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C o n n e c t e d T o W a t e r

Steve Nesius

Terra Ceia Island, Florida, United States

February 2023 - A busy 28 days

Started the month with an assignment to cover President Biden in Tampa and ended it by watching Bald Eagles soar over the Orlando Wetlands. In between was busy. Until February I had never gotten a photo of an eagle. I just missed a nesting pair at Oscar Scherer State Park but finally got a few frames of a juvenile eagle in flight. On my way to the east coast to cover the SpaceX Crew 6 mission, I visited the Orlando Wetlands on several occasions. Lots of nesting birds, including a pair of adult eagles on the hunt for coots. Got watch a successful SpaceX Falcon9 launch with a payload of Starlink satellites.

President Biden at the University of Tampa

Eagle fly-by @ Oscar Scherer State Park

Sunrise @ the Orlando Wetlands

Run like an eagle is chasing you

Florida Today visual journalist Craig Bailey sets his remote cameras for the SpaceX Crew 6 launch

SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites

Starlink satellites heading for orbit

Ruffled Pink

Nest building one stick at a time

On the hunt