{"id":1088,"date":"2019-02-12T15:32:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T20:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2019-02-22T11:29:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T16:29:44","slug":"morning-shark-valley-everglades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/2019\/02\/12\/morning-shark-valley-everglades\/","title":{"rendered":"A Morning at Shark Valley in the Everglades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shark Valley in the Everglades is like the Etosha of North America, where, in the dry season, a stunning concentration of wildlife greets the visitor.  Here are a few shots from a recent morning there.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1099\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/2019\/02\/12\/morning-shark-valley-everglades\/3s0a8840-by-j-m-hoffman\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1099\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8840-by-J-M-Hoffman-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8840-by-J-M-Hoffman-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8840-by-J-M-Hoffman-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8840-by-J-M-Hoffman-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8840-by-J-M-Hoffman-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8840-by-J-M-Hoffman-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Egret<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1096\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/2019\/02\/12\/morning-shark-valley-everglades\/3s0a8442-by-j-m-hoffman\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1096\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8442-by-J-M-Hoffman-1024x879.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"879\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8442-by-J-M-Hoffman-1024x879.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8442-by-J-M-Hoffman-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8442-by-J-M-Hoffman-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8442-by-J-M-Hoffman-50x43.jpg 50w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8442-by-J-M-Hoffman-150x129.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You Stole My Breakfast!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1100\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/2019\/02\/12\/morning-shark-valley-everglades\/3s0a8849-by-j-m-hoffman\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8849-by-J-M-Hoffman-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8849-by-J-M-Hoffman-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8849-by-J-M-Hoffman-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8849-by-J-M-Hoffman-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8849-by-J-M-Hoffman-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8849-by-J-M-Hoffman-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Eye of the &#8216;Gator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div><div class=\"ad inline-ad\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><div class=\"r fade-on-load unfade-on-hover\" data-r=\"gogl-in-article\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; 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It&#8217;s what&#8217;s for Dinner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1098\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/2019\/02\/12\/morning-shark-valley-everglades\/3s0a8748-by-j-m-hoffman\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1098\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8748-by-J-M-Hoffman-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8748-by-J-M-Hoffman-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8748-by-J-M-Hoffman-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8748-by-J-M-Hoffman-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8748-by-J-M-Hoffman-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8748-by-J-M-Hoffman-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anhinga Dining<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1102\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/2019\/02\/12\/morning-shark-valley-everglades\/mvimg_20190208_103937-by-j-m-hoffman\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1102\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_103937-by-J-M-Hoffman-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_103937-by-J-M-Hoffman-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_103937-by-J-M-Hoffman-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_103937-by-J-M-Hoffman-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_103937-by-J-M-Hoffman-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_103937-by-J-M-Hoffman-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just a &#8216;Gator (as seen through a Google Pixel 3 phone)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1157\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/2019\/02\/12\/morning-shark-valley-everglades\/mvimg_20190208_095715\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1157\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_095715-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_095715-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_095715-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_095715-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_095715-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_095715-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great Blue Heron &#8212; through the lens of a Google Pixel 3 phone!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1103\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/2019\/02\/12\/morning-shark-valley-everglades\/mvimg_20190208_113630-01-by-j-m-hoffman\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1103\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_113630-01-by-J-M-Hoffman-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_113630-01-by-J-M-Hoffman-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_113630-01-by-J-M-Hoffman-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_113630-01-by-J-M-Hoffman-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_113630-01-by-J-M-Hoffman-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MVIMG_20190208_113630-01-by-J-M-Hoffman-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Study in Reflection (with Alligator)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1093\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/2019\/02\/12\/morning-shark-valley-everglades\/3s0a8398-by-j-m-hoffman\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1093\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8398-by-J-M-Hoffman-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8398-by-J-M-Hoffman-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8398-by-J-M-Hoffman-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8398-by-J-M-Hoffman-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8398-by-J-M-Hoffman-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3S0A8398-by-J-M-Hoffman-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anhinga Eyeing You<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shark Valley in the Everglades is like the Etosha of North America, where, in the dry season, a stunning concentration of wildlife greets the visitor.  Here are a few shots from a recent morning there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,97,80],"tags":[30,161,33,162,47],"section":[],"destination":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","category-travel","category-wildlife","tag-canon-7d-mark-ii","tag-everglades","tag-nature-photography","tag-shark-valley","tag-wildlife-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1088"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1158,"href":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088\/revisions\/1158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1088"},{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=1088"},{"taxonomy":"destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination?post=1088"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxumbraque.com\/-\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}