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Last friday I spent the morning, a very early morning, out in Everglades National Park shooting amongst other things, Osprey’s and Vultures. It was a rather productive day, so much so I’ll be going back armed with a better idea of where and when to setup. Unfortunately it’ll be a long while before I get a good handle on when and where to be, because the ‘glades is such a large area, and with unrestricted off trail hiking very accessible.

One of a flock of black vultures, perched on a dead tree, at sunrise.

It’s been a busy few weeks and there’s another 2 to go. Once everything settles down a little I’ll be getting back to writing field guides and trip reports, until then, here’s a Great Egret at sunrise from Loxahatchee National Wild Life Refuge.

If you’ve never been to Palm Beach County’s Wakodahatchee Wetlans Park, you may want to look though my field guide here.

I arrived just as the sun was peaking over the tree line, in other words way to early for me, but just in time for the good light. The skies were fairly clear with some cumulus clouds scattered around. Upon entering the refuge, it was apparent that the day wouldn’t be nearly as bad as I had feared.

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I ran across this video by Alex Mukensnable, posted on APOD a few weeks back, it’s a very neat video of the Feburary 2008 lunar eclipse from the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

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