Bird Portraits - Post Yours!

[K9Kirk]

A great blue heron weighs the danger as it enters the gator rich water at Lake Myakka.

055-studio25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

 

[fotoi]

Mallard hen

 

[PhotoNut]

Mallard hen

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Beautiful shot, lovely tones.

 

[K9Kirk]

A reddish egret hunting just before sunset in the tidal pool on N. Beach, Ft. De Soto.

432-studio-25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

 

[RichardB]

A great blue heron weighs the danger as it enters the gator rich water at Lake Myakka.

055-studio25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

Oh man, look at those gators! And those four are just within the frame. The place must be swarmed with them!

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Rose-ringed parakeet

 

[K9Kirk]

Oh man, look at those gators! And those four are just within the frame. The place must be swarmed with them!

Swarming might be an understatement. Here's a pic off the web of "Deep Hole" @ Myakka River State Park. It's separated from the 'main' part of the park and only small groups can go there at one time, escorted by a ranger, and it's a 2-mile hike to get there. Notice, there aren't any birds standing around there.
Story of interest, I just found out there was a Tampa man that got attacked by a 6 ft alligator recently. Initially, I thought he had been in a kayak or canoe and I told myself I will never kayak in fresh water ever again but it turns out the guy was actually scuba diving for shark teeth in the river when the gator attacked him. They found the gator later and killed it ... and all because of that idiot. Birds are smarter than him!

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Swarming might be an understatement. Here's a pic off the web of "Deep Hole" @ Myakka River State Park. It's separated from the 'main' part of the park and only small groups can go there at one time, escorted by a ranger, and it's a 2-mile hike to get there. Notice, there aren't any birds standing around there.
Story of interest, I just found out there was a Tampa man that got attacked by a 6 ft alligator recently. Initially, I thought he had been in a kayak or canoe and I told myself I will never kayak in fresh water ever again but it turns out the guy was actually scuba diving for shark teeth in the river when the gator attacked him. They found the gator later and killed it ... and all because of that idiot. Birds are smarter than him!

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Wow. Is that for real, Kirk?

 

[RichardB]

Swarming might be an understatement. Here's a pic off the web of "Deep Hole" @ Myakka River State Park. It's separated from the 'main' part of the park and only small groups can go there at one time, escorted by a ranger, and it's a 2-mile hike to get there. Notice, there aren't any birds standing around there.
Story of interest, I just found out there was a Tampa man that got attacked by a 6 ft alligator recently. Initially, I thought he had been in a kayak or canoe and I told myself I will never kayak in fresh water ever again but it turns out the guy was actually scuba diving for shark teeth in the river when the gator attacked him. They found the gator later and killed it ... and all because of that idiot. Birds are smarter than him!

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Damn!

 

[Jack Dawe]

Story of interest, I just found out there was a Tampa man that got attacked by a 6 ft alligator recently. Initially, I thought he had been in a kayak or canoe and I told myself I will never kayak in fresh water ever again but it turns out the guy was actually scuba diving for shark teeth in the river when the gator attacked him. They found the gator later and killed it ... and all because of that idiot. Birds are smarter than him!

Yeah, that's like killing a bird because it ate the mealworms you put out for it. Not the alligator's fault!