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Reflections of a grand piano

The Happy Birthday Girl

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The Watchman

Blue Heron

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Waverunner

Haley and Friend

Reflecting The Villages - Spanish Springs

Dinner time

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Shark Valley National Park - The Everglades

In southern Florida in the middle of the massive swamp known as the Everglades is a national park called Shark Valley. There are no sharks in Shark Valley. Shark Valley features a 15-mile paved loop out into the wilds of the Everglades which is used by tourist trams and bicyclists. At about the midway point is a large concrete tower which tourists can climb and from which they can see for miles in all directions.

One thing Shark Valley has is alligators. Lots of gators. On one of our bicycle excursions, we counted over 150 of them, many laying in the road making it necessary to ride around them!

Crows are also residents of Shark Valley. At the tower, the park offers bike racks for bicyclists to store their bikes while climbing the tower. The crows have become very efficient at getting the food the bicyclists might have packed away on their bikes.

I was sitting on a picnic bench watching the crows. They were brazen, utterly unafraid of my presence. Ignoring me and my camera they alit on a bike seat and proceeded to unzip the storage bags with their beak, pulling out potato chips, crackers or whatever else they could find. They would then proceed to tear the wrappings apart and eat their fill!

In this shot, you can see the crow has already unzipped the bag and is now working to pull out a bag of chips. Amazing!

Bird up a tree