Monthly Archives: March 2011
The Edge of the Storm
Finally! After four days of rough weather, around 5:30 pm today the typical Cedar Key blue skies started to appear.
Tricolored Heron at the beach
While taking the grandchildren for a walk along the Cedar Key beach during another rainy, dreary day… I spotted a dark colored heron at the far end of the beach. Upon getting a little closer I could see that it was a Tricolored Heron.
Although the lighting was very poor, I decided to run home and grab my camera with a medium telephoto lens on it.
Not knowing if the bird would still be there, I approached the last known location, staying out of sight as long as I could.
Horseshoe Crabs
For the last week or so horseshoe crabs have been making their annual spawning trip to the shorelines of the Cedar Keys.
One of the interesting things that I have learned is that their eggs are a very important food source for migrating birds.
A blah day
Even at normally sunny Cedar Key, there are occasional days that are cloudy and rainy all-day-long…
Today was just such a day. Obviously these rainy days are necessary to deliver the water needed for everything to grow, so we’ll have to put up with them… 
Despite the gloomy weather today, I took a few shots.
With the rough sea and the cloudy sky I decided to take a shot of the Thomas Guest House.
Cedar Key Panorama
Acting on a tip from Tom the Kayak guy, I took this panorama view of the Cedar Key City Park. On this morning there was a slight fog along with slightly overcast skies.
In the left foreground is the public beach which is directly adjacent to the City Park.
Butterflies at Lower Suwannee NWR
The last time we took a drive through the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge we saw a nice sized alligator.
Today, as we took the same nature drive, we saw several baby alligators. Before I could get a shot of them they slipped into the water…
A Cedar Key Sunset Panorama
This evening my wife and I set out to create a panoramic shot of the sun setting over Cedar Key from a new location. This time we chose a location that gave us a good view over the back bayou.
When we got to our predetermined location, about 15 minutes before sunset, we were happy with what we saw.