Long-Dangerous Tails

Even though I am not fond of raccoons—I can’t help myself—I have to take their picture.

It looks like his ear and tail have seen better days…

Sniffing the ground, pretending to graze—Margot, was this guy offering me calming signals?

This next one shows the true benefit of the polarizer—the blue sky & clouds are reflected in the water:

and one more flower shot…

This is the Florida Cooter. Julie, from what info I can find, you were correct about the turtle shells. Depending on the breed of turtle, eggs are sometimes laid in old gator nests.

This is a Tricolored Heron who was not very happy with me. I did not notice him until we were beside each other and he had no intention of sticking around for me to reposition myself to avoid those weeds. This is the first Tricolored that I have seen.

Let me begin by saying that I should know better than to not listen to The Boss! Julie said that when I use the new filter, I need to take before and after pix so that we can compare the difference. Did I listen? no… I thought I had a shot of the same spot with just the UV filter, but I was wrong. Next trip out there, I will do as I was told! There were NO gators today and I had intended to use them as my test model so it is their fault!

Old, inexpensive polarizing filter:

New B+W Polarizing Filter:

Inexpensive UV Filter:

B+W Polarizing Filter - same tree different birds:

These were all taken around the same time of the day. I really needed a gator today! My gator shot with the old polarizer showed great reflection where the UV filter had none or very little. I was hoping to see what results I would get with the new polarizer.

Garth, I need your help again! These are at least twice the size of a GSD. From what I’ve read, cats do not leave nail prints unless they are slipping or running. Appear to be mighty sharp claws to be a coyote. The impressions were a distance apart (over 2′) and fairly heavy. Any thoughts? FL panther on the run comes to mind.

There is no way these photos can compare to the Bambi King’s pix. They were shot across my neighbor’s field and for whatever reason, are very poor quality. Even so, I thought this was worth sharing. I have never seen twins in the wild. As you can see, my neighbor does not keep his field very tidy!