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Fun Friday: Anybody There?
Wading birds, in particular the herons and egrets, can be comical to watch. As in the case with this Great Egret (Ardea alba), they will often cock their heads at an angle, conjuring up all sorts of possible captions! In reality, they are simply working at minimizing the glare from the water so that they […]
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Tags: behavior, bird photography, birding, Birds, birds, birdwatching, Blog, cute, egret, Florida, Green Cay Wetlands, nature, nature photography, travel, winter
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Has the Hurdle Been Cleared?
Today is the first official day of spring. Day by day, spring seems to be transitioning into Missouri … and not a day too early! A few days ago, I featured some photos of a male Red-winged Blackbird singing along the boardwalk at Green Cay Wetlands, Florida. Just yesterday, I was working out on the […]
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Tags: behavior, bird photography, birding, Birds, birds, blackbird, Blog, Florida, Green Cay Wetlands, nature, nature photography, travel, winter
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The “Rainbow Bird”
Today’s post features the Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus). Walking among the water pools at Green Cay Wetlands, I found several of these birds busy foraging among the shallows: The last image shows the wonderful glossy irridescent bronze-green coloration of this bird, giving it it’s name. In the sun, it looks like a “rainbow bird”. Photography […]
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Tags: behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, Birds, birdwatching, Blog, Florida, Green Cay Wetlands, ibis, nature, nature photography, travel, winter
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Snowy Egret
Today’s post features some Snowy Egrets (Egretta thula) I photographed while they foraged along the boardwalk at Green Cay Wetlands: This next egret has a fish in his beak: Identification of the snowy egret is primarily by the “golden slippers”, differentiating them from the great egret, which has black legs and feet. These birds tend […]
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Tags: behavior, bird photography, birding, Birds, birds, birdwatching, Blog, egret, Florida, Green Cay Wetlands, nature, nature photography, travel, winter
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Sure Sign of Spring
One of the sure signs of spring is the male Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), perched and singing. Lately, my covered front porch has been taken over by a large group of red-winged blackbirds, feeding from my sunflower bird feeders. The photographs below were taken while I was photographing at Green Cay Wetlands in Florida, but […]
Boat-tailed Grackles
Looking out my window this morning, I saw a whole lot of Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles mobbing the feeders on the front porch. That reminded me that I had a new life bird from Florida’s Green Cay that I hadn’t featured yet, so I pulled up my images and am featuring them today. These […]
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Tags: behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, Birds, birdwatching, Blog, Florida, grackle, Green Cay Wetlands, nature, nature photography, travel, winter
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