While spending Christmas with our Florida family my son Chad  and I slipped out early one morning to visit the Viera Wetlands. After a dece...

A Great Blue Heron soars across shallow water passing over a sunning alligator And then picks a more suitable spot to touch down ...

Feeding time at a great blue heron nest is not a tender moment shared between parents and young Instead it is an incredibly violent...

Immature Black-crowned Night Heron It's always a pleasure adding new species to ones wildlife image collection.  Birders identify...

River Otters, Lake Kissimmee Fl. Pennsylvania began a river otter reintroduction program in 1982 aimed at restoring otter populations...

Anhinga:  Vi era Wetlands No Florida wetlands bird shoot would be complete with out photographing Anhingas.  Found around lakes and ...

Boat-tailed Grackle:  Viera Wetland, Florida Much larger than its cousin the common grackle, the boat-tailed grackle is primarily a c...

Cattle Egret: Viera Wetlands, Fl Cattle egrets seem to be everywhere in Florida.  Whether you are in the wetlands, farmland, or cente...

Pied-billed grebe are the most common nesting grebe is the eastern US.  Their range extends from our southern border well into Canada. ...

Florida's resident population of sandhill cranes provides photographic opportunities year around.  I photographed this sandhill with ...

The early morning sunlight was perfect for photographing a Tricolored Heron hunting the lake shore at Joe Overstreet Landing. Striki...

Joe Overstreet landing is a spot noted on the Great Florida Birding Trail .  At one time the endangered Whooping Cranes could be seen her...

One day as I was leaving Viera Wetlands I noticed a few vehicles parked near the wetlands entrance and a number of photographers gathered...

Silent as a ghost, a Great Egret stalks the marsh And captures its prey with a quick strike To us the great egret is a creature...