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Wakodahatchee Wetlands – March 19, 2014

Last week I attended a photo workshop lead by Karen Milstein, of Wings & Things Photography, at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Fla. Getting up and being there at 7am was not a lot of fun, but it was soooo worth it. Wakodahatchee is amazing no matter when you go but it was magical in the early morning. I picked up quite a few new tips from Karen. I’d highly recommend going to next year’s workshops.

I’m very sad to report that the Great Egret hatchlings are now missing from their nest. Hopefully there will be more hatching soon.

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Double-crested Cormorants

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Tricolored Heron

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Juvenile Great Blue Herons

Double-crested Cormorants gather in a tree at sunrise.

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A Great Egret and an Anhinga are reflected in the water.

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A Great Egret flying is reflected in the water.

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A Great Egret shows off its breeding plumage during a mating dance.

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A female Great Egret sits on her nest

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Great Egret hatchlings, that are less than a week old, peek over the edge of their nest

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Two Boat-tailed Grackles

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An Anhinga spreads its wings

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A Cattle Egret in breeding plumage

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Female Blue-winged Teal

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An alligator sits silently in the still morning waters.

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A Great Egret hunting

Nature Posted by Suzy Mast 25 Mar 2014 / 0 comments

San Francisco

Here some more photos from my San Francisco trip. Can’t wait to go back and really explore the area.

A person walks the trail in front of the Golden Gate Bridge at Lands End park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco.

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A red-tailed hawk at Lands End park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco.

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A view of the Golden Gate Bridge from Vista Point in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area

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A view of the Bay Bridge from Vista Point

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Couples take selfies at Vista Point.

Did you say food? Of course! So many delicious things everywhere. At Scoma’s Restaurant in Sausalito, I had the lobster risotto and my friends had the Dungeness crab. Everything was delicious and the view was awesome.

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Lobster risotto at Scoma’s Resturant in Sausalito.

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Dungeness crabs at Scoma’s Resturant in Sausalito.

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A sailboat glides past the San Francisco skyline as seen from Sausalito.

Had a wonderful shrimp and grits at Brenda’s French Soul Food in San Francisco, but the Beignets were out of this world. Plain, chocolate and apple. I’d take any of them again.