Probably about 99 percent of the pictures I take are of birds. That’s because birds got me into photography at the start of 2023.
But sometimes there are animals or things that aren’t birds that are just too good to pass up photographing.
Like the time I came across a bear in a tree at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando. Or the time when a mother deer and fawn decided to join me at the UCF Arboretum.
And sometimes, there’s just a beautiful sunrise or sunset that needs to be captured in a photo.
Here are some of my favorite non-bird pictures.
Though this is only a White-tailed Deer fawn, look at the eyelashes and whiskers on this little one at the UCF Arboretum in June 2023.This White-tailed Deer fawn takes a few tentative steps from its hiding place in the palmetto at the UCF Arboretum in June 2023.A female White-tailed Deer trots across the forest at the UCF Arboretum in June 2023.Sometimes you don’t know who’s watching you. I spotted this male White-tailed Deer keeping an eye on me while camouflaged in the scrub at the UCF Arboretum in June 2023.As the sun rises over Lake Searcy at the Orlando Wetlands in November 2023.A young Black Bear hangs out in an oak tree at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando on June 4, 2023.The sun breaks through the clouds on a very overcast morning at the Orlando Wetlands on the last day of September 2023.Sunrise at the Orlando Wetlands in August 2023.A young Black Bear hangs out in an oak tree at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando on June 4, 2023.A gator smiles for the camera at Orlando Wetlands Park, but just don’t get too close. There are lots and lots of alligators at park.A young American Alligator strolls along Scrub Ridge Trail at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in early March 2023.A very young American Alligator tries to warm up in the sunshine at the Orlando Wetlands on the first day of fall in September 2023.A water snake swims under the Cypress Boardwalk at Orlando Wetlands Park in May 2023.A ULA Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and is seen from Orlando Wetlands in September 2023.This long exposure shows the launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket across the Indian River from the Kennedy Space Center, on July 28, 2023.A full moon is still in the sky shortly before sunrise at Orlando Wetlands Park in April 2023.This Red-bellied Cooter Turtle has reason to believe someone is watch him, as a mother Royal Mute Swan swims up behind it at Lake Eola Park in June 2023.A Cooter Turtle comes out of the water to catch some sun rays at Orlando Wetlands Park in April 2023.A Gopher Tortoise on Scrub Ridge Trail at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in March 2023.A believe this is a Milk Thistle plant, flowering in early April 2023 at Orlando Wetlands Park.A wildflower called Gaillardia, also known as blanket flower, is in full bloom at the UCF Arboretum in June 2023.A bee checks out the flowers at Orlando Wetlands Park in May 2023.A Dainty Sulphur Butterfly stops on a flower along Black Point Wildlife Drive on Merritt Island.
