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Anna Maria Island, Florida - Week 1 May 09

At the start of our holiday we made a list of all the wildlife we hoped to see - and photograph in the wild. The list included ospreys, mamatees and roseate spoonbills and we were lucky enough to see all of these and many others. Unfortunately no raccoons or florida panthers!
Heron at dawn
Heron at dawn		 Emerging sun
Emerging sun		 Dawn fishing
Dawn fishing		 Night heron
Night heron
Yellow crowned night heron
Yellow crowned night heron		 Clear Blue Sea
Clear Blue Sea		 City Pier
City Pier		 Long Shadows
Long Shadows
Pinky Blue
Pinky Blue		 Dangling leaves
Dangling leaves		 Sunset beach
Sunset beach		 Relaxing!
Relaxing!
Waiting for the sun
Waiting for the sun		 Red hint on the horizon
Red hint on the horizon		 Sunscape
Sunscape		 Sun rising over the City pier
Sun rising over the City pier
Shelling!
Shelling!		 Mirroring
Mirroring		 Panned pelicans
Panned pelicans		 Piping plover - endangered species
Piping plover - endangered species
Noisy skimmer
Noisy skimmer		 Black Skimmer
Black Skimmer		 Skimmers nesting area - this was fenced off
Skimmers nesting area - this was fenced off		 Feed me!
Feed me!
Kodak family moment
Kodak family moment		 Pretty!
Pretty!		 Red bellied woodpecker
Red bellied woodpecker		 Blue crowned parakeets looking cheeky!
Blue crowned parakeets looking cheeky!
Snowy egret shaking his fish
Snowy egret shaking his fish		 Snowy egret
Snowy egret		 Bright trumpets
Bright trumpets		 Looking over the pier - our very own 'seaworld'!
Looking over the pier - our very own 'seaworld'!
What will we see next?
What will we see next?		 Yellow crowned night heron adult
Yellow crowned night heron adult		 Night heron peeping
Night heron peeping		 Night herons
Night herons
Florida bunny
Florida bunny		 Tower
Tower		 Turqouise sea, Sanibel
Turqouise sea, Sanibel		 Beautiful Osprey posing
Beautiful Osprey posing
Snowy egret on the pier
Snowy egret on the pier		 Snowy egret posing
Snowy egret posing		 Osprey
Osprey		 I think this is a young little blue heron - just developing his blue plumage
I think this is a young little blue heron - just developing his blue plumage
Tree crab
Tree crab		 Yellow crowned night heron
Yellow crowned night heron		 Friendly!
Friendly!		 Fishies!
Fishies!
Reddish egret
Reddish egret		 I think this is a Mangrove Heron - he was definitely in the mangroves!
I think this is a Mangrove Heron - he was definitely in the mangroves!		 Great blue heron
Great blue heron		 Low flying pelicans
Low flying pelicans
Air plant?
Air plant?		 Birds at sunset
Birds at sunset		 The sea was teaming with fish and the birds were having a feeding frenzy!
The sea was teaming with fish and the birds were having a feeding frenzy!		 Braving the birds!
Braving the birds!
The waves were black with fish
The waves were black with fish		 Crazy!
Crazy!		 Sunset stroll
Sunset stroll		 g3/99/657499/3/115092055.a03qeUX8.jpg
g1/99/657499/3/115092058.2xBep1sR.jpg Bobbing pelicans
Bobbing pelicans		 Heron portrait
Heron portrait		 Wing span
Wing span
Breaking rank!
Breaking rank!		 Great egret and great blue heron
Great egret and great blue heron		 Pelicans always look silly in trees, like oversized Chritmas decorations!
Pelicans always look silly in trees, like oversized Chritmas decorations!		 Great plate!
Great plate!
Coy pelican portrait
Coy pelican portrait		 'Tile fish'
'Tile fish'		 'Silly fish'!
'Silly fish'!		 Black skimmer
Black skimmer
Pink spotted ray swiming past the pier
Pink spotted ray swiming past the pier		 Pez dispenser! Gull pecking pelican's head, trying to get him to release his fish.
Pez dispenser! Gull pecking pelican's head, trying to get him to release his fish.		 Big fish!
Big fish!		 Red cardinal, Pscar Scherer State Park
Red cardinal, Pscar Scherer State Park
Three manatees swimming away from the pier - just their noses are visible
Three manatees swimming away from the pier - just their noses are visible		 Manatee noses
Manatee noses		 Swimming towards our canal
Swimming towards our canal		 Silly fish
Silly fish
Sea around the pier teeming with fish
Sea around the pier teeming with fish		 Manatee swimming towards the pier
Manatee swimming towards the pier		 So close!
So close!		 Under the pier and swimming away
Under the pier and swimming away
Pom pom flower
Pom pom flower		 View from our dock
View from our dock		 Sunset on the dock
Sunset on the dock		 Skies clearing
Skies clearing
So still
So still		 This great blue heron joined us in the sunshine on the dock
This great blue heron joined us in the sunshine on the dock		 A clear day for sailing past the Sunshine Skyway Bridge
A clear day for sailing past the Sunshine Skyway Bridge

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Tracy Stubberfield19-Jul-2009 07:56
Wonderfully colorful, thanks
Ali Majdfar19-Jul-2009 07:52
Fabulous captures, excellent. ~V
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