
Great egret with breeding plumage flying through the reeds in the early morning light at the Venice Area Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida

Great egret in flight at the Venice Area Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida

Two breeding Great egrets greeting each other on their nest in the early morning light at the Venice Area Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida

Great egret preening breeding plumage in the early morning light at the Venice Area Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida

Mother Great Blue Heron's protective wing over her chick on nest at Venice Area Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida

Great egret in flight with fish in his mouth at the Venice Area Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida

Common gallinule scurries over the water with reflection at the Venice Rookery, Venice, Florida

Great blue heron keeping the chick warm on a very cold morning at the Venice Rookery, Venice, Florida.

Black-crowned night herons convene on the grassy shoreline at the Venice Rookery, Venice, Florida

Great Blue Heron chick standing side by side with its mother on their nest at the Venice Area Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida

Juvenile Black-crowned night heron in flight at Venice Area Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida

Looking for a place to land in the crowded Venice Area Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida

Sharky's

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Red Shouldered Hawk

Caspersen Beach, Harbor Drive, Venice, Florida, USA

The Fishing Pier

Full Flaps

Venice Beach, Life Guard station.

Watering The Garden!

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Long exposure of storm clouds at sunrise over the Venice Fishing Pier, Venice, Florida

Nightly Reflection

Boating Beauty

Morning Reflection

Aftrrnoon Delight

Incoming Storm

Sunset Spray

Walk-about

Morning Reflection

Great White Egret on morning patrol

Cotton Candy Clouds

Fire in the Sky

Seascape BW

Myakka Reflections

Sunshine and Sand

The Window..

Caspersen Beach

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Cloudy morning at the Rookery (bird launch in the background)

My Florida