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Why risk getting your feet wet? Plus, the view is a little better up here.
River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
Silver River State Park
Marion County, Florida, USA
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS Lens
5 July 2021
Phils1stPix Linktree
A photo of the Marion County Judicial Center, which serves as the Marion County courthouse, in Ocala, Florida. The Ocala courthouse was originally completed in 1964. The Marion County Judicial Center later underwent an expansion, completed in 2010. The expansion of the Marion County courthouse was designed by Architecture Studio, Inc. and Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum. This stock image Copyright Capitolshots Photography, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
A photo of the Marion County Judicial Center, which serves as the Marion County courthouse, in Ocala, Florida. The Ocala courthouse was originally completed in 1964. The Marion County Judicial Center later underwent an expansion, completed in 2010. The expansion of the Marion County courthouse was designed by Architecture Studio, Inc. and Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum. This stock image Copyright Capitolshots Photography, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
An image of the Marion County Judicial Center, which serves as the Marion County courthouse, in Ocala, Florida. The Ocala courthouse was originally completed in 1964. The Marion County Judicial Center later underwent an expansion, completed in 2010. The expansion of the Marion County courthouse was designed by Architecture Studio, Inc. and Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum. This stock photo Copyright Capitolshots Photography, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
An image of the Marion County Judicial Center, which serves as the Marion County courthouse, in Ocala, Florida. The Ocala courthouse was originally completed in 1964. The Marion County Judicial Center later underwent an expansion, completed in 2010. The expansion of the Marion County courthouse was designed by Architecture Studio, Inc. and Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum. This stock photo Copyright Capitolshots Photography, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
You can hardly blame that cooter for trying to cover it's ears, they make quite a racket around this rookery.
Double-Crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
(Suwannee) River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna
Silver Springs State Park
Ocala, Marion County, Florida, USA
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS Lens
5 July 2021
Phil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix Instagram
Phil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: Observations
Phil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species
Looks like this fallen tree is the place to be.
Largemouth Bass (American black bass)
Micropterus salmoides
Rainbow River
Marion County, Florida
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
Olympus 14-42mm II Lens
PT-EP13 Underwater Housing,
PPZR-EP02 Lens Port
& 14-42mm Zoom Gear
Sea Life Sea Dragon 2000 & 1200 Underwater Lights
28 June 2021
Phil's 1stPix on iNaturalist
Basking spots and perches are in high demand. Luckily this Very Important Duck has a few options in this competitive market.
River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
Silver River State Park
Marion County, Florida, USA
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS Lens
5 July 2021
Phil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix Instagram
Phil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: Observations
Phil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species
Basking logs are sometimes in short supply. If you can't fit across, liberal zoning laws allow, you can always go up.
River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
Silver River State Park
Marion County, Florida, USA
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS Lens
5 July 2021
Phil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix Instagram
Phil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: Observations
Phil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species
It would be great if this little gator would come around for a close-up, but nothing doing.
American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Silver River State Park
Marion County, Florida, USA
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS Lens
5 July 2021
Don't worry, on the third Tuesday of every month the little one gets to be the big spoon.
River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna
Silver River State Park
Marion County, Florida, USA
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS Lens
5 July 2021
"The dirty pavement especially haha! Nah I'm just kiddin."
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In downtown Ocala, Florida, on March 6th, 2019, a view from the southeast corner of North Magnolia Avenue and Northeast 3rd Street.
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With the Olympus 100-400 lens, you can get in safe, from a distance, even with a big nose.
American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Silver River State Park
Marion County, Florida, USA
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS Lens
5 July 2021
Anything they can swallow is on the menu.
Largemouth Bass (American black bass)
Micropterus salmoides
Rainbow River
Marion County Florida
Olympus OM-D E-M5
14-42mm II Lens
PT-EP08 Underwater Housing,
PPO-EP01 Lens Port
& 14-42mm Zoom Gear
10 May 2016
Working as a group, these lunkers make short work of whatever is on the menu.
If it fits, it's on the menu.
Largemouth Bass (American black bass)
Micropterus salmoides
Rainbow River
Marion County Florida
Olympus OM-D E-M5
14-42mm II Lens
PT-EP08 Underwater Housing,
PPO-EP01 Lens Port
& 14-42mm Zoom Gear
10 May 2016
Doesn't it lordingly/lordsomely tower? It's said there is noplace in the city from which it cannot be seen.
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In downtown Ocala, Florida, on March 6th, 2019, the backside of the former Marion Hotel (built 1927, 80000955 on the National Register of Historic Places), later known as the Ocala National Bank Building and now apparently an office building known as the Marion Sovereign Building, at the northwest corner of North Magnolia Avenue and Northwest 1st Street, as viewed from the northeast corner of Northwest 1st Avenue and Northwest 1st Street.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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When bass buddies crave some structure, you can't go wrong with a fallen tree.
Largemouth Bass (American black bass)
Micropterus salmoides
Rainbow River
Marion County, Florida
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
Olympus 14-42mm II Lens
PT-EP13 Underwater Housing,
PPZR-EP02 Lens Port
& 14-42mm Zoom Gear
Sea Life Sea Dragon 2000 & 1200 Underwater Lights
28 June 2021
Phil's 1stPix on iNaturalist
While it was staked out on this raft right outside the boundary of Rainbow Springs State Park, I tried to convince this heron to splurge on an annual park pass, but nothing doing.
From the first "Test Shots" of the new "Topside" camera rig.
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Rainbow River
Marion County Florida
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS Lens
28 June 2021
"I'd hate to be the one that has to keep that mowed!" I said in reply to a passerby who asked me what I was taking pictures of. "This is the good kind of depression aint it."
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In Ocala, Florida, on March 6th, 2019, Legacy Park as viewed from the north side of Southwest 10th Street (Florida State Road 200), east of Southwest 10th Avenue.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Marion (county) (1002631)
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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I'm sure various useful goods have gotten transported via these railroad tracks during their history, but this being Ocala I can only imagine railroad cars filled with secret shames and dreadful horrors.
People regularly die of boredom on that recreational trail!
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In Ocala, Florida, on March 6th, 2019, CSX Transportation railroad tracks and a trail in Legacy Park, as viewed from the north side of Southwest 10th Street (Florida State Road 200), west of Southwest 6th Avenue.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Marion (county) (1002631)
• Ocala (2020611)
Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• industrial landscapes (300253299)
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• North Florida (Q7055353)
• Second Seminole War (Q2976715)
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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