Great pictures!

Looks like they wanted pictures tank. They are great.

Love the pictures - thanks for sharing!

A friend of ours could call them to him, he could imitate their calls. He never let get them close with those sharp teeth though.

Totally cool! Thanks for sharing!

Jo

Great photos!!! We have them swim and run the banks of our canal sometimes, being very careful to avoid the gaters.

WOW!! I love it!!!

Tom that is amazing! What a beautiful creature that is.

Awe they look so cute and playful. Great pictures!

Tom

You had some great visitors! Very cute!

Silvia

Oh, Tom thank you so much. You made my day. He/she looks the same size as my dachshund! There is a tidal pond across the street and they are known to run around the neighborhood.

Carol B. in Sarasota

How lucky you are to have these in your back yard! Thanks for the photos - I think it brought a smile to all that looked.
Hester

I glad you all enjoyed the pictures, I love it here. This time of year we get a lot of wild ducks too. I had a couple hundred here up until about 30 minutes ago, I just couldn't get many of them in these pictures.

And last week we had a white pelican visit briefly at the far end of the lake, I was only able to snap a few pictures of him leaving and you really can't tell he's white so I'll add a few pictures from last year below the first two.

Wow, those are great pics! I can't wait to show my son in the morning!

nice pictures! beautiful built in water feature, i'm envious of living on the water. we have squirrels...:)

So love the white pelicans! I remember when we first moved here in 1991, we saw a flock in Sarasota Bay - I didn't know such a bird existed! You are so lucky to see them in your back yard (the ducks too)
I'm with Mark, I have squirrels and a resident possum - not quite as beautiful as your wildlife!!! duh...
Hester

Oh I have squirrels too. If I don't grow cherry tomatoes for them they'll get into my Beefmasters :-( And possums live under the wood decking.

Here's a picture of the sunset last night.

And, ducks tearing it up this morning just outside my window but but moved off when I opened the blinds to snap this picture....Bolted broccoli on the right, for the bees.

Tom

Tom, beautiful pictures!

Silvia

Thanks Silvia, sure makes up for all the bugs I have to deal with having a garden so close to the lake.

I hope everyone enjoys this beautiful Sunday :-)

Tom

Beautiful pictures! May I ask what camera you are using? I have alot of hawks, eagles, ospreys, ducks around the lake I have been trying to get pictures of...I need a better camera!
Sharon

Hi Sharon, I'm a bit lazy with the camera, I like one that's simple, fairly small and has at least a 15X zoom. I'm using a Panasonic DMC-FZ28, it's three years old now and given how quickly technology advances I'm sure someone can recommend a better camera in the $250-300 range, but this one serves my purpose and as I get older I'm not in such a hurry to chase the latest advances :-)

Tom

nice glass of wine and THAT sunset......have an extra room? will trade for plants.....:)

Thanks Mark, you're welcome over here anytime. I'll fire up the hot tub to go with that glass of wine ;-)

Sharon, Mark is the one to ask about a good camera. Nobody takes a better picture than he does!

Tom

How awesome! I really miss seeing the white and brown pelicans! We lived in Vero Beach for 16 years. They were so much fun to see. Those and the cormorants. The sunsets aren't as grand here either. We still enjoy it here tho. It got so overcrowded there.

Amazing photos Tom! You're lucky to live in a wildlife wonderland! How fun to see the otters catching fish. I had a family a couple of times in my teeny pond eating my goldfish, but I haven't seen them in a couple of years. Those white pelicans are really special too. Please keep showing us your creatures as you capture them in photos. Made my morning. Thanks.

Anna

Great pics-especially of the otter

We have them come and go in our lake. The most I've seen at one time was six. They are so fun to watch. When the water was high, they would chase each other up and over the dock.

Just finished a 14 hour day, in this economy work when you can, right? I got some good close-up pictures of the ducks today, too tired to post now, tomorrow....

Tom