Thursday, March 10, 2022

Some Local Birds

 Thursday March 10th


Bronzed Cowbird
Fort Myers Shores, Florida

Spending less time traveling these days in search of interesting birds. So, I've been staying close to home to enjoy the nature surrounding us here.

Burrowing Owls
Cape Coral, Florida

Monk Parakeets
Cape Coral, Florida

Monk Parakeets
Cape Coral, Florida


Pileated Woodpecker
Six-Mile Cypress Preserve

Eurasian Starling at
West Marsh Preserve - Lehigh Acres, Florida

Great Blue Heron
Six-Mile Cypress Preserve

Gray-headed Swamphen
Harns Marsh Preserve, Lehigh Acres, Florida

Pine Warbler
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County, Florida

Turkey Vulture
Harns Marsh Preserve, Lehigh Acres, Florida




Painted Bunting
Fort Myers Shores, Florida


Bald Eagle
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County, Florida

Dunlins are wintering at
Bunche Beach Preserve, Fort Myers



Brown-headed Cowbirds
Fort Myers Shores, Florida


Florida Sandhill Crane
Harns Marsh Preserve, Lehigh Acres, Florida

A pair of Florida Sandhill Crane with their chicks
Baby cranes are called Colts
Harns Marsh Preserve, Lehigh Acres, Florida

Loggerhead Shrike at
West Marsh Preserve - Lehigh Acres, Florida

White Ibis
Fort Myers Shores, Florida


Eurasian Collared Dove
Fort Myers Shores, Florida


Merlin
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County, Florida

Great Crested Flycatcher
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County, Florida

Northern Cardinal
Fort Myers Shores, Florida


Northern Cardinal
Fort Myers Shores, Florida

White-winged Dove
Fort Myers Shores, Florida

Black-crowned Night-heron
Six-Mile Cypress Preserve

Piping Plovers are wintering at
Bunche Beach Preserve, Fort Myers

Red-bellied Woodpecker
Fort Myers Shores, Florida

Cattle Egret
Harns Marsh Preserve - Lehigh Acres, Florida

White Pelican on Sanibel Island

Willet at Bunch Beach, Fort Myers

A large flock of Nanday Parakeets
 seen in Fort Myers

Muscovy Ducks
Six-Mile Cypress Preserve



Common Ground Dove
Fort Myers Shores, Florida



Wednesday, February 16, 2022

South Florida

 Wednesday February 16th

Recently spent three days on birding trips around southern Florida.  A few pics

Yellow-chevroned Parakeets
Coral Gables, Florida
February 2022

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet enjoying some figs
Coral Gables, Florida
February 2022

Yellow-chevroned Parakeets
Coral Gables, Florida
February 2022


An endangered Stock Island Tree Snail
Key Largo, Florida
February 2022

Herring Gull
Clewiston, Florida
February 2022

Yellow-chevroned Parakeets
Coral Gables, Florida
February 2022

Egyptian Goose
Kendell, Florida
February 2022


Tuesday, January 25, 2022

A Few Pics

 Friday January 21st


White Peacock butterfly dining on Spanish Needles
at Babcock-Webb WMA, Charlotte County Florida

Glade Lobelia
at Babcock-Webb

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks
seen near RSW Airport

Agama Lizard
spotted at the drive-through at Popeyes Chicken in Labelle

Vermilion Flycatcher
at Belle Glade Marin
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Indigo Bunting
at Belle Glade Marin
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Tricolored Munia
at Belle Glade Marin
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Green Heron
Lakes Park, Fort Myers, Florida



White-tailed Deer
at Myakka River State Park

Hairy Shadow Witch
at Fakahatchee Strand State Park

Northern Cardinal
The Celery Fields - Sarasota, Florida

Red-shouldered Hawk
at Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island

Brown Pelican
Ding Darling NWR - Sanibel Island

Roseate Spoonbill
Myakka River State Park




Sunday, January 9, 2022

New Year

 Sunday January 9th


River Otter

Ventured out to build a fresh list for a new year.  Visited venues throughout the area looking for interesting birdlife. At Torrey Island at Belle Glade saw that the Vermilion Flycatcher was still active as were a pair of River Otters.  Was told that it was suspected that the otters were being fed as they showed little concern with the walkers and birders.

Went back out to the cane fields to look for the raptors seen recently. Succeeded in relocating the White-tailed Kite, Northern Harriers, Bald Eagles, American Kestrels, Peregrin Falcon, Barn Owl and Red-tailed Hawks. Dipped on finding swainsen's hawk.



American Kestrel at Belle Glade Marina

Peregrine Falcon




Northern Rough-winged Swallow at Belle Glade Marina

Bald Eagles


Lots of the shorebirds and seabirds located at Bunche Beach and Fort DeSoto. 


Snowy Egret at Fort DeSoto Park

Red Knot at Fort DeSoto

Banded Piping Plover at Fort DeSoto

Red-breasted Merganser at Fort DeSoto

Caspen Tern at Fort DeSoto

Black-bellied Plover at Fort DeSoto

Brown Pelicans at Fort DeSoto

American Oystercatcher at Fort DeSoto


Limpkin at Six-Mile Cypress Slough Reserve