Venice Rookery
Blog 90: Pups and Birds
Sunday, March 25, 2012 Filed in: Photography
Contents
Rearview Mirror - Summary of the past weekHeadlights - Our schedule as to where we will be heading
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Rearview Mirror
Here are a few pups and bird shots from the Island and a few pics from a Saturday trip to the Venice Rookery.
Headlights
MAA ’12 is cranking up! BERT (our motorhome--Big Expensive Road Traveler) is getting serviced, stuff is being sorted and plans are being prepped.April 13: Depart Pine Island
April 14 - 22: Heading North and West
April 23 - May 5: Chatfield State Park (near Denver) to visit family
May 6 - ?: We will probably stay in Colorado at least for a month, maybe more.
See you next week.
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Blog 88: This and That
Monday, March 12, 2012 Filed in: Photography
Contents
Rearview Mirror - Summary of the past weekHeadlights - Our schedule as to where we will be heading
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Rearview Mirror
Boat Club
I took my camera to our monthly Boat Club meeting and took a few action shots.
Check out the website for more pics: http://www.pineislandboatclub.com/
Walk-Arounds
Here are a variety of shots taken from my daily strolls.
Venice Rookery
Jan, the Pups, and I headed out at 5:15 Saturday morning to drive the 70 miles to the Venice Rookery. Here we spent two-and-a-half hours shooting birds and enjoying their nest building. If you like watching birds in action, this is a great place to go this time of year.
http://www.veniceaudubon.org/rookery.html
Myakka River State Park
Next we drove to visit Myakka River State Park in search of spoonbills. We found some, but they were too far away to shoot. Great park, though--we will be back. http://www.myakkariver.org/index.php
Raptor Center
From there we drove to Auntie’s in Apopka, dropped off our bags and the Pups, loaded up Auntie, and headed to the Raptor Center. Along with seeing some of the other birds of prey, we got to see a master falconer fly a pair of Harris Hawks. Great fun!
Headlights
MAA ’12 tentative departure date is set! We are pleased to announce that Motoring Across America 2012 is already in the planning stages and our tentative date of departure is April 13. More to come…See you next week after a few days at “The Mouse.”