite is the Coot foot but this one is gorgeous too.
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Lunar Eclipse
This was a fun night. Took this right from my back yard. The clouds were whizzing by and this was photography at night. I was a little nervous about the results but I like the streaking effect. The bright specks are stars.
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Loggerhead Turtle Rehabilitating
Gumbo Limbo in Delray Beach does a lot of great work for injured sea turtles.
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Key Deer Fawn
These tiny deer are so much fun. I found a big field where about five deer were grazing. This baby was toying with me. She would run ahead of me as I followed slowly (on foot) with my camera. She would then turn and look at me and jump in a different direction and turn…
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Green-winged Teal Dabbling
Wakodahatchee is just five minutes from my house and I’ve been photographing birds and other things there for 20 years. It’s changing fast though. The Wood Storks have kicked out all the Great Blue and Great Egret nests on the big islands. There are never Green- winged but sometimes there are Blue-winged Teal there. You…
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Great Egret Profile
I went to the famous Alligator Farm in St. Augustine. It’s a place with a zillion big, beautiful wading birds in their best plumage, all fighting for nesting real estate and raising young. And they’re all super close so you can get easy shots like this. This was the first time I had used Canon…
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Great Egret Plume Display
Wakodahatchee has this green fern-type plant. It’s busy but it makes absolutely beautiful foregrounds and backgrounds for birds. I’ll have to ID that very soon.
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Great Egret Nest
Nothing excites me more than a naturally perfect composition when I have a camera in my hands. I could not possibly improve this design even if I were able.
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Anhinga Preening
This is one of my very first photographs made back in 2000. I had a Nikon F100 and I still regret getting rid of it. The camera is an extension of the artist and no camera fit the hand better than the Nikon F100. Loved that camera!
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American Alligator
Big George is a 12-14 foot gator and he is king of Wakodahatchee. He is enormous.
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Muscovy Duckling
Annie was an orphan at just two days old. We took her in and she spent a couple of days with us. She then went to a rehab center where she could grow up safely and then be released into the wild.
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Lionhead Rabbit
This is my personal pet. He was a rescue and the sweetest creature I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing.
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Key Lime Pie
It is not well known but key limes are not green but various shades of yellow/orange. The pie has a yellowish hue. If you see a green key lime pie, you know there’s some food coloring in there. Yellow!
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Japanese Cranes
This hangs in my studio and was my first oil painting effort. This is my favorite bird of all time so of course it was my first subject. Japanese Cranes perform a dance that is one of the most beautiful spectacles in the natural world. This dance is done to reaffirm the birds’ bond as…
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