Birds on the La Chua

Red wing blackbird.

Red billed ibis.

Heron.

Wild (female?) turkey.

Synopsis of La Chua

The beginning of the boardwalk portion of the trail.

This is actually the view on the way back towards the boardwalk.

Baby gator.  We looked for mom first, promise.

View of the marsh from an observation deck.

An ant's view.

I am quite jealous of the view the fire ants I "shared" the hill with get to enjoy every day.

Macro Monday

I spent a hot, humid day walking through a wonderful exhibit at the Natural History Museum, the Butterfly Rainforest.  I swear the air was dancing with butterflies and finches.  I may have been melting in my flip-flops, but the heat seemed to invigorate the inhabitants.  Good for them.  The sweat and dehydration was well worth it though.  

Dedicated to Cindi

I am in love with this camera.

The Road Not Taken

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. --Robert Frost