I went absent around here for a month or so - not because I moved away to some other site - just been very busy with work...heading through tax season, and planning an upcoming office move on June 1, I just got buried. Starting to see some air again, and thought I'd try to catch up a little with some nature posts - this is a mix of stuff around my local wetlands on March 25 and April 1.
All are posted at 2400 pixels on the long side if you double-click to view:
A young alligator enjoying some sun on a small island:
Nice rare sighting around here - the beautiful swallow-tailed kite flying over on a clear day:
Very close up with a pied-billed grebe:
A male reddish-morph eastern screech owl looking out from a palm tree:
The beautiful bold colors of the male painted bunting:
The raccoon didn't make the kill - a hawk had killed and eaten a purple gallinule on the levee, and the raccoon came by to scavenge anything left, including the bird's head:
Rare to get such a clean, wide-open shot of a Wilson's snipe...but this one cooperated:
A face only a mother could love? A wood stork chick looking out of its nest to find some guy pointing a white tube at him:
A black-bellied whistling duck out for an afternoon stroll:
A marsh rabbit, chewing the scenery:
