Art In City Hall - May 2011

Maelstrom of LightI have been invited again to participate in Miami Springs' Art In City Hall program. Some of my images will be on exhibit at Miami Springs City Hall during the month of May. There will be a small opening reception on Monday, May 2nd from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. If you are in town, feel free to pass by and say hi.

You may want to visit the event's page on Facebook.

Tiny Dancer: Honorable Mention Award

Tiny DancerMy photo, Tiny Dancer received an Honorary Mention at Rookery Bay's Annual Photo Exhibition. The event was juried by famed photographer Clyde Butcher. They received over 70 entries of which only 30 were accepted. Clyde said that the quality of the art was very high this year and it was vey difficult for him to pick the winners. I'm honored that my photos were accepted and to have received the honorable mention award.

Big Gulp

A female anhinga swallows its catch. Anhingas are one of the most interesting birds in the Everglades. Unlike ducks and other waterbirds, they submerge their bodies completly and swim stealthily looking for fish to catch. They consume the smaller fish by sticking their heads out of the water and flipping the fish right into their awaiting beaks. Ocassionally they will catch a fish so large that they need to come to dry land to swallow it.

In this case this female anhinga's beak was stuck firmly in the flesh of it’s prey and it took some doing to pry it loose. No matter how many times I witness an anhinga swallowing a large fish I can't help to be amazed by the sight.

Rookery Bay Exhibit Invitation

This is the invitation for the free opening reception for the photography exhibit. The reception takes place on Thursday, February 3rd from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. I hope to see you there.

Great Catch!

Pied Billed Grebe with Florida GarToday at Shark Valley the grebes were running the show. They were very actice preening themselves and swimming back and forth looking for food. Usually they consume their catch too quickly for me to photograph them in the act but this one caught a small Florida gar which he could not swallow without a significant struggle. Unfortunately the grebe swam away to consume it's catch in private. I would have loved to see how the grebe managed to eat such a tough meal.