TAKING OFF OVER LAKE ARIETTA

FLOCK OF SAND HILL CRANES TAKE OFF FROM SHORE LINE OF LAKE ARIETTA IN AUBURNDALE, FL

BASKING IN THE GLOW OF THE SETTING SUN

AKE ARIETTA, AT RENSSALAER AVENUE IN AUBURNDALE, FL. TAKEN WITH HARRISON'S NIKON D3300 CAMERA....

BABY GATORS

9;S BACK. TAKEN ON HOLE 15, OTTER CREEK GOLF COURSE, THE PLANTATION AT LEESBURG, FL, WHERE WE LIVE....

ANOTHER GATOR BABY SHOT

SANDHILL CRANE BABY CHICKS

S HATCHED IN MARCH, 2010, AT OTTER CREEK GOLF COURSE, THE PLANTATION AT LEESBURG, FL, WHERE WE LIVE....

MOM'S WATCHFUL EYE

TAKEN APRIL TENTH SHORTLY AFTER CHICK WAS HATCHED.

GETTING READY TO ROLL THE SECOND EGG

FIRST HATCHED WATCHES AS MOM AND POPPA GET READY TO ROLL THE UNHATCHED EGG.

A PATIENT CRANE MOTHER

PPOSITED SIDE OF LAKE. MANY GOLFERS HIT ERRANT SHOTS FOR FEAR OF HITTING HER WHILE SHE WAS NESTING....

WHEN WILL I HAVE A BROTHER OR SISTER?

SAND HILL CRANE RESTING

E THE CRANES RESTING LIKE THIS. NORMALLY THEY ARE WALKING ALL THE TIME PECKING THE GROUND FOR FOOD....

SAND HILL CRANE

UP TO THE GOLF CART. IT SEEMED TO HAVE NO FEAR OF HUMANS, AS MOST OF THEM WILL NOT COME THIS CLOSE....