With the beautiful weather we get here in winter and spring, it's always time for a cold beer in Everglades City especially in between the morning and afternoon fishing trip or anytime you are in the mood for stone crab claws. 
When you're not in the mood for a beer, you can enjoy the plethora of osprey which nest throughout the area.
Yes infidels, spent Saturday afternoon at City Seafood in Everglades City to enjoy the world's best stone crabs along with a nice cold one and the scenery which is the 10,000 islands.
Went by Greynolds Park in North Miami Beach today fellow infidels. This was a park that as a young child I used to love because it had this hill with a coral fort built atop a 20 foot hill. As a youngin, the hill seemed huge. We'd climb to the top and roll down the hill. As I've returned as an adult, it does not seem so high, but my son loved it and run and and down that hill. Here's an image of the famous fort . . .
Yes Infidels, spent the other day fishing the waters of 10,000 Islands in the Florida Everglades with Capt. Chas Wright of Chokoloskee Charters. Got macked big time. Ended up with 4 nice sized ones which I had to cook right away as the cap'n says that if you don't cook 'em within 24 hours, they get blech. So I cooked them right quick on watersoaked cedar planks to give them a nice smoky flavor. Had leftovers and made smoked fish dip out of them. The fish were biting pretty good. Nearly landed a 35 pound cobia, but the wanker broke the line as it was near the boat's net. Took Junior with me and he caught his first fish, a blue fish. He was thrilled. It was also his first time on a boat, so it was like a ride for him. He loved the bumps of the choppy waters of the Gulf. He had a grin from ear to ear. So I reckon I now have a new fishin' partner. He's still too young for beer though.
Howdy infidels. Great weekend shooting at Wakodahatchee where I even got a pic of this parrothead who was the pet of one of the photographers.
Shot of the produce at Robert is Here in Florida City, while on break from an Everglades Avian shoot. Line was out the door for the milk shakes (I was craving mamay). Couldn't wait all day, so I took photos of fruits and veggies. So here you have it. I close with some words from the great music icon, Brian Wilson:
Greetings infidels. Tiring weekend. Went shooting throughout the urban and wacko areas of the City as well as the serene wetland areas. Hadn't done any shots of the skyline since I've gone digital so this weekend was a good time as any. Here ya go! 
Most infidels I know are asleep in their beds at 6:15 a.m. and not in the heart of the swamp like I was last Saturday. Usually 7:00 a.m. is my time of arrival in the Glades for nature work. But it is amazing what getting there one hour earlier will bring. This usually mundane landscape during the day takes on a life of its own at dawn and especially in the minutes before sunrise. As here, even the typically ugly Turkey Buzzard looks majestic perched above the waters of Taylor Slough in Everglades National Park. The shot was taken from the easternmost boardwalk of the Anhinga Trail. I saw, but did not get the shot in time a bunch of river otters that morning. Man they were big. The mist added a sense of eerieness over the landscape that morning and I am now determined to get up at 4:30 a.m. more often to make it there for the light show. As Marjorie Stoneman Douglas remarked, "There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them...." Until you see the Glades in the light of an early dawn, you've truly never seen it. The birds must take sights like this for granted each morning, but then again, perhaps they know the secret to the universe and laugh at our perpetual quest fto achieve deliverance from our lack of understanding the unknown.
A juvenile gator from Viera Wetlands, in Brevard County, Florida. Handsome fella, huh? Might as well enjoy these times in the wild cause the news reports that La Nina (the tramp) is back which means hurricanes. Click here for the story. Al Gore blames it on global warming. Whatever the hell it is, enough of the hurricanes. How about something new like frogs or locusts? Or dogs and cats sleeping together? I dunno, but I don't want to go through any more hurricanes until 2017. 
That's all for now infidels. I'll see y'all in the swamp!
I'm back after a weekend of mega shooting. Saturday in the Glades with Artie Morrie and his IPT and yesterday at Viera Wetlands in Brevard County where I got this shot of the Bald Eagle. I changed the background in photoshop as it was cloudy and drab man. Now it is hip no? 
An 8 year old orthinologist discovered this new species of bird in South Florida this past weekend. I could not find it in Sibley's or other avian guides. Maybe a relative of the ivory bill woodpecker? Perhaps it is simply a valentine's day bird ready to catch a ride on the wind . . . ?
Today is a good day for the blues . . .
By the way, that's my office on the far left, 16th floor. So enough of the weather and get back to work. Until next time infidels remember these words of wisdom:
Quos amor verus tenuit, tenebit
Well infidels, the weather here the last few days was great if you're a duck. I'm sure those of you who saw the Superbowl say that we was getting soaked and still are. And of course, I get a friggin flat tire this morning, thats to the mungbrain who let a bunch of nails out in the street. Sometimes I wonder if tire companies go out there and throw nails and screws into the street. Anyways, got it plugged and back on the road. No shoot this week due to the weather. Hopefully next week we'll go back to our normal dry weather for this time of the year. Blame it on El Nino and Global Warming and the Martian Winter as well as Fan Mail from a Flounder. The whole world's sure gone crazy.
Well, its the weekend coming up again and time to get those batteries charged for some more shooting. Of course, we'll have to take a break for the Superbowl. Hopefully, an interesting game this year. 
Seems like I'm only posting pictures of cormorants from Anhinga Trail. Well, here's another one.
Here's another one for you infidels, the wall of cormorants just down from the visitor center on the Anhinga Trail. When things get slow, you can shoot away at these guys. They're so tame you can get inches away from them as I did here with the wide angle lens.
Happy Friday infidels. It's a chilly 52 degrees in South Florida. Of course this will only last a day. Tommorrow it will be 10 degrees warmer and by Sunday at sunrise, it should be warm enough for as I venture once again to Everglades National Park where I hope too see these wonderful cormorants put on a show. 
Ia ora te natura
It's Friday infidels. My favorite day of the work week. I think I've slept maybe 12 hours all week and hopefully will get some rest. It's difficult to sleep when you have a new Mac Pro to play with (with the Intel dual Core Xeon chips) ... But even with lack of sleep and a lot of espresso that I drink I still have the warmth of the sun within me at night. Have a great weekend folks.
It's a holiday infidels and I'm working out of the house today. Went to the Glades yesterday and while the action at Shark Valley was luke warm, I did manage some pics. To close off the post today, I leave you the following . . . Let this affirmation be our ringing cry. It will give us the courage to face the uncertainties of the future. It will give our tired feet new strength as we continue our forward stride toward the city of freedom. When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to make a way out of no way and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows.
Let us realize that the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. Let us realize that William Cullen Bryant is right: "Truth, crushed to earth, will rise again." Let us go out realizing that the Bible is right: "Be not deceived. God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." This is our hope for the future, and with this faith we will be able to sing in some not too distant tomorrow, with a cosmic past tense, "We have overcome! We have overcome! Deep in my heart, I did believe we would overcome."
--- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 16 August 1967
It's January. I've been too busy to hit the Glades as I had a trial. But, it's time infidels. I'll be there Sunday morning at the crack of dawn at Shark Valley. Hope to have some new pics for a change.
The waiting is the hardest part, Every day you see one more card.
Infidels, the Florida Gators are College Football National Champs, congrats. I got to see most of the game in High Definition. How cool it is. When the game turned into a blow out, I settled for playing XBOX 360 in high def (the basketball game). Way cool!
The Wooden Coaster at Boomers called the Hurricane in Dania Beach, Florida. Goes about 50 mph and I rode it 4 times with an 8 year old.... whoopie!
Blue Winged Teals - Crandon Park
Welcome to 2007 infidels.I'm off to work folks as I have a trial to prepare for.
