Thanks to my husband, who had this fantasy about going to America’s “Deep South”, we found ourselves for several weeks in nature reserves in the Gulf of Mexico states: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana (where we also had a nice family meeting in New Orleans).
Because of the spring season in these coastal areas in March and April, mother nature was very good to us and treated us abundantly: fresh green & springwater, flowers & butterflies, (wading!)birds & their offspring, reptiles in all sorts & sizes and of course: dragonflies! And to our great pleasure: hardly any people ;-).
But the people we met were very friendly and we are the park rangers extremely grateful for the many nature preserves and wildlife services we enjoyed!
For the first time I used a macrolens to try and capture the subtleties and nice details of flowers and dragonflies (see: Great blue skimmer), but it’s not going to be my cup of tea.
I think there are more interesting ways to make a worthwhile impression of nature in all its beauty, but, judge for yourself ;-)
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Eastern amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
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Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
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Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
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Gray petaltail (Tachopteryx thoreyi)
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Bluejacket (Tradescantia ohiensis)
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| Emeralda Marsh FL |
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Great blue skimmer (Libellula vibrans)
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Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
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| Eastern tiger swallowtail |
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Blue Hole Spring, Itchetucknee park FL
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Common green darner (Anax junius)
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Purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
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| Tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor) |
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White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
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