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These trails into the Florida Everglades are a great gathering point for locals who like to watch an unimpeded sunset, often drawing a hundred people or more for evening strolls. Check my map for the exact location.
Early morning Spring Eastern Meadowlark calling. The background is a recently burned Sawgrass Prairie In Everglades National Park! Thanks for looking and I will see everyone next week!!
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I captured this image while walking one afternoon along the Pa-hay-okee Trail in Everglades National Park. The setting is to the northeast with the freshwater slough present in the sawgrass prairie to my front. Here and there are dwarf cypress trees, all under blue skies and clouds. I chose to take advantage of the higher ground and angled my Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera slightly downward, so that I could bring out more of a sweeping view leading off to the horizon, which was placed a little higher into the image for that effect.
I later did a conversion to black & white using Silver Efex Pro 8 where I made some adjustments to color filters to bring out a much richer tonal contrast for the final image.
The original idea I got for this image conversion to black & white was from another on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/wyoming_1/54385046301/in/feed-67808...). I liked how the view included that same sawgrass prairie with clouds interspaced across the skies above.
And one last thing: if you look carefully above the horizon, maybe a little right of center, you notice a sole dragonfly. When I zoomed in, it seemed quite distinct and sharp for an image that I wasn't planning on capturing with it :-)
SUNSET - Florida Everglades U.S.A.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Bright Winter Sky - Palm Beach County, FL
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - orange glow]
*[smoky strands - distant grackles - golden accents]
Marjory Stoneman Douglas called it: "The River Of Grass"
Her most influential work was the book The Everglades: River
of Grass (1947), which redefined the popular conception of the Everglades as a treasured river instead of a worthless swamp.
SUNSET - Florida Everglades
Palm Beach County, Florida USA
Summer 2020 - July 29th, 2020
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - Florida Wetlands]
*[I'm not a big fan of the "blown-out-sun" look, but this scene,
color, composition and light were just too pretty to pass up]
Can't turn down a shot of a Yellow-throated Warbler posing above your head. This one along the boardwalk at Sawgrass.
A beautiful Florida native wildflower (or native plant) is the Spider (or Swamp) Lily, found in wet areas as its one name suggests. This one along the outflow canal at Sawgrass Lake Park.
Tricolored Heron TRHE
Egretta tricolor
Found both an adult and a juvenile Tricolored Heron within several yards of each other in the outflow canal at Sawgrass Lake Park.
The Everglades put on a show, this weekend, at sunset. A thunderhead drifted south and caught the sun over the cypress. This is about 10 photos, all stitched into one to maintain the scale of the sawgrass prairie, the trees and the sky, beyond it.
Canoe canoe? ~ Florida Everglades U.S.A.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
South Florida ~ Palm Beach County, FL
(four more photos 'from this day' in the comments)
String Lily or Swamp Lily
crinum americanum
Found a beautiful String or Swamp Lily growing along the bank of the outflow canal at Sawgrass Lake Park.
Chestnut-sided Warbler CSWA
Setophaga pensylvanica
Found at least a couple of Chestnut-sided Warblers at Sawgrass Lake Park today in a couple of small flocks.
Sawgrass waterway leading to the main entrance to the park from the Hammock Trail. The water is currently being dredged to make environmental improvements.
Yellow-throated Warbler YTWA
Setophaga dominica
As usual this time of year, saw several Yellow-throated Warblers today at Sawgrass Lake Park.
I took this standing at the edge of a boat launch looking out west into the wilderness of the Everglades. I love the amber color of the fresh water matching and contrasting with the sawgrass.
A brush fire burns off U.S. 27 north of Alligator Alley. At night the glow could be seen for miles. For more images visit www.markandrewthomas.com
Prairie Warbler
Setophaga discolor
Have been seeing several Prairie Warblers on each trip I take which is not unusual this time of year including this one at Sawgrass Lake Park.
Prothonotary Warbler PRWA
Protonotaria citrea
Have seen very few Prothonotary Warblers this year both during the spring and the fall migrations. This one flew like a li'l yellow streak underneath the boardwalk at Sawgrass Lake Park.
Found this li'l warbler low in the brush a few days back while trying to photograph a continuing Magnolia Warbler along the boardwalk at Sawgrass Lake Park. Suggestions so far from a couple of experienced birders suggest a juvie Yellow, a juvie/female Common Yellowthroat or an early Orange Crowned Warbler. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.