A White Ibis Grooming, Taylor Park Florida Wood Print

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Ibises are pretty common birds around here, with the white being the most common. They mostly live in family units, but this time of the year, they pair up and do lots of preening. Taylor Park is a local Pinellas County Park with shallow ponds so it attracts lots of wading birds and hungry alligators.

I love to tell stories. About twenty years ago I had my first freelance travel article accepted by a magazine. Much to my surprise, the magazine expected photos along with words. I had not taken any during the preliminary work for my article. I drove back to the site and took the photos for the article with my little Olympus digital camera. The article was published with those very amateur photos. In time, I bought an Olympus OMD-EM5, a great camera for nature and travel photographers and discovered that I enjoyed telling stories with pictures more than I did with words. The last twenty year have been an incredibly exciting time as resources for photographers have exploded. I have been lucky enough to have some great teachers along the way...