Eastern Florida’s Indian River Lagoon: many of these islands were created with dredging spoil, piled up during the building of this part of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW). Many are now protected for nesting birds. Some are designated for recreation (camping).
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And I wants a bird actually eating something closer up like this. I have tons of pix of standing there birds
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Very bice
we live on a lake with eight or nine loons and are never in the right place with a camera
Some great photos on this thread. Seeing moose is always exciting from a canoe. A lot of my sightings have been in fast water when photos were not possible.
From an unnamed river in Oregon we saw more than 20 bald eagles in a day, an osprey at least once per hour. Herds of elk swam across the river below camp. Bighorn sheep on the ridges. I took a nap and woke up staring at a mule deer fawn at 15 feet. There were beaver, otter and mink swimming past the boat. Salmon and steelhead. The wildlife was the best I have seen except for maybe a horse and mule pack trip in Wyoming.
Buzzards are very patient.
The following photos are taken from canoes.
Here is a Black Vulture feeding on a dead Whitetail buck caught on a snag in the small Enoree River, SC. You can see a couple more on the bank. This one stayed put as we paddled by closer than our noses liked I might add.
Wood Storks blown inland to the Saluda River, SC by a hurricane that came up from the Gulf of Mexico.
Silver River, FL
Should I eat turtle for supper?
Birds of various feathers.
Nap time.
Down below.
The photo taken just before this one isn’t appropriate for a family website.
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Fresh Water
Zebra and Tiger Swallowtail
Mammals
Halloween Swamp Creature
Water Hazards
Softshell and Snapper
Brown Water Snakes
Midlands Water Snake
Prothonotary Warblers like to nest in hollows near or over water
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Salt Marsh, Atlantic Ocean, and Bays
Squadron of about 80 Brown Pelicans as we circumnavigated Bull Island, SC
Lesser Yellow Legs
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Sanderling
Dunlin
Black and Royal Terns
Willet
Skimmer
Oyster Catcher
Habor Seal in Penobscot Bay
Bottlenose Dolphins at Sunrise
Canon Ball Jellyfish
Horseshoe Crab
Ghost Crab
Lightening Whelk
Sting Ray
Bonnethead Shark
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From a trip through the Black Canyon of the Colorado (below Hoover Dam) about 20 years ago. Bighorn sheep are happy so long as they are above you and can see you. I ducked behind a boulder so he walked over to see where I had gone.
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NTP, that sequence is stunning! Both singly and in total.
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What huge eyes. Holy moly. I don’t think I’ve seen one of those. Thanks for the pic.
Many amazing photos here, and all are interesting. Keep ‘em coming!
