While at Myakka State Park I also headed to the Venice Rookery a few evenings too. The Myakka-CAM photos were fun but I felt like I should do some photography with my gown-up camera too. The Venice Rookery is a good opportunity to photograph and watch birds, but it isn’t the nature experience I’m familiar with. It’s right off US 41 in the middle of Venice. Each night a small crowd gathers to watch the birds and lines of photographers snap away. It’s sort of like photographing a press conference. My preference is to be out a little deeper in nature. To me the setting makes a big difference. I certainly enjoy places like the Marsh Trail and Corkscrew much more. But having said that, It is a good place to photograph birds. Here are a few photos.
A great egret takes flight to gather nesting materials
An anhinga gives me “the eye”. They are unique looking birds to say the least.
A great blue heron parent returns to the nest to regurgitate a surprisingly large fish to feed it’s chicks. I’ll spare you the photos that followed. It was a rather gross scene.
The small island in the pond is full of nests and birds roosting for the night. It’s quite entertaining to watch them jockey for position as the sun sets.
