Urban Kestrel RAW
50 seconds with a male American Kestrel perched on the top of a Royal palm.
Black-Bellied Plovers
Though I’m no bird expert I’m totally at a loss as to what was going on here. The bird on the right remained standing and seemed to be foraging, at least it was moving as I’ve normally seen Black-bellied Plovers do. The bird on the left would stand up, walk a couple of paces and then […]
Sitting in a Flock of Terns
Terns take to the skies over Sanibel’s beaches.
Profile of the Least Tern
Some tips on finding and photographing the Least Term (Sterna antillarum) the samllest of the Term species found in North America.
Bottoms Up
Flight in the Fog
A Sandwich Tern in flight in dense fog, over Sanibel Beach, Sanibel Fl.
Roseate Spoonbill in Flight
The first trip to Sanibel and J. N. “Ding” Darling NWR of the 2011 season and it wasn’t a bad trip. Roseate Spoonbills were out in good numbers in several places in Ding. Though, perhaps due to the cold temperatures or my timing, the beaches were unusually devoid of both terns and shorebirds.
Red-shoulder Hawk
Pied-billed Grebe
First Cattle Egret of The Season
I can tell when the bird season is starting to get started again when the Cattle Egrets are back in the yard foraging.