Three Recent Favorites

 I spend a lot of time in my Florida community wandering with a camera and looking for wildlife.

Here are three favorite images from the last couple of days.

An osprey pair have a nest down the street from me.  The female was in the nest with its chick and the male was in a nearby tree.  I trained my camera on the male, hoping it would leave the tree and either go fishing or go to the nest.  It hopped from a higher branch to a lower one.  That was good enough.

This alligator was in a near part of the pond an hour earlier.  Boring posture, bad light.  I took a photo, but I expected to delete it.  After an hour of wandering in other places, I came back for another look before going home.  The gator had gone across the pond and staked out a spot in perfect light.  

In Southwest Florida, ibises are like squirrels are up north:  So common I rarely aim a camera at them.  But, it is now breeding season, so their bills and feet have changed from light pink to a rich red.  This ibis came in for a landing in a deep blue pond.  Too colorful to pass up.