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harrier at sunset

“She went down!” Three minutes passed. It seemed an eternity. Then, Gini let me know, “Here she comes, right at you!” Was three minutes enough to eat a mouse or lizard...

Category: Birds, Florida, Photography

sweeping up

(Header Image: Roseate Spoonbill) A brand new year is in full swing and we are celebrating the fact that we are still able to enjoy exploring nature and will be seeking...

Category: Birds, Florida, Photography Tags: bagworm, bald eagle, black-and-white warbler, brown pelican, common gallinule, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, hay, little blue heron, new year, old year, pied-billed grebe, purple gallinule, red-bellied woodpecker, roseate spoonbill, royal tern, snail kite, tricolored heron, turkey vulture, wood stork

perch – and be counted! (the final chapter)

(Header Image: Sandhill Cranes) One of the interesting things about the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count is that observers are assigned to a specific geographic area within which to conduct a...

Category: Birds, Florida, Photography Tags: american kestrel, audubon christmas bird count, blue-headed vireo, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern meadowlark, least sandpiper, loggerhead shrike, northern cardinal, painted bunting, prairie warbler, red-shouldered hawk, red-tailed hawk, savannah sparrow, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellow-rumped warbler

perch – And be counted!

(First of a two-part photographic extravaganza!) (Header Image: A Central Florida lake at sunset.) We’re tired. For the last couple of weeks, Gini and I have been participating in the annual...

Category: Birds, Florida, Photography Tags: american robin, audubon christmas bird count, bald eagle, belted kingfisher, black-and-white warbler, brown pelican, eastern phoebe, glossy ibis, great blue heron, limpkin, palm warbler, pine warbler, roseate spoonbill, snail kite

Florida’s Fall Forest

“Come to the woods, for here is rest.” – John Muir Upstate New York is unbelievably beautiful. In autumn, that beauty is enhanced by trees adorned with leaves of hues we never...

Category: Birds, Florida, Photography Tags: american kestrel, blue-gray gnatcatcher, colt creek state park, common yellowthroat, eastern bluebird, eastern phoebe, green lynx spider, killdeer, pine warbler, red maple, red-shouldered hawk, turkey vulture, white ibis, white-tailed deer, yellow-rumped warbler

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