Showing posts with label Mangrove Forest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mangrove Forest. Show all posts

Thursday, September 24, 2015

An Unexpected Discovery Down in the Mangroves

mangrove trees, reflection,river

Visiting this forest with the sun setting, gives you some terrific reflections.

Usually, I time my walk to be alongside the river during high tide.

mangrove tree, bark

 When there aren't any interesting wide angle scenes, I do some close-up photography.

That's just to show some of the textures the mangrove provides.


trees, mangroves forest, low tide

 When the tide goes out, the mangrove roots are exposed.

Once in awhile, I visit during low tide, to get deeper into the forest.


bark of mangrove, tree, moss

 This was a great time to capture moss, growing on the shady side of a tree.

There's a myth about the stuff growing on the north side of trees.

But, that depends on what part of the world you happen to get lost in.

Read Outdoor Life for more on the subject of survival. 


television, discarded, trash, mangrove forest

This little surprise has me concerned about survival of the critters in the mangroves.

It could impact the survival of travel and tourism in the mangrove forest, as well.

 It looks like someone couldn't afford the recycle fee for their busted television.

So, they decided to throw it away, in the mangroves.


Something needs to be done, to prevent things like this from happening.

If people continue to throw their trash in the forest it'll start looking like Tomigusuku

Who would pay for an Eco-tour, where you visit a landfill ?


Looking online for some solutions, I sort of like the Singapore solution.

Down that way, a person could get their fanny paddled, for doing stupid stuff like this.

Take a look at some of the punishments Singapore deals out to their criminals.

Then, tell me those kinds of laws wouldn't come in handy, around here !

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Reflections at the End of the Day Down in the Mangroves

mangrove, trees, river, reflections, flowers

Camera: Pentax K3

Lens: Pentax 18-250 + 1.4 converter Focal length 350mm

Exposure:  f/11   1/40   ISO 100

Location:  Okukubi River, Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan

Date and Time:  SEP 9 2015  5:16PM


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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Down in the Mangroves of Okinawa You Can Observe Nature

The mangrove forests of Okinawa are great places to observe nature.

Even a crab, like me, gets invited to come on in.


There are medium-sized birds like this Egret among the uncaged and free-roaming wildlife.


And there are small, fast-moving birds like this Wagtail.  You can observe all of them hunting for food.


If you look deep into the center of the mangrove forest and be very quiet, you might see a Grey Heron.

What's he doing in there ?


He went in there to finish his lunch somewhere away from me observing nature with my noisy camera !


NOTE:  THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN IN NAHA AT THE