by Rich Leighton | May 5, 2015 | Birds, Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography
Quick post for today on some of the more common birds of Southwest Florida, such as anhingas, herons, egrets and hawks. These species are most often found near or on the water. Anhinga Also known as the snakebird, the anhinga is a common fish-eating bird found along...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 25, 2015 | Birds, Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Potpourri
Happy 2015! After an inexcusable absence, I’m back with some new photos! I’ve been working like a maniac lately (370+ hours in December of straight working conditions!) and trying to get all my ducks in a row to open a photography studio here in the...
by Rich Leighton | Dec 29, 2014 | Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
There is a brand new section in the Wildflowers Galleries today, and it is all about the close relative of the lily; the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae) of our Florida native wildflowers. Because of their close genetic relations with the lily family (Liliaceae),...
by Rich Leighton | Dec 9, 2014 | Birds, Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Reptiles
Today’s post is just a set of wildlife portraits taken in the Florida wilderness. Click on any image to find out more information or to enlarge. Fakahatchee Barred Owl An adult barred owl watches from the hardwoods at the northern end of the Fakahatchee Strand...
by Rich Leighton | Oct 16, 2014 | Birds, Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel
A quick post for today, and a trio of brand new photos of some of North America’s most beautiful coastal birds. Click on any image to enlarge. A roseate spoonbill wades through a salty mangrove marsh on Sanibel Island, Florida on a late winter morning in search...
by Rich Leighton | Aug 7, 2014 | Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Potpourri
New images from Wild Florida! For some reason these 14 photographs were sitting, hidden from the light of day on my hard drive array and although they were tagged for processing and publishing for quite some time (along with many hundreds of others) I decided to just...
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