Limpkin Knows Best

Politics, No. 2 ~ The Political Birds

Politics, No. 1

Dear Diary, One

Fishing Limpkin

Fisher Men

The Couple That Fishes Together ...

A young couple enjoying the Kissimmee Lakefront.



UPDATE: I was privileged to participate in the post which appears today on Bostonscapes by Fenix. Check it out if you have a minute!

Jail Bird Four

Bird Feeder

Travel Plans

Jail Bird

A Limpkin preens as I gaze out through the bars, yearning for my freedom!

That's My Fish

This is just crazy.

A Father And Son

With doubt and dismay you are smitten,
You think there's no chance for you, son?
Why the best books haven't been written,
The best race hasn't been run.

~ Berton Braley, Opportunity

Boss Bird

Three Silly Ducks

Duck Wars

When I came upon these ducks, the little redhead mama was attacking one of the teenage ducks, attached to its back and flapping her wings. By the time I got my camera ready, mama duck was counter attacking! The redhead had a nest a few feet from the action, and you can see some of her almost grown babies in the area as well. She absolutely refused to let the ducks swim by, and the ducks didn't want to do anything but look for food! Every time they tried, she'd get out of her nest and run into the water to attack them. You can get an idea of how fast they were moving away from her by the wake they left behind. Eventually the ducks gave up and headed in the opposite direction. LOL

Catch Of The Day

I strolled onto Big Toho Pier when I noticed Blue sitting on one railing and an Egret sitting on the other. Blue flew off and landed on the ramp, but the Egret stayed and allowed me to take pictures, while I shot the breeze with Great Fisherman of Big Toho Pier.

You see from the pictures above what happened next. I took a total of twenty-seven pictures of the fisherman struggling to reel in the big fish ... it was a really amazing scene for me. Once he saw that it was a Gar he wanted to cut the line, because he says Gar's are not edible - they're monsters with big teeth! Once he finally got him settled on the ramp he reached over and snapped the line and the fish took off.

The man estimated that the Gar weighed about fifteen pounds ... but it looked a lot bigger to me.

Blue was there the whole time, watching from the ramp, hoping for a meal.

Recipe For Maria And A Baby Or Two

More Lakeside Silliness