Deanna Hoak

The weather is finally cooling a bit here, and the wildlife around us is beautiful. I took so many pretty pictures while out on my unicycle today that I can’t even count myself as having exercised. :) That said, here are a few images I captured, all within a few minutes of my house. I haven’t done any cropping or photo work, but I hope you enjoy them anyway.

Here’s a wood stork by the side of the road:

(They have ugly heads up close.)

And here’s a gator in the pond near us. (I wasn’t getting any closer.)

Here he is from the side, though:

A beautiful great egret at an even closer pond:

A little blue heron at the same pond earlier in the week:

Some ibis:

An egret hunting:

A monarch and a pinecone:

And though it’s not wildlife, here’s Atlantis going up, just a few minutes ago, as seen from my front porch:

Beautiful, isn’t it? You should think of visiting. :)