It has been a year since a handful of Florida photographers united their dreams and expertise and created Bird Photographers.Net. They didn’t want their dream to just be another nature website; they wanted to help photographers who love what they do and have a desire to improve their skills. “Honest critiques, done gently” would become the motto.

The Everglades is a special place to me. I grew up just 25 miles from the main park entrance. I remember as a child seeing how many alligators we could count at Anhinga Trail, and I love returning to Anhinga Trail, to find that children are doing the same now. There is so much more to discover in the Everglades than the “tourist stops” along the road if you take some time to explore.

John Audubon once wrote that the belted kingfisher ought to be called the United States¹ kingfisher. There are more than 80 species of kingfishers the world over, but except for the green kingfisher and ringed kingfisher found in southern Texas, the belted is the only one of its kind in the lower 50. As

To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.”