Things That Fly…..Or Not
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Finishing up Alabama with this post, so I can get to what I’ve been shooting in Florida in the next one. 🙂
Having less than a week in Alabama and then skedaddling out of there for an impending hurricane, I didn’t get much of a chance to explore for birds except from our camp site.
When we ventured out, we were on our bikes exploring Gulf State Park’s 28-mile complex pavement and boardwalk bike/pedestrian paths connected to our camp resort. Hard to photograph a bird going 5-6 mph!
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Gulf State Park paths
Gulf State Park paths
Gulf State Park paths
One path takes you to the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf State Park paths
Gulf State Park paths
Gulf State Park paths
Gulf State Park, Alabama
28 miles of entwining paths through 7 distinctive ecosystems
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I only carried my wide angle camera on the bike trips. Stopped one instance to wait for hubby and saw a Rough Green snake in the tree next to me. This is a heavy crop; I was standing back, way back!
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Rough Green snake (look for neon green ‘rope’)
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I came to a sudden stop when this Ribbon snake was laying across our bike path.
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Ribbon snake
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One other snake seen but no photo. More than gators to watch out for, huh?!! 😲
And now my ‘things that fly’ photos. There was an Osprey nearby, loved hearing it call out every day from the air or a tower, warning fly-bys to stay away.
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Osprey chasing below Bald Eagle away
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Immature Bald Eagle staying ahead of the Osprey
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Gulf Fritillary
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Killdeer
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Great Egret
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Osprey at Sunset
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