Road trip

We just finished our spring art festival season in Florida, attending a few less shows from previous years. We enjoyed the ones we attended and continue to share our artworks with some wonderful people. A week after our final show on Siesta Key we hit the road to look for new photos at places I learned of during conversations with visitors to our booth throughout the season. We visited Blue Cypress Lake, Stick Marsh and Viera Wetlands on the east coast of Florida.

I was able to photograph an osprey feeding her fledglings @ Siesta Key after meeting a couple @ the Siesta Fiesta who told me about this nest near Midnight Pass.

A pair of ospreys take flight from a nest in a cypress tree @ Blue Cypress Lake.

Cypress trees ring the edge of Blue Cypress Lake

Although the spoonbill nests were buried deeper into the bushes, the Roseatte’s still made an appearance as they flew in and out of their rookery at Stick Marsh. These two birds were squawking over who was had the rights to this patch of greenery.

A Roseatte Spoonbill takes flight above the Stick Marsh rookery

Found an egret lots off from the marsh @ Viera Wetlands