Butterflies Love the Bleeding Hearts |
Cool Yard Wildflower |
Cool Yard Flower.. |
Cool Yard Flower closer ... |
our Easter Lily's blooming |
The Gardenia Bush |
a beautiful Red Hibiscus ! |
a cool Yellow Hibiscus ! |
my great Ylang-ylang tree I planted from a foot high |
Ylang-ylang Flowers - actually the essence of Chanel #5 perfume - Very fragrent !! |
More Ylang-ylang Flowers |
The Bananas are blooming in the yard |
a large Banana Leaf holds a lot of Water for the locals ... |
The large Avacado Tree fruit is great to eat! |
Ripe Palm Berries that Birds just love |
my Red Cedar I planted as a little guy also - just noticed a Cardinal's nest in it! |
Yard Leaf pretty large |
a cool Vine of Large Leaves growing on the Wall ... |
a Great looking Ficus Root |
Some great Butterfly Flowers |
Another Butterfky Flower |
Shadows on a Palm Leaf |
Crotons flurish in the yard adding color |
Cool: Dragonfly Wing & a Leaf in the yard – Symmetry |
A school of juvenileOscars, Shell-Crackers and Catfish lineing up for a piece of fresh Publix 99cent bread !! |
Two Little Guys swimming on a Sea Grape Leaf .. |
A Few Adults waiting for some Bread |
Minnow Cafe |
Gator Boy (bout 12 feet long - 2004) takin in the rays on the south lake bank after a good meal! |
New Gator Boy pic: sunning on the north lake bank 3-16-06 pic 1 |
New Gator Boy pic: sunning on the north lake bank 3-16-06 pic 3 |
Best Side to be on with GatorBoy :-) |
New Baby GatorBoy Jr. - just started coming around - he's about 3 ft long & hassles the small water birds, but they are to quick |
Mr.Froggie |
Baby Turtle boy - looks like someone threw a house pet into the lake :-( |
My Turtle Buddy - takes bread right out of my hand |
Turtle Buddy checkin me out |
Zebra Longwings are everywhere |
Mr Butterfly stealing food from a Spider |
a Gulf Fritillary taking a Break !! |
another great Butterfly |
a couple of really beautiful Butterflies mating ... |
..from another angle ... not 'photoshopped' .. just contrasted... |
A Hard Worker in the Garden ! |
HooverFlies are Very curious - they get a foot from my face - hoover (like a helicopter) for 3 seconds - then dart away! |
his Brother (?) |
a Leaf Fly sunning herself ! |
The Fruit Fly Cafe - the end of their long day sucking citrius! |
a Bee of some kind chowing.. |
a wonderful worker Bee - beautiful creatures! |
a Friendly Dragonfly |
another very friendly DragonFly |
A Carolina Sphinx Moth loves it here |
Carolina has got his (?) Eye on you |
Carolina is Ready to Take Off |
A 4 inch Orb (night) Spider Lookin for a meal |
a beautiful 5 inch Mrs Golden Silk Spider in the yard + Smaller Male in the backround !! |
Straight-On Facedown She wouldnt move a budge with hubby in the back !! |
Bottomview from backend with smaller Male in the top lef !! |
Greaat Head closeup ! |
Happy Face on bottom of Mrs. Spiders body :-) |
a Brown Anole hiding in plane site !?!? |
a 14 inch Knight Anole checking me out - fairly friendly - let me get fairly close |
first time I ever saw one in Palm Beach County |
a Knight Anole 'hanging out' on my Ficus tree |
And 'None Shall Pass' |
Big Daddy Iguana loves the Mangoes - All the "Big Daddies" are at least 6 feet long! |
another Big Daddy in the trees across the lake |
Iguana JR. watches for Suzzie the dog |
Iguana LiL Sis being coy in the grass |
This 'teen aged' Iguans is quite friendly |
Big Daddy Iguana takin in the rays on the Ficus Tree |
my newest jr. lizzard buddy - I pulled him out when stuck in a chain link fence - he now lets me get close (about 10ft only) ! |
climbing up the Ficus Tree for some berries |
climbing away from Suzzy & I ... |
my newest jr. lizzard buddy again |
another Big Daddy Closeup! |
our friendly BlackSnake sunns himself regularly |
Mr. Snake gettin a suntan ! |
Mr. Mouse lives on the edge of where I feed the songbirds |
Mr. Mouse lookin for some crumbs |
Mr. Mouse jumping over the grass blades; running from Mr. Black Snake !! |
A Little Fuzzy Tail checkin out the situation |
Fuzzy Tail on a log |
Mrs. Squirrel facing me down! |
Mr. Otter - WOW! My New Resident Buddy.. there is a Mrs. Otter but she was to shy.. |
Mr. Otter takes a yawn - Look at those Hangers ! |
Mr. Otter trying to make friends ! probably with the fish to :-( |
bunches of Parrots feed on the Palm Berries |
a couple of Love Parrots |
she fights the fish for the bread I throw in the lake |
Mr. (Raptor) Blue Jay - who eats "raw in the shell peanuts" & "baby birds" ! |
Tough Guy |
Tough Guy's Brother |
the tough BlueJay is almost 1st to the feeding |
Mr. BJ thinking about the Big Nut ! |
Mr. Cardinal keeps a watchful eye on me |
Mrs.Cardinal gettin a free meal |
this really cool Ringnecked Dove is pretty friendly |
his brother (?) waits patiently for crackers |
the local Pigeon likes the songbird feed |
White Rock Dove & Turtle Dove Buddies ... |
A little friendly Eastern Screech Owl that I have been trying to get a in focus shot of him in the yard for years…. |
A Sharp-Shinned Hawk with Mr. Mouse :-( , shot through the pourch screen mesh |
Take Home :-( |
Mr Hawk at dusk peering through the trees |
And Now Looking the Other Way .. |
Mr. Hawk sits on my 'Bench of Thought' sometimes, at the edge of the lake.. |
tons of Blackbirds |
Mr. Woodpecker ( Downy Woodpecker ) |
Oreil chomping on Palm Berries! |
The Oriel still chowing on Palm Berries! |
a Black-throated blue Warbler (?) birdie eating the Ficus Berrys |
possibly a Catbird & is very friendly |
a cool little very inquisitive Warbling Viero |
hiding in the bush |
A Little Closer to the Palm Warbler |
Mr. Palm Warbler (again) |
A beautiful Black & White Wabler |
A top view of the cool Black & White Wabler |
A beautiful Yellow Wabler - to fast to catch clear yet! |
Blue Heron looking for breakfast |
a mature Great Blue Heron checking me out - cannot get close to him |
the mature Great Blue making sure he looks good for the Ladies |
Great Blue Heron doing the one-step |
the mature Blue Heron looking for dinner |
I saw this juvenile Great Blue Heron only 1 day - he let me get 10 feet away for 2 hours of shooting & I have never seen him aga |
the friendly juvenile Great Blue |
Another Great Blue Heron hanging about - I think a different one - hard ta tell some of them apart ?? |
A Great White Egret checkin me out |
The Great Blue & Great White chatting after lunch |
Two Great Whites courting (I think) |
aTri-Colored Heron looking for a meal |
Tri-Colored Heron waiting. |
Tri-Colored Heron still waiting |
Tri-Colored Heron makin like a Helicopter |
A Green-Backed Heron on the prowl |
A little closer to Green-Backed Heron !! |
Anothe close-up of the Green-Backed Heron !! |
Mr. Limpkin checkin me out |
Mr & Mrs Limpkin, eating Freshwater Clams |
Mrs Limpkin looking for freshwater Clams |
Mrs Limpkin dunkin for a Freshwater Clam |
Mom & Dad_Limpkin checking me out |
Limpin Jr. - VERY RARE Shot - Limpkins are Very Very Shy when with young (around here) - took 10 years to get this shot :-) !!! |
Little Limpkin Scared & watching out for GatorBoy Jr !! |
Little Limpkins Heading for the thickett with Mom !! |
Daddy Limpkin on the lookout in the evening ! |
These many White Ibis do their rounds once a week looking for grubs |
Friendly but wary White Ibis |
This Adult Black-Crowned Night Heron eats the fish when I feed them bread |
he got himself a BIG dinner - I call him 'Bobby Bird' !! |
The Young Black-Crowned Night Heron geting a little spooked ! |
the very immature Black-Crowned Night Heron's Close-Up ! |
a very immature Black-Crowned Night Heron has been hanging around |
my new young buddy I am helping (I hope) teach him how to fish - I throw in bread & he tries ta get the fish ! |
Yellow-Crowned Night Herron Sunning |
This Great Egret loves eating Snakes in our yard |
the Great White Egret lookin for another meal in the yard |
The Great White Egret looking out for Suzzy ! |
He's lookin Straight at Me now !! |
Can't get close to him at all ! |
There he Goes !!!! |
The Great White Egret at dusk after a hard day on the lake! |
another Anhinga swallowing some dinner |
a fish in her throat again |
Close up of a males feathers |
yes its a Commrand also - not to many here |
A Stork overhead |
Buzzard Boy (Turkey Vulture) lookin for a treat - Way Far Up! |
Buzzard Boy checkin our lake shore |
Buzzard Boy at the lakes edge eating a tasty dead fish .. |
Buzzard Boy taking off slowly ... |
Buzzard Boy still taking off - takes time with him ! |
The Ospray lookin for some Bass on His same Perch Every Morning |
the Osprey with a great looking Bass for dinner! |
Osprey got a Garfish |
the Osprey wind surfing Real high |
a Brown Pelican likes freshwater fish im our lake |
Mr. Pelican looking for a freshwater lunch |
the Brown Pelican pearches on Austrialian Pines |
even Sea Gulls like my bread on the lake |
a very shy Pied-Billed Grebe - always keeps a distance of about 40 ft from me?? |
Mr & Mrs Black Duck rested in my yard for a few hours & I never saw them again :-( |
A Grackle nest that I almost trimmed in the hedges |
Daddy Grackle watching me take pics of his nest ! |
Ma and Pa Moorhens |
Momma Moorhen & litter of babies hide from the Hawk |
Momma Moorhen taking a few monents by herself |
MooreHen Babies hurrying place to place |
Truckin on their own - but the Hawk always watches |
Watching Me Watching her New 5-05 Babies |
A Ferry Ride on Momma |
The Ferry is Sinking |
Daddy MoorHen keeping a watchful eye |
On the Nest with the Aug-06 Litter |
Last Survivor of the Latest (Aug, 06) Litter |
In for the Night |
Suzzy and her Pups in the back yard - no need to worry about the Hawk here! |
Suzzy watching out for GatorBoy!! |
Suzzy's Birthday Party |
Suzzy a Great 'doggy' Love of my life - RIP |
LuLu - my New Doggy love - a Rescued PoundPit - a Real SweetHeart - I Still Miss My Suzzy :-( |
Up Above the Lake |
My Baby Tree I Planted form a Seed .jpg |
Path to the Lake |
the Path by the lake |
yes even the Blimp made it over the yard going to aTrump Golf Tournment !?! |
I think we're on the Blimp mainline !! On to the Honda Golf Classic ! |
A Front moving in befor an evening _a |
A Front moving in befor an evening_b |
A Front moving in befor an evening_c |
The End of a Rainbow on my Back Porch ! |
The Other End of a Rainbow - touching the other side of the porch! |
The Very Cool Rainbow centered over our house - East View |
a serious bunch of Sunset Clouds .. |
looks like the hand of God painted this over our yard .. |
The End of a Great Day in Our Back Yard - West View |
MyBabyGirl LuLu 11 years later - RIP - Sleep well my baby.. :-( |
Burying LuLu in the backyard a Strange Cloud formed from Nothing & the Top looks like the Profile of a Doggy looking to Heaven! |
His Name Is Written in Heavens .... |