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Fun Photographing Reddish Egrets In Florida

By |2021-10-09T04:10:38-06:00January 25th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had so much fun photographing Reddish Egrets when I lived in Florida and could see them nearly every time I went to Fort De Soto County Park's north beach.

Roseate Spoonbill in a lagoon with a young Mangrove

By |2024-03-24T07:45:50-06:00January 5th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Roseate Spoonbills|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I can recall vividly the morning I photographed this Roseate Spoonbill in a lagoon with a young mangrove by its legs at Fort De Soto County Park.

Scoop Of Black Skimmers Flying Past Shell Key

By |2022-04-24T06:56:02-06:00October 26th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I haven't seen Black Skimmers in over six years now but in my mind I can still hear them calling when I look at my images of a group of them in flight.

White Ibis and the reflections from mangroves

By |2024-03-15T06:42:13-06:00August 23rd, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, White Ibises|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

These two White Ibis images were taken 19 frames apart and the color of the water changed dramatically as the ibis and I moved north

Reddish Egret hunting along the Gulf Coast of Florida

By |2020-01-25T12:15:37-07:00September 16th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Reddish Egrets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Recently I posted images of a Tricolored Heron and a Black-bellied Plover where I wrote that I enjoyed images that include habitat, the same could be said about this photo of a Reddish Egret hunting on the shoreline of the Gulf Coast.

Tricolored Heron perched in White Mangroves

By |2023-10-06T13:13:22-06:00September 11th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Tricolored Herons, Weedon Island Preserve|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

This image of a Tricolored Heron perched in White Mangroves happens to be the first photo that I had taken of a this species that I was very happy with.

Eastern and Western Willets in breeding plumage

By |2021-04-25T05:26:12-06:00October 7th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Utah, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I've had the good fortune to photograph both the eastern and western Willets in breeding plumage, the eastern in Florida and the western in Utah and Montana.

Landing Wood Stork

By |2016-12-07T12:13:15-07:00August 6th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Wood Storks|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Wood Storks (Mycetaria americana) are the largest wading bird in North America and the only stork that breeds in the U.S.. Wood Storks are considered endangered primarily due to loss of habitat.

Red-winged Blackbirds

By |2020-02-19T15:21:57-07:00March 2nd, 2012|Categories: Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Red-winged Blackbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Red-winged Blackbirds are birds that I associate with spring, the males begin calling perched on top of reeds, cattails, grasses and shrubs and flash their brightly colored coverts to attract a mate.

Little Blue Heron Hunting In A Lagoon

By |2024-03-02T10:45:51-07:00November 5th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Florida, Little Blue Herons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Little Blue Herons were a wading bird that I saw often in Florida. The day I photographed this Little Blue Heron I was sitting quietly in the shallow water of a lagoon when this bird flew in and began to hunt.

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