David's photo blog

Click on any image to enlarge it. We are living in an exciting, albeit dire (for humans), time on this planet. Global warming, climate chan...

To me, bird-watching is a lot more than spotting unusual birds and checking them off on my Bird List. I like to sit and watch... just like ...

The “Upper Bridge” – that’s what they call this spot where I’m waiting for my friend, John. John, inventor and photographer extraordinaire,...

A serious drought was causing Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Southwest Florida to dry up earlier and drier than usual. I was there at the end...

The Great Florida Birding Trail ( check out it's website ) is an amazing compilation of birding sites in Florida. I had an opportunity ...

Sea Pines Forest Preserve was listed as a South Carolina Important Birding Site at the local Audubon website. I looked it up before visitin...

Winding, sometimes obscurely, through the cypress swamps and vast floodplains northwest of Lake Okeechobee, Fisheating Creek is still consid...

Cumberland Island, Georgia's southernmost barrier island, can be a photographer's dreamland: rich in wildlife, long stretches of be...

(click on 'click here' to see photos; then click your Back button to return to the blog.) There are wolves on St. Vincent Island. W...

Weekend before last turned out to be a great time to visit the Wildlife Refuge. At dawn on Veteran’s Day, I was at Picnic Pond with my frie...

I hadn't been to the sights of Washington, D.C. since I was a kid. Last weekend, we took our daughter to look at colleges. One dawn, ...

A paddle on the Wakulla River is a great thing to do with a visitor from Wyoming. The sun came out as we meandered downstream to the sounds...

Last Wednesday evening, we rode bikes at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. Our daughter and her boyfriend were visiting from NY. Hendri...

Have a look at the heavy bill and long legs... a standing wood stork is a funny-looking bird. In the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge last w...

Seed Tick Beach is a destination along the Florida Trail. I've been there several times, but never thought much about the name before to...

( Click here, then click Back, and read on ...) Time for a personal note, in honor of Daniel. This is a photo of my son, Daniel, with our ...

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge is so close we could say it's in our neighborhood; so it's no wonder we drop by and see what'...

Do you ever wonder what makes you look down just as you are about to step on a dangerous spot? I've had a few close calls with poisonou...

I awakened early and couldn't get back to sleep yesterday morning so I went outside. There was an early fall chill in the air. Nice. So ...

Friends invited us to stay a few nights at Indian Pass last weekend. Looking out from the house across the pass is St. Vincent Island, a big...

Descendants of escaped monkeys from Silver Springs appear to be thriving after 40 years in the flood plain and forest of Silver River State ...

Paddling down Juniper Creek last week, Crystal and I came upon a sizable alligator lying on a big matt of vegetation. I laid my kayak up aga...

Hello. I am new to blogging and learning about Blogger. Once I get the knack of it, I'll be offering glimpses into my 'adventures in...