by Rich Leighton | Jul 1, 2014 | Butterflies, Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Swallowtails
Today I’m going to do a short and sweet post with a lot of photos highlighting three of the most beautiful swallowtail butterflies of the genus Papilio found deep in the hot, humid American Southeast during summertime. The three species are the eastern tiger...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 4, 2013 | Florida Nature Photography, Herps, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Reptiles
Every once in a while I go through my old images and find one I can’t believe I missed….. but better late than never! Check out this juvenile alligator, it’s got the eyes of a killer! American Alligator ~ click to enlarge ~ In some parts of the...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 7, 2011 | Birds, Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
Vultures: nature’s clean-up crew, scavengers, the nastiest animals alive – whatever you want to call them, they are essential in the promoting health and well-being in nature. They eat the dead, and thus prevent the diseases and harmful germs of rotting...
by Rich Leighton | Oct 19, 2011 | Birds, Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel
When people think of Southern Florida, they rarely think of lonely mile after mile of endless cow fields and citrus groves, or the acres upon acres of sugarcane that would resemble the enormous cornfields found in the Midwest if it weren’t for the sweltering...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 28, 2011 | Birds, Florida Nature Photography, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, News, Published Work
I realize this post is VERY late in getting out, but due to our oldest son starting preschool this year and bringing home the plague, I’ve been suffering for most of the winter with a whole host of kiddie germs and hadn’t had the time to post this until...
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