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Bird Watching in North Florida by Clark Wheeler | North Florida | Used by Permission

You will see some of the most amazing photographs of birds, insects, and other wildlife you ever in your life imagined at this photographer's site---all visitors to his backyard.   I could have chosen any of them.  I chose these for the beautiful and varied pattern of color they create.

All of the following are ALL RIGHTS RESERVED and are used here by permission only, so look and enjoy, but don't save or download these photographs without first obtaining his permission!

"Courtship" by Clark Wheeler (photo page here). He explains that this is a male great egret displaying to entice a mate to the nesting site.

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"Female cardinal" by Clark Wheeler (photo page here)

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"Pileated Woodpecker" by Clark Wheeler (photo page here).

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"Chickadee, Carolina" by Clark Wheeler (photo page here).

 

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"Blue Grosbeak 2" by Clark Wheeler (photo page here).

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Backyard Rocking Chair, Clearwater FL by John Swords | Creative Commons

This lovely photograph is from Clearwater, Florida, one of the beautiful cities on Tampa Bay. 

 

"Mandalay Avenue in Clearwater FL" by  John Swords |  To see his other photographs, click here |  To see the full-sized version of this image at Flickr, click here

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Rainbow Springs (Dunnellon, Florida)

I'll never forget the day I stumbled onto Rainbow Springs (Dunnellon, Florida) in the midst of February, the azalea season.  Florida has many beautiful springs, but this was something exceptional.  Unfortunately, most of our photographs (taken with an old-style point and click camera and manually scanned into the computer) just don't convey what it was like. 

Even so, here are two scanned snapshots circa 1998.  They certainly convey very well the transparent heavenly blue of the water:

And this tree:

In Flickr's Creative Commons I found several photographs that will give you a much better idea of what this beautiful place is like, which I have set out  on a separate page. 

Porch Swing (Creative Commons)

This iconic Florida photograph was taken at a historic house in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, The Bonnet House.   I fell instantly in love with it not only for the lacy grillework of the porch and for the swing but also for the winter color in the background.

"The Bonnet House" by  Jill Warner | Jilbean.com!! | To see her other photographs, click here | To see the full-sized version of this image, click here |

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