Little Estero Lagoon - Fort Myers Beach, Florida

One of my favorite locations to take photos of wading birds is Little Estero Lagoon on Fort Myers Beach. Most infidels would not even know of this place's existence. It is not on the map or tour books. But nature photographers from around the world will drive to the south side of Fort Myers Beach and park across the street from the Holiday Inn. They will put on their wading shoes and walk behind the hotel and find a nice shallow muddy lagoon. If you're there early am or late in the afternoon, you'll find egrets, herons, pelicans. if you're lucky, roseate spoonbills, pelicans, oystercatchers, and other sort of shorebirds. If you're there at the right time, you'll see the famed white morph reddish egret that frequents the lagoon. And if you're there like I was just before sunset in May, you may find a yellow crowned night heron, as you see depicted here, wading in the golden rays of the sun.

There's so much here in Florida to see. Just look around and you'll be amazed at the beauty God has blessed us with. We must do all we can to preserve this for all future generations so perhaps a photographer in May of 2067 may one day take a picture of YCNH in golden light and marvels that it looks like the photo taken by his grandfather in the days when people still shot with film.

Ciao infidels.