Category Archives: Photos mostly

Wooing at Wakodahatchee

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Ron Haines

If you’re down my way a go-to spot for seeing Florida birds is the Wakodahatchee Wetlands, a man-made gathering, roosting and breeding spot for a variety of species. As this photo shows, nesting involves a bit of wooing. Derived from … Continue reading →

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Frog legs and gator tails

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Ron Haines

Frog legs and gator tails One of the paddling MeetUp groups I belong to recently planned an outing to Lake Cara, a tiny little postage stamp of a lake in the Fort Drum Wildlife Management Area up east of Yehaw Junction … Continue reading →

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Look out Manatees, here we come!

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Ron Haines

For more than a decade, the manatees that spend the winter clustered in the relatively warm water coming out of the Florida Power and Light power plant in Palm Beach County have had their privacy.  Sure, the occasional FPL employe … Continue reading →

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When you’ve got an itch…Part 3

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Ron Haines

Had a nice paddle yesterday with a bunch of friends from a Meetup Group at Round Island Park up in Indian River County.  A tough, unpredicted wind kicked up, but fortunately there are sheltered places in which to paddle.  Saw … Continue reading →

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Where the birding is easy

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Ron Haines

One thing that struck me when I moved to Florida from Iowa back in the 1970’s was how easy it is down here to be a birder (at least the casual one that I am). The birds are big! No … Continue reading →

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Mississippi Missing

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Ron Haines

I could walk the river! It had taken me over 100 days in 2003 to paddle the entire Mississippi River. There was a scale model of it in Jackson, Mississippi, covering a couple hundred acres. I could walk what I’d … Continue reading →

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Eggs over easy please

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Ron Haines

I visited the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA, today and saw lots of places where I’d like to be served breakfast as the sun rises on a cool summer morning. That’s the Pacific Ocean off in the distance. If … Continue reading →

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The grass is always greener…

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Ron Haines

Or maybe it should be ‘The weeds are always greener on the other side of the fence.’  This through-the-fence eater was spotted along a dirt road between Scottsbluff and Alliance in Nebraska.

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Town of Many

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Ron Haines

I guess they didn’t want to bother with figuring out what the population is.  I would have named it Town of Not Very Many.

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It’s no fun being a plastic duck…

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Ron Haines

…Other birds just walk all over you. Anchored in place to mark the presence of an irrigation pipe, this plastic duck makes a good perch for his living counterparts on Lake Osborne near Lantana Road.

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