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Header Image: Least Sandpiper Our trip took place on March 10 and we were a bit late in the season to see as many migratory waterfowl as we might have seen three or four weeks earlier. Continuing my personal goal of “always late”, the first part of this post was late and this final chapter is much later than anticipated. Life interferes with plans. (All is good, just busy.) After a leisurely… Read More

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: american avocet, american white pelican, fire on the mountain, great egret, great southern white, laughing gull, least sandpiper, little blue heron, long-billed dowitcher, longhorn beetle, merritt island nwr, sanderling, tricolored heron

These Are The Good Old Days

Header Image: Atlantic Coast Sunrise Sleepless nights were common for me about a week before Gini and I were married. Tossing and turning. Worry. Will I really be able to support us? Will she be able to put up with me all day, all night, forever? Anticipation. The night before the BIG DAY, was also devoid of sleep. But this was different. All I could think of was – HER. Eyes open,… Read More

Category: Birds, Florida, Photography Tags: a max brewer bridge, american alligator, black skimmer, black-bellied plover, blue-winged teal, caspian tern, dunlin, gator creek, great egret, green heron, laughing gull, marbled godwit, merritt island nwr, mottled duck, northern flicker, northern shoveler, osprey, redhead, ring-billed gull, roseate spoonbill, ruddy turnstone, sanderling, sunrise, tricolored heron

Beach In Winter

Header Image: Sandbar With Pelicans and Shorebirds Mid-January. Cold front scheduled in a couple of days. Where to go birding? If you happen to be native Floridians who love to bird-watch, there is only one place to go in winter. THE BEACH ! We made it to North Beach at Fort DeSoto Park in St. Petersburg, Florida just after sunrise. The glow of the early morning sun gives everything a very special… Read More

Category: Birds, Florida, Photography Tags: american white pelican, bunces pass, dunlin, forster's tern, fort de soto park, great egret, lesser scaup, little blue heron, loggerhead shrike, osprey, red-breasted merganser, reddish egret, royal tern, sanderling

Birding to infinity – and beyond (III)

(Header Image: Shorebirds At Dusk) There are some occasions when birding becomes secondary. (GASP!!) This was one of those times. The birds were numerous, it was exciting to see species we don’t normally encounter at our inland home turf, observing feeding behavior was fascinating – it was a birders dream day. The mid-afternoon sun was warm and the breeze from the Atlantic Ocean was gentle and kept the air refreshed and comfortable…. Read More

Category: Birds, Florida, Photography Tags: american avocet, black skimmer, dunlin, glossy ibis, great egret, horseshoe crab, least sandiper, lesser yellowlegs, merritt island nwr, northern harrier, ring-billed gull, sanderling, semipalmated sandpiper, snowy egret, sunset, western sandpiper

Among The birds – III

Stepping into the warm water of Tampa Bay, a school of mullet moved ahead of me as though it was one large organism. Occasionally one would jump and smack the water’s surface and I would once again wish for proficiency in the art of throwing a cast net. A much larger splash behind me turned out to be a Brown Pelican crashing onto a school of sardines. The East Beach turnaround is… Read More

Category: Birds, Florida, Photography Tags: black skimmer, black-bellied plover, brown pelican, common tern, double-crested cormorant, eastern wood-pewee, fort de soto park, great egret, gulf of mexico, least sandpiper, reddish egret, ruddy turnstone, sanderling, semipalmated plover, short-billed dowitcher, snowy egret, wilson's plover, yellow-throated warbler

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