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– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – FLORIDA – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

[January 2024]

Shells  -  Caspersen Beach, Sarasota County, Florida

Waves breaking on limestone rocks  -  Caspersen Beach, Sarasota County, Florida


&spspspsp;Royal tern  -  Venice Fishing Pier, Venice, Florida&spspspsps;East coast dune sunflower  -  Caspersen Beach, Sarasota County, Florida

Shoreline on Venice Beach  -  from Venice Fishing Pier, Venice, Florida


&spspspsp;Shells  -  Caspersen Beach, Sarasota County, Florida&spspspsps;Snowy egret  -  Venice Fishing Pier, Venice, Florida

Gulf of Mexico shoreline, approaching storm clouds  -  Nokomis Beach, Nokomis, Florida


&spspspspspsp;Great blue heron gathering nesting material  -  Venice Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida&spspspsP;Great blue heron and chick  -  Venice Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida

American alligator  -  Venice Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida

Female anhinga  -  Venice Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida


&spspspspspspspsps;Snowy egret  -  New Pass, Sarasota, Florida&pspspspsps;Nanday parakeet  -  The Celery Fields, Sarasota, Florida

&spspspsp;Sunflower  -  Bay Street Park, Osprey, Florida&spspspsps;Gulf fritillary  -  Venice Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida

Great egret with breeding plumage  -  Venice Audubon Rookery, Venice, Florida


&spspspsp;Palm warbler  -  Palmer Boardwalk, The Celery Fields, Sarasota, Florida&spspspsps;Glossy ibis stretching its right wing  -  Raymond Boardwalk, The Celery Fields, Sarasota, Florida

Savannah sparrow  -  Birdwalk Boardwalk, Myakka River State Park, Florida


&spspspsp;Hibiscus  -  Marie Selby Botanical Garden, Sarasota, Florida&spspspsps;Rainbow gum bark  -  Marie Selby Botanical Garden, Sarasota, Florida

Morton bay fig roots  -  Marie Selby Botanical Garden, Sarasota, Florida


&spspspsp;Phalaenopsis orchid  -  Marie Selby Botanical Garden, Sarasota, Florida&spspspsps;Bromeliad  -  Marie Selby Botanical Garden, Sarasota, Florida

Cross-hatched palm fronds  -  Marie Selby Botanical Garden, Sarasota, Florida

Purple gallinule  -  Palmer Boardwalk, The Celery Fields, Sarasota, Florida

Sandhill crane  -  Myakka River State Park, Florida


&spspspspspsp;Postman butterfly  -  Butterfly Rainforest, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida&spspspsP;Lantern mallow  -  Butterfly Rainforest, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida

Emerald swallowtail butterfly  -  Butterfly Rainforest, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida


&spspspsp;Grey zebra finches  -  Butterfly Rainforest, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida&spspspsps;Tailed jay butterfly  -  Butterfly Rainforest, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida

Amazon lily  -  Butterfly Rainforest, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida

Firefinch  -  Butterfly Rainforest, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida

 

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – UTAH and NEVADA – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

[October 2023]

West Temple  -  Zion-Mt. Carmel Hwy (west of tunnel), Zion National Park, Utah


&spspspsp;Sandstone formations  -  Zion-Mt. Carmel Hwy (east of tunnel), Zion National Park, Utah&spspspsps;Checkerboard Mesa  -  Zion-Mt. Carmel Hwy (east of tunnel), Zion National Park, Utah

The Sentinel (right), The Streaked Wall, The Beehives (center), West Temple (left)  -  Zion-Mt. Carmel Hwy (west of tunnel), Zion National Park, Utah


&spspspspspspspsps;Sunstar, cottonwood tree with fall color  -  Temple of Sinawava area, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah&pspspspsps;Fall colors, sandstone ridge  -  Zion-Mt. Carmel Hwy (east of tunnel), Zion National Park, Utah

The Great White Throne  -  Big Bend area, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah


&spspspsp;The Watchman in late-day light  -  Springdale, Utah&spspspsps;Sandstone walls  -  Big Bend area, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah

'Durango Delight' Agave  -  Red Hills Desert Garden, St. George, Utah


&spspspspspsp;Faxon yucca fibers  -  Red Hills Desert Garden, St. George, Utah&spspspsP;Beaked yucca  -  Red Hills Desert Garden, St. George, Utah

Buckeye butterfly  -  Upper Galoot Picnic Area, Snow Canyon State Park, Utah


&spspspsp;Ice plant  -  Red Hills Desert Garden, St. George, Utah&spspspsps;Artichoke agave  -  Red Hills Desert Garden, St. George, Utah

Blue-winged teal (female) preening  -  Red Hills Desert Garden, St. George, Utah

Arch through an arch  -  Pioneer Park, St. George, Utah


&spspspsp;Desert marigolds  -  Visitor Center area, Snow Canyon State Park, Utah&spspspsps;View along Petrified Dunes Trail  -  Snow Canyon State Park, Utah

View from North Entrance  -  Snow Canyon State Park, Utah

Unnamed arch  -  East Entrance, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada


&spspspsp;Unnamed arch  -  Scenic Loop Road, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada&spspspsps;Unnamed arch  -  East Entrance, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada

Elephant Rock  -  Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada

 

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – COLORADO – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

[September 2023]

Collegiate Peaks, reflection in Taylor Park Reservoir  -  Gunnison County Road 742, Gunnison National Forest, Colorado

Aspens  -  Forest Road 858, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado


&spspspsp;Aspens, Whetstone Mountain  -  looking west from CO 135, Gunnison County, Colorado&spspspsps;Fall colors, Cimarron Ridge  -  Forest Road 858, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado

‘Dick Clark’ Grandiflora Rose  -  Montrose Botanic Garden, Montrose, Colorado


&spspspsp;Zinnia and Cosmos  -  Montrose Botanic Garden, Montrose, Colorado&spspspsps;Dahlia  -  Montrose Botanic Garden, Montrose, Colorado

 View from Tomichi Point  -  Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado

Red Mountains (left, center), fall colors on Hayden Mountain (right), reflection in Crystal Lake  -  Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado


&spspspsp;Red Mountains, reflection in Crystal Lake  -  Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado&spspspsps;Fall colors, Hayden Mountain  -  Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado

Red Mountains (left), fall colors on Hayden Mountain (center, right), reflection in Crystal Lake  -  Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado

Fall colors on Hayden Mountain, reflection in Crystal Lake  -  Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado


&spspspsp;Fall colors, mountains  -  looking approximately north from Red Mountain Mining Exhibit, San Juan Skyway, Colorado&spspspsps;Fall colors  -  Ironton, San Juan Skyway, Colorado

&spspspsp;Hillside of aspens in their fall finery  -  Ironton, San Juan Skyway, Colorado&spspspsps;Fall colors just south of Ironton  -  San Juan Skyway, Colorado
 

– – – – – – – – – – – SOUTH CAROLINA and TENNESSEE – – – – – – – – – – –

[Summer 2023]

Wildcat Falls (middle tier)  -  Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area, South Carolina

Daylily  -  Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina


&spspspsp;Wildcat Falls (lower tier)  -  Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area, South Carolina&spspspsps;Pleasant Ridge Falls  -  Pleasant Ridge County Park, Greenville County, South Carolina

Black-eyed Susan  -  Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina


&spspspspspspspsps;Cascade on Carrick Creek  -  Carrick Creek Trail, Table Rock State Park, South Carolina&pspspspsps;Cascade on Carrick Creek  -  Carrick Creek Trail, Table Rock State Park, South Carolina

Burgess Falls  -  Burgess Falls State Park, Tennessee


&spspspsp;Writing spider  -  Greenville County, South Carolina&spspspsps;Gray tree frog  -  Greenville County, South Carolina

Brasstown Falls (upper)  -  Sumter National Forest, South Carolina

Brasstown Falls (middle)  -  Sumter National Forest, South Carolina


&spspspsp;Chau-Ram Falls  -  Chau-Ram County Park, Oconee County, South Carolina&spspspsps;Riley Moore Falls  -  Sumter National Forest, South Carolina

Reedy Branch Falls  -  Sumter National Forest, South Carolina