Karl and Kathleen Nichter Photography



This blog began in 2009, about a year after we started our photography business. People attending our photo exhibits, or our hikes and workshops, asked for details on where we traveled for photography. As naturalists we usually kept a field journal, so we used that as a basis for Field Notes.
In Summer, 2014 we took a break from the blog because our business, and lives were changing. In January 2015 the blog restarted with an expanded theme. It now contains photography, notes, and articles from all of our travels and all of our photography, not just nature themed. The posts prior to 2014 have been archived.

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Friday, May 30, 2014

Blue Spring State Park, FL

We camped at Blue Spring State Park for two days earlier in the month. I think of that trip as a "springs" tour since we visited and/or camped at Silver Springs State Park, DeLeon Spring State Park, and Blue Spring State Park. All these parks run boat tours, and I highly recommend them. The captains are knowledgeable about the springs and about the wildlife.

The boat tour at Blue Spring lasted about two hours. We watched an eagle and two osprey fighting over a fish, observed several Purple Gallinule including one fanning his tail and calling, and listened to and finally saw a nearly fledged Great Blue Heron in a tree calling Mom or Dad for more food!

Looking toward the spring from the boardwalk:
The Great Blue Heron juvenile:





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