Shrimp Boats entering through inlet in St. Augustine.
I’ve always loved shrimp boats almost as much as I love the taste of wild native shrimp. When I see shrimp boats in the Gulf scooping up oil from BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster, my heart sinks as the environmental and economic disaster unfolds and wonder how the oil spill will affect Florida beaches and coastal waters.
Shrimping off northeast Florida beaches starts off Ortega River Inlet near Jacksonville Beach.
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I recently shot these two Great Horned Owls at Fort Matanzas near St. Augustine. The male was about 25 yards from the female. The Great Horned Owl is one of North America’s most common and widespread owls.
The first time I heard owls mating was during a duck hunting/camping trip as a teenager nearly thirty years ago in a remote area of Palm Beach County. Myself and a couple of friends had never heard such howls and screeches piercing the quiet, cold December air. We thought someone was being killed in a satanic ritual. We slept with one eye open and our hands on our shotguns. The next day we were told they were owls mating.
Built in 1889 by Henry Flagler in St. Augustine. The church was constructed in less than a year.
