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American Oystercatcher Images From Florida

By |August 29th, 2025|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, Egmont Key State Park, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I am sharing a group of American Oystercatcher photos today that were taken at Fort De Soto County Park and Egmont Key from when I lived in Florida.

Great Blue Heron Memories From Fort De Soto

By |August 21st, 2025|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It seems a little dreamy, but some of these Great Blue Heron photos taken at Fort De Soto County Park in Florida are almost 20 years old now!

Whimbrel Memories And High Hopes

By |March 22nd, 2025|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Honeymoon Island State Park, Hudsonian Whimbrels, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was working on some older posts when I came across a few Whimbrel photos I’d never written about before, including this one from Fort De Soto County Park.

Willet And The Gulf Of Mexico

By |January 27th, 2025|Categories: Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I dug way back into my archives for this photo of a Willet with waves rolling in from the Gulf of Mexico, taken in 2008 at Fort De Soto County Park in Florida.

Great Horned Owl Chick In Coastal Florida

By |March 5th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Horned Owls, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This image of a Great Horned Owl chick resting near its nest on the coast Florida in lovely afternoon light brings back wonderful memories for me. It was 2008.

When the S___ Hits the Fan, Go To a Happy Place

By |March 7th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Egrets, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

The sun hadn't yet come up when I spotted this Great Egret in the tidal lagoon with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in the background and it looked like the water was on fire.

Dancing Wilson’s Plover – Or At Least It Looks That Way

By |February 7th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Wilson's Plovers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On a May morning in 2008 while photographing this Wilson's Plover it began to scratch itself with its foot and when I took this photo it looked like the plover was dancing.

Fish Crow in flight over Egmont Key, Florida – Why So Many Views

By |November 4th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Egmont Key State Park, Fish Crows, Florida, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This Fish Crow in flight over Egmont Key In Florida image isn't the best, I see many flaws in it, but on my old photo gallery this photo had by far the most views in the entire gallery.

Sleeping Juvenile Sanderling On The Beach At Fort De Soto

By |August 12th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Sanderlings|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I look at this photo of the juvenile Sanderling I see a bird that was so relaxed that it fell asleep while I photographed it because it was comfortable with my presence and I felt honored that it was.

Breeding and Nonbreeding Forster’s Terns

By |April 26th, 2017|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Florida, Forster's Terns, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The differences in breeding and nonbreeding plumage of Forster's Terns is enough that some bird watching and bird photography novices might even think that they are two different species of terns.

Close Up American Herring Gull In Flight With A Sea Urchin

By |October 7th, 2016|Categories: American Herring Gulls, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was able to lock on to the Herring Gull in flight with a sea urchin in its bill when it was close enough to me to fill the frame, it was almost too close at that point.

Dunlin Running Along The Shore Of The Gulf

By |February 1st, 2016|Categories: Birds, Dunlins, Florida, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This Dunlin was just about finished molting into its breeding plumage and would have soon been on its way to the Arctic and sub-Arctic tundra to breed and raise its young.

An Osprey And A Whiting Over Fort De Soto

By |October 20th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Ospreys, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This Osprey image was taken in April of 2009 at Fort De Soto's north beach. I had been photographing smaller birds that were close to me when I noticed the Osprey flying in with a whiting.

Little Blue Heron Portrait

By |September 12th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Little Blue Herons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This is another image I came across last week and wondered why I hadn't processed it because I don't have many Little Blue Heron portraits in my portfolio.

Sunrise From Another Place And Time

By |September 1st, 2014|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The reason Utah got uglier is that today Crow hunting killing season begins for the first time in the state so the day is already off on a bad start.

Least Sandpiper At The Lagoon’s Edge

By |August 19th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Least Sandpipers, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I came across this diminutive Least Sandpiper while photographing Greater Yellowlegs at a tidal lagoon at Fort De Soto's north beach in the fall of 2008.

Semipalmated Plover – Small In Frame With Layers Of Color

By |July 13th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Semipalmated Plovers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This photo of a Semipalmated Plover on the shore of the Gulf was purposely photographed so that the plover would be small in the frame

American Oystercatcher In Sea Foam

By |June 13th, 2014|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Florida, Florida Botanical Gardens|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Just a simple post of an American Oystercatcher about to be awash in sea foam at Fort De Soto's north beach taken back in September of 2008.

Great Horned Owl and fledgling strongly backlit by the setting sun

By |March 16th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Horned Owls, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

What can I say about this image of an adult Great Horned Owl feeding its young that is strongly back lit by the setting sun on Honeymoon Island State Park in Florida?

Gotta Love Those Shorebirds – Semipalmated Plover

By |December 2nd, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Semipalmated Plovers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

I photographed this Semipalmated Plover as it foraged along the Gulf of Mexico in Florida in 2008 while I laid flat on the wet sand getting soaked as the waves pushed onto the shore around the sand bar in the distance.

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