Spent this morning at Huntley Meadows park.  I was lazy and arrived at the park later then usual, and I figured things would be very quiet.  Boy was I wrong, as the park was very active with plenty of things to see and photograph.  Snakes, turtles, egrets, herons (Great Blue and Green-backed), swallows, ducks, geese, phoebes, Red-winged blackbirds, even a Belted Kingfisher and a White-tailed deer, which I hadn’t seen in the park for several years, all made an appearance.  I’ve taken a lot of shots of Great Egrets and Red-winged blackbirds in the past here but I’ve never been as close to these two species as I was today. It was due to patience.  Simply waiting for the wildlife to approach you is the best method of getting close.