Bob's Photos

March 2026

2026-04-12T21:01:00.000-04:00

I hope you enjoy the 19 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge east of the US 98 Coastal Highway and west of Purify Bay Rd, Sand Beach in the Apalachicola Estuarine Research Reserve, Mashes Sands, my front yard between Medart and Sopchoppy, and the Wakulla Springs State Parkuge, and Ochlockonee Bay.

February 2026

2026-04-11T21:38:00.000-04:00

I hope you enjoy the 33 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Wakulla Springs State Park, East River in the St. Marks National Refuge, Mashes Sands, Skipper Road in the St. Marks Refuge, and Ochlockonee Bay.

Janurary 2026

2026-02-11T10:45:00.000-05:00

I hope you enjoy the 15 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Wakulla Springs State Park, Sopchoppy, one of my Neighbor's yard, Alligator Point, and Ochlockonee Bay.

This is a selfie iPhone image

December 2025

2026-01-26T18:34:00.000-05:00

I hope you enjoy the 11 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Dickerson Bay at the Wakulla Visitor Center, Purify Bay Road, and Mashes Sands.

November 2025

2026-01-25T06:01:00.000-05:00

I hope you enjoy the 28 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Wakulla Springs State Park, Mashes Sands, Sopchoppy River, and Otter Lake in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.

October 2025

2026-01-22T19:43:00.000-05:00

I hope you enjoy the 18 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Wakulla Springs State Park and the Sopchoppy River

September 2025: 10-day Birding Tour in Colombia

2026-01-19T07:09:00.000-05:00

Tour organizer and intrepid guide, Ernesto Reyes

Camarones in the
Los Flamencos Flora and Fauna Sanctuary

Scarlet Ibis

Crested Caracara

Magnificant Frigatebird

Yellow Backed Oriole

Wayu culture (ethnic group of the Guajira Peninsula)

George
The Wayuu painted traditional figures on our faces
using red-colored chalk, a natural pigment

Sandy and Trudy

Dana

Gwendolyn

Eliza

Liliana

Ernesto guiding us on a short walk from our lodging
in the Senda Koguiwa Hotel, Santa Marta

Blue-napped Chlorophonia
We enjoyed to the max the swarms of beautiful birds
on the bird feeders of our lodging at the
Mountain House Lodge, Santa Marta

Black-capped Tanager

The Blue-napped Chlorophonia is my
favorite bird of the entire tour

Female Black-capped Tanager

Sparkling Violetear

Lazuline Sabrewing

Black-headed Tanager

View from the Mountain House Lodge

Palm Tanager

Santa Marta Brushfinch

Bay-headed Tanager

Trudy on the second-story balcony,
Mountain House Lodge

Crested Oropendola

More views on and near the Mountain House Lodge

Striated Woodpecker

Lazuline Sabrewing

Breakfast fruit plate in the
restaurant of the Mountain House Lodge

Great-tailed Grackle
Lunch at Popeye Yo Quaria Cafe

Northern Screamer

A nesting pair of Pied Puffbirds
Salamonca National Park

San Felipe de Barajas Fort
in Cartagena

A Yellow-headed Caracara eating a pigeon
on one of the fort's walkways

Our room in the Estelar Cartagenade Indias Hotel
Cartagena

Evening celebrations in Cartagena

Views from the 24th floor of our hotel

August 2025

2026-01-17T14:51:00.000-05:00

I hope you enjoy the 49 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Wakulla Springs State Park, Surf Road, and Otter Lake in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.

Few Flower Milkweed

Day Flower

Pineland Hibiscus

Butterfly Pea

Horsemint

Cardinal Flower

Cowbane

Partridge Pea Fruig

Buttonbush

Red Maple

July 2025 Family Reunion at New Smyrna Beach

2025-08-05T13:24:00.002-04:00

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Our family reunion was from Saturday, July 19 through Saturday, July 26, 2025 at the Ocean Club South Condominium. The images of single person photos are: Bob, Trudy, Amanda, Carter, Dan, Donna, Anna, Christian, Lila, Kate, Ronnie, Liam, Rosemary, Chris, Luna, River, Frank, Melanie, Jesse, Carissa, and Julie. I regret not photographing JC and Justin and we all regret that Linda, Rosemary, and Andrew were unable to join us this year. Love you all!

June 2025

2025-08-05T10:10:00.001-04:00

I hope you enjoy the 19 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Wakulla Springs State Park.

May 2025

2025-08-05T09:47:00.000-04:00

I hope you enjoy the 31 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Wakulla Springs State Park, Ochlockonee River in the Apalachicola National Forest, Surf Road and Otter Lake in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.

April 2025

2025-08-04T21:30:00.000-04:00

I hope you enjoy the 36 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Home, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Wakulla Springs State Park, Mashes Sands, and Porter Lake in the Apalachicola National Forest..

March 2025

2025-04-29T16:39:00.000-04:00

I hope you enjoy the 71 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Bottoms Road, Bloxham Cuttoff (Hwy 267), Sopchoppy City Park, my yard, Newport, Lighthouse Rd and Skipper Rd in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Wakulla Springs State Park, and Alligator Point.

February 2025

2025-04-29T16:25:00.000-04:00

I hope you enjoy the 12 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Ochlockonee Bay, Wakulla Springs State Park, and Alligator Point.

January 2025

2025-04-15T21:26:00.000-04:00

I hope you enjoy the 57 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Mashes Sands, Wakulla Springs State Park, Lighthouse Rd in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, My yard after a hard freeze, and Otter Lake.

December 2024

2024-12-31T08:59:00.002-05:00

I hope you enjoy the 12 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Boardwalk in the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Otter Lake Road in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Ochlockonee River State Park, Bottoms Road, Mashes Sands, Wakulla Springs State Park and a friend's yard east of Crawfordville,.

Swamp Lily in the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Turkey Oak leaves along the Otter Lake Road
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

This image begins a series in the
Ochlockonee River State Park

Evening Twilight along
Bottoms Road in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

This image begins a series at Mashes Sands

This woodcut image of a Great Egret
begins a series in the Wakulla Springs State Park

Anhinga Woodcut

This Leafscape with a Magnolia Tree seed pod
was made in a friend's yard, located east of Crawfordville

November 2024

2024-12-15T05:39:00.004-05:00

I hope you enjoy the 49 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Wakulla Springs State Park and Alligator Point.

This image begins a series in the Wakulla Springs State Park

Black Vulture

The image begins a series of two photos at Carrabelle Beach

This image begins a series in the Wakulla Springs State Park

The image begins a series at Mashes Sands

This image begins a series in the Wakulla Springs State Park

Pair of Red-shouldered Hawks

Hooded Mergansers

Juvenile Little Blue Heron

October 2024

2024-12-15T05:26:00.001-05:00

I hope you enjoy the 37 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Wakulla Springs State Park and Alligator Point.

This image begins a series in the Wakulla Springs State Park

This image begins a series made at Alligator Point

This image begins a series made in the Wakulla Springs State Park

Alligator bellowing

Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron

September 2024

2024-12-15T05:14:00.004-05:00

I hope you enjoy the 36 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Wakulla Springs, Sopchoppy river at and near Oak Park Bridge, my yeard between Medart and Sopchoppy,

This image made on a misty morning in the Wakulla Springs State Park

This image of the Sopchoppy River was made from the Oak Park Bridge

This image begins a series of a small tributary creek of the Sopchoppy River
during extremely high flow.

This image begins a series made along Surf Road

This image was made in the garden in front of my home

This image begins a series in the Wakulla Springs State Park
Snowy Egret

Climbing Hemp Vine

Double-crested Cormorant with Crayfish

Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron

This image begins a series west of Sumatra, FL
during a pine restoration workshop with Ryan Means
Yellow Pitcher Plant and Green Lynx Spider

American Beauty Berry

Swamp Titi

Grey Rat Snake with Bluebird

Pond Cypress

Toothache Grass

Saw Palmetto fruit

This image begins a series at Mashes Sands

August 2024

2024-12-15T04:51:00.000-05:00

I hope you enjoy the 31 images of this post.

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All of the images of this post were made in the Wakulla Springs State Park.

This image of a Green Heron begins a series in the Wakulla Springs State Park

Barn Swallows

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Common Gallinule chick

Brown Water Snake

Pileated Woodpecker

Least Bittern

Juvenile Little Blue Heron

Cardinal Flower

Anhinga chicks

July 2024

2024-12-15T04:28:00.004-05:00

I hope you enjoy the 54 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Wakulla Springs, Alligator Point, Mashes Sands, Carraway Cutoff.

This image begins a series in the Wakulla Springs State Park

Anhinga

Common Gallinule

This image of an osprey in a big sky at Alligator Point

This image of a Green Heron begins a series in the Wakulla Springs State Park

Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Eggs of Apple Snail

Cattle Egret

Double-crested Cormorant

This image begins a series at Carrabelle Beach

This image of Clasping Milkweed was made along Carraway Cutoff

This image begins a series of four photos of an Alligator bellowing

Water Hemlock

Juvenile Red-breasted Merganser

This image of tree reflections from the East River bridge
begins a series along the Lighthouse Rd, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Cypress knee

Grackle

This image begins a series in the Wakulla Springs State Park

Common Gallinule chick

This image begins a series along the
St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail

This image begins a series at Mashes Sands

June 2024

2024-12-15T03:47:00.003-05:00

I hope you enjoy the 36 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Wakulla Springs, Mashes Sands, Otter Lake, Bottoms Road, Levy Bay Road, and my home between Medart and Sopchoppy, FL.

This image begins a series at Mashes Sands

This image begins a series in the Wakulla Springs State Park

Common Gallinule chick

Cattle Egret

Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron in sunning pose

Common Gallinule chick

Barn Swallows

This image begins a series at Otter Lake
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
Royal fern

This image begins a series of sky photos at Bottoms Road

The image of a Green Heron begins a series in the Wakulla Springs State Park

Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Herons

Thunderstorm at the end of Levy Bay Road, Panacea

Relief from the heat = Bob in a tub

June 2024 Linville Falls, NC - Bob Vacation

2024-12-15T03:26:00.001-05:00

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Lodging at Skyline Village Inn
Little Switzerland, NC

View of Blue Ridge Parkway from the Skyline Village Inn

Tulip Poplar tree leaves

View of Linville Gorge from the Erwin Overlook

Chestoa View Overlook

Mountain Laurel in the parking lot of the Chestoa View Overlook

Bowman's Root

Flower spike of Galax along the Duggar Loop Creek Trail
Linville Gorge

Duggar Creek and Falls

Flowers of Mountain Laurel flowers floating in Duggar Creek

View from the Plunge Basin View Overlook
Linville Gorge

Neat book and gift store / Coffee shop
Little Switzerland, NC

Crabtree Falls

Veiw from Black Mountain Overlook along the Blue Ridge Parkway

View from the Big Laurel Gap along the Blue Ridge Parkway

View from the summit of Mount Mitchell

Sunset view from the Three Knobs Overlook along the Blue Ridge Parkway

May 2024

2024-12-13T21:39:00.005-05:00

I hope you enjoy the 29 images of this post.

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Alligator Point and Wakulla Springs.

This image of a Sea Pansy begins a series on Alligator Point

This image of an Anhinga begins a series in the Wakulla Springs State Park

Water Hemlock

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Least Bittern

Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron in a sunning posture

Swallow Tailed Kite

Anhinga

Pickerel Weed flower

Male Least Bittern

Common Gallinule

April 2023 Vacation in the Smokies in NC and TN

2024-12-13T20:34:00.001-05:00

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The locations where the images of this post were made include: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Blueridge Parkway in TN and NC, Pisgah National Forest north of Brevard, NC, Dillard House in Dillard, GA, and Chatooga River Bull Sluice east of Clayton, GA.

This image begins a series in the Smokies, TN
John Oliver Place in Cades Cove

Grist Mill in Cades Cove

The Sinks, Little River

Trillium

May Apple flower

Cascade Falls, Sugarland Visitor Center

Little Pidgeon River along the Chimney Tops Trail

View along the Blueridge Parkway at the Waterrock Visitor Center

Blueridge Parkway at Raven Fork View

Blueridge Parkway at Thomas Divide Overlook

Blueridge Parkway at Mile High Overlook

Looking Glass Falls, Pisgah National Forest north of Brevard, NC

Dillard House Lodging in Dillard, GA

Bull Sluice along the Chattooga River, east of Clayton, GA