Mourning Dove
Doves are a common bird, and the Mourning Dove is the only one native to Florida. While photographing this one perched on a broken limb of an oak tree, I […]
Northern Bobwhite Quail
Feature image is showing you 99% of the time when I see a Northern Bobwhite Quail, however yesterday, I finally got a photo. In May 2017, the United States Department […]
Palm Warbler
The Palm Warbler is one of the nine varieties of Wood Warblers. After the recent burn at Chassahowitzka, there were plenty of insects for these little warblers to forge on. […]
Turkey Vultures
Often mistaken as buzzards, Turkey Vultures are scavengers. You will most likely see Black Vultures not too far behind, especially if there is carrion. These are one of my […]
Double-Crested Cormorant (Juveniles)
Unlike the Anhinga who spear their food with their sharp straight beak the Double-Crested Cormorant hooks it’s prey. Juveniles have pale white/brown chests with patches of darker brown and the […]
Little Blue Heron (Juvenile)
It’s is amazing how wildlife kids transform, how this juvenile little blue heron is pure white and within a year will turn all blue. The photo above is one of […]
Black-crowned Night Heron
Recently in Tampa, Lettuce Lake Park has a great boardwalk for nature photographers and while observing the Black-crowned Night Heron, I learned something. https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature-Wildlife/Nature-Videos/Birds/i-WMGnPXr/0/0753cf23/1280/Black-Crowned%20Night%20Heron-1280.mp4 This is just an observation guess… […]
The Familiar Coastal Bird | Brown Pelican
The pelican is one of the most common identifiable coastal bird. Every bird has their part in nature, their amazing natural born instincts, their characteristics, to how each one is […]
Osprey
With the cold Florida weather, flowers and bugs are pretty much non-existent, so the next best awesome species to photograph are birds! So, I took the day to explore with […]
The Great Egret
Simple and Elegant is how I describe the Great Egret https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature-Wildlife/Nature-Videos/Birds/i-SNdGpRd/0/4062a921/1280/Great%20Egret2-1280.mp4 I am currently working on creating more video… it will be an outing to outing process as I […]
Little Blue
The Little Blue Heron… super neat transformation this heron goes through. When they are juveniles their feathers are completely white with dusty bluish tips and going into their immature to […]
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