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1D4_01484 Roseate Spoonbill and Tricolored Heron These 2 birds were fishing in the same ponds, and crossed paths, creating a somewhat different shot than the usual. 1D4_01484 |
1D4_01501 Reddish Egret in Flight The wingtips barely touching the water's surface made this shot for me. 1D4_01501 |
1D4_01519 Sandhill Crane Pair We had visited Viera Wetlands a couple of years ago, and once again found some nesting Sandhill Cranes, on the nest. This pair was quite vocal for a while! 1D4_01519 |
1D4_01528 Pied-billed Grebe We saw quite a few, with this one doing quite a lot of stretching and flapping of its wings. 1D4_01528 |
1D4_01597 Red-shouldered Hawk (Immature) We were excited to come across this Raptor perched in a tree. I initially identified it as a Northern Harrier, but through the kind attention of Peter May, have now labelled it correctly. The next image shows an actual Northern Harrier. Since we spotted this one in the tree around the same time as the Harrier made several fly-bys, I mistakenly thought it was the same species. Thanks, Peter, for the correction! 1D4_01597 |
1D4_01540 Northern Harrier There were several fly-bys of this Raptor, affording us a few opportunities to catch it in flight. It took some patience to hang around waiting, but we were eventually rewarded! 1D4_01540 |
1D4_01551 Cattle Egret in Flight We were there the right time of year to get some nice breeding coloring in these birds. 1D4_01551 |
1D4_01562 Great Blue Heron Pair Mating There was quite a lot of activity at Wakodahatchee, incluidng this mating pair of Herons. It's a little hard to see at this size, but the male has its beak firmly grasping the female's neck. 1D4_01562 |
1D4_01577 Double-crested Cormorant with Nesting Material The Cormorants were extremely active building their nests, and were constantly bringing large, leafy branches from nearby trees. I don't know how many frames I shot, but this is one of my favorites. 1D4_01577 |
1D4_01605 American Bittern Despite being in their habitat on multiple occasions, I hadn't been lucky enough to photograph this species until this trip. For the most part, it stayed deeply hidden and camouflaged, but did venture out somewhat on occasion. 1D4_01605 |
1D4_01620 Glossy Ibis in Flight One of the few flight shots I have of this Ibis species. 1D4_01620 |
1D4_01611 Limpkin Having very few images of this species, I was glad to find this one perched in some nearby trees early one morning. 1D4_01611 |
1D4_01622 Limpkin with Apple Snail Not being familiar with their feeding habits, I was surprised to see this one carrying and then eating this very large snail. We did some reading, and learned that the Apple Snail is one of its favorite foods. 1D4_01622 |
1D4_01637 Purple Gallinule We often see this beautiful species at the Anhinga Trail, but this one was just pulling and pulling on the vegetation showing here, creating a little different image than usual. 1D4_01637 |
1D4_01657 Cormorant with Catfish 1 We were on our way out of the Anhinga Trail, when we came across several people shooting something in the grass. As we got closer, we were pleasantly surprised to see this Cormorant trying to eat a fairly large Catfish it had just caught. 1D4_01657 |
1D4_01651 Cormorant with Catfish 2 He must have struggled with the Catfish for 15 minutes or more, and eventually got it in the right position, and swallowed it! 1D4_01651 |
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Roseate Spoonbill in Flight
This beautiful bird was perching on some bushes nearby, and abruptly took off, giving us a brief opportunity for some flight shots.