Florida Nature Photography – Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve is a 3,400 acre preserve located in Fort Myers, Florida. The preserve has 1.2 miles of boardwalk along a lake and thru a freshwater swamp. Six Mile Cypress Slough has a variety of birds and…
Photo Story: Ringed-neck Pheasant Couple Foraging in the Snow
It was a long, cold Ohio winter. The ground was snow covered for almost 10 weeks. Hen Pheasant in the Snow Animals and birds had a tough time foraging with the snow covering the landscape for an extended duration. This…
Photographing the Burrowing Owls of Cape Coral, Florida
Cape Coral, Florida is famous for its Burrowing Owls. Cape Coral reportedly has over 2,500 burrowing owls located all over the city. Burrowing Owls of Cape Coral The city of Cape Coral has a Burrowing Owl Festival each year. The…
Bird Photography – Shady Hollow Road Rookery in Southwest, Florida
Corkscrew Swamp is a popular destination in Southwest Florida for both birders and bird photographers. But what many people don’t know is that there is a bird rookery full of birds less than 8 miles from Corkscrew Swamp. Wood Stork…
Photo Story: Backyard Red-Tailed Hawk
A Red-tailed Hawk frequently visits my backyard. My wife fills three bird feeders daily that draws a large population of birds. Back Yard Red-Tailed Hawk This Red-tailed Hawk sees my backyard as his hunting ground. Several attempts by my wife to scare…
Bailey Tract Trails on Sanibel Island – A Great Place for Nature Photography
The Bailey Tract trail on Sanibel Island is a part of J.W. Ding Darling National Wildlife Preserve. The Bailey Tract doesn’t have the concentration of wildlife and birds that Wildlife Drive does, but it also doesn’t have the concentration of…
Photo Story: Loggerhead Shrike
The Loggerhead Shrike is a predatory song bird with unusual hunting habits. The Loggerhead Shrike uses its strong curved beak to kill its prey or it kills its prey by impaling it on thorns or barbed wire fences. It also leaves the…
Birds in Flight Photography with the Canon 100-400 Mark II Lens
Osprey Water Take Off, with 1.4x Telephoto Extender, ISO 320 (Above Photo) On a bird photography trip to Florida, I put the Canon 100-400 f4.5-5.6 Mark II to the test for birds in flight photography. I paired the Canon 100-400mm…
Photo Story: Wood Stork Portrait
The Wood Stork is a large wading bird native to the Southeast United States, South America, and the Caribbean. The US breeding population of the Wood Stork is classified as threatened. Wood Stork Portrait The Wood Stork has a white…
Bird Photography at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
White-crowned Night Heron Reflection (Above Photograph) J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge is one of the premier bird photography destinations in the United States. The Ding Darling refuge is located on Sanibel Island in Florida. The address for Ding Darling…
