Shrimp Boats entering through inlet in St. Augustine.
I’ve always loved shrimp boats almost as much as I love the taste of wild native shrimp. When I see shrimp boats in the Gulf scooping up oil from BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster, my heart sinks as the environmental and economic disaster unfolds and wonder how the oil spill will affect Florida beaches and coastal waters.
Shrimping off northeast Florida beaches starts off Ortega River Inlet near Jacksonville Beach.
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Long Key, like other places in the Florida Keys is popular for it’s fishing, diving and a state park. The Long Key Viaduct, located around MM 65 is nearly 2.5 miles across and has a pedestrian bridge along side that makes it popular with fishermen, pedestrians and bicyclist. The bridge connects Duck Key to the west and Long Key on the east.
This Yellow Crowned Night Heron was photographed in Destin, FL on the south side of Destin Pass. The bird stands about two feet tall and feeds on crabs, fish, snails and bugs. The Yellow Crowned Night Heron is common in the southeast and the eastern seaboard.
I recently shot these two Great Horned Owls at Fort Matanzas near St. Augustine. The male was about 25 yards from the female. The Great Horned Owl is one of North America’s most common and widespread owls.
The first time I heard owls mating was during a duck hunting/camping trip as a teenager nearly thirty years ago in a remote area of Palm Beach County. Myself and a couple of friends had never heard such howls and screeches piercing the quiet, cold December air. We thought someone was being killed in a satanic ritual. We slept with one eye open and our hands on our shotguns. The next day we were told they were owls mating.
Florida thunderstorms can pop-up quickly as this storm did on Cocoa Beach. The light show can be great as long as you’re in a safe place.
