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Apr
2008

Walk with me - Part IV
 
Same place - two days later. While the weather was beautiful - it was cooler and much more windy then on my previous visit. So catching Butterflies or other fluttering creatures was - with one exception not really possible. But just being there was reward enough and as always - I didn’t walk away empty handed. When entering a park I was welcomed by a Gopher Tortoise. A “late Model” - about 12″ in size and entirely unafraid. While lying on my belly it walked right up to me - so close that it touched me and then marched on into the scrubs. Later on my walk I saw much more tracks than usual and a lot of wildlife, that was to far away, to really get a shot - a juvenile Bald Eagle View definition in a new window, who was put in place by the Ospreys who have nests along the shoreline, a belted Kingfisher, a Semi Palmated Plover, the Mallards as well as tracks of Bobcats, Racoons, Gray Fox View definition in a new window and Possums. And I happened to run into a gator - which was equally unafraid, which isn’t really a good thing. Though not huge it was about 6 ft from head to tail - 3-4 years old and would have been easy prey for poachers or stupid college boys. After quickly taking a couple of photos I chased him into the lake with a lot of noise hoping, that next time he sees a human, he’ll bail out before they come too close. So all in all a short - but very pleasant walk, even though I found myself covered in spider webs on my return! 8-O So enjoy!

Related posts:

  1. A walk in the park
  2. Walk the shore I
  3. Walk with me - Part III

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4 Nods for Walk with me - Part IV

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    June MonsterID IconJune proclaims:
    April 24th, 2008 at 2:58 pm

    All of these walks and finds at Lake Louisa? I’m definitely going to put it on my list of places to go to next winter! I think you did a nice job with lighting on that one shot taken in the covered walkway. As for the gator, I think I’d prefer to use my zoom :-)
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    bird lady MonsterID Iconbird lady proclaims:
    April 24th, 2008 at 7:27 pm

    That was a wonderful walk! Thank you.

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    Sandpiper MonsterID IconSandpiper proclaims:
    April 25th, 2008 at 8:25 am

    What a great walk. You saw so many things. Your pictures are beautiful, as always. I really like the lighting and composition in the “Welcome” picture. You said you were lying on the ground. No worries about fire ants there? They really gave me a heckuva bad time when I lived in South Carolina.

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    Klaus MonsterID IconKlaus(115) proclaims:
    April 25th, 2008 at 8:27 am

    LOL - while there are Fire Ants around here - I made sure not actually putting my belly on them. :)

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