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Saturday, April 23, 2005

American Alligator and Rising Full Moon - Nine Mile Pond, Everglades National Park

          Today I had a great day of photography that ended with this beautiful scene. I started the day by photographing sunrise in the pinelands and orchids in the prairies. I took some spectacular panoramic images but am having some problems stitching them together. This evening I was waiting for the moonrise and headed over to Mahogany Hammock to see if I could find anything interesting. As I pulled in to the parking lot, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo flew into one of the trees where it posed nicely as it ate a large Lubber Grasshopper. After a few moments with the cuckoo, he flew off and I headed down to Nine Mile Pond where I captured this image of the moon rising. It was a very enjoyable day.


Interesting Sightings

  None.

Other Interesting Observations:

  I saw one Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Mahogany Hammock this evening and a handful of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows singing south of the turnoff to Mahogany in the morning.

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