Some Photo's from the Everglades (Dial-up warning)

[UndertheOcean]

Bird's Nest , in the middle of a hiking path !



edit : bigger pic !

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear UndertheOcean...

Hey it's a nice photo...

But there's only one!

Or are you not done uploading yet?

Wonder how the nest got into the middle of the path...Did it fall? Or was it built there deliberately?

:shrug:

[UndertheOcean]

2. Sorry CPeggy , I did a mistake in my upload attempt

But they are coming soon !

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. No worries!

I look forward to seeing the rest of them!

:hug:

[UndertheOcean]

6. I think it built it there deliberately , It seems not a lot a people visit the place this time

of the year !

[cwydro]

9. It is best to visit in winter

if one does not want to be carried off by mosquitos, deer flies, and no-see-ums.

[UndertheOcean]

12. I had one little snag though

I though Flamingo was a TOWN , with a motel or two at least , so I did not bring with me camping equipment and we had to sleep in the car ! talk about poor planning

[cwydro]

14. Flamingo you mean, right? Lol.

There was a great lodge there for years, but it was destroyed in Wilma. There was a store and a marina.

Not sure what is there now, though I know they are planning to rebuild.

Now I wanna go back there soon.x(

[UndertheOcean]

4. More !

Lake








My camera refuses to focus sometimes

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. These are lovely!

And sometimes the auto-focus won't work too well when there's nothing really solid to focus on.

When that happens, you could point the camera at one thing that it can focus on, and then move to include everything else...

Such serene, lovely pics!

Thank you, my dear UndertheOcean...

:applause: :applause:

[UndertheOcean]

7. It's even lovlier in person !

thanks CF

[cwydro]

8. Were those at 9 Mile Pond?

I've got a great gator pic from the 'Glades.

Used to camp there a bunch. Were you in the National Park?

[UndertheOcean]

11. Yup , That's the name of the pond !

And I saw two gators ! They look very docile up close

[cwydro]

13. It is really cool to go there at night with a flashlight and

just shine it around. The gators' eyes glow ruby red and it's startling how many you'll see.

The one time I saw a pair behind me, I sprinted for the car pdq, lol.

It is so dark in the Everglades at night.

We went canoeing there a lot (not at night) and the gators just cruise right by and under you. Quite an experience.

Love your pics!

[UndertheOcean]

10. Another batch !

Lake & Trees



Trail











Tree Tumor (sad)



Tangled Branches



Light and Trees

[BrklynLiberal]

15. What gorgeous pictures! It is lovely there...and I am sure it must be

pretty hard to take in the summer.. I worked in New Orleans for a while...:wow:

The nest in the middle of the trail is fascinating. I would think that the birds would have looked for more cover...or in a tree to be safe.

[UndertheOcean]

16. Another big batch of photos !

Swamps














Other Trails










Broken Trunks











Still Water



Trees

[UndertheOcean]

17. 5 Photos

[UndertheOcean]

18. Spider ... this one is ultra cool !!!

[UndertheOcean]

19. Alligators !

[UndertheOcean]

20. Just too beautiful

[UndertheOcean]

21. Ok , I am tired right now , I will try to upload the rest tomorrow after work

good night

[UndertheOcean]

22. Kick for the morning crowd

[VaYallaDawg]

23. Thank you so much! They're terrific.

They really make me wish I wasn't shut up here in an office all day long.

What's a tree tumor?

[Arugula Latte]

24. I love the Everglades. It's probably about as close as we'll get to

seeing/feeling what it was like in the dinosaur days.

[panhead1961]

25. We lived in Homestead/Florida city

Went to the everglades national park as often as possible as soon as mosquito season ended (november-ish)

Saw some of the most amazing wildlife there.