At certain times of year, the plant life in the wetlands just gets to be TOO MUCH! Even an alligator could get stuck! 🐊
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One of our most striking Florida birds is the Roseate Spoonbill. Adult Roseate Spoonbills, especially in breeding colors, look stunning in any pose. Their new, paler-pink fledglings have learned to open those great wings and take short flights, but they’re still a bit unsteady here! Getting ready for take-off . . . Sometimes they manage […]
Very small fish make up more than 90% of the Tricolored Heron (TCH)’s diet, so it always amazes me how much energy they invest in catching these little morsels of food! ☺️ Unlike Great Blue Herons and Little Blue Herons, who are very deliberate, slow and patient foragers, the Tricoloreds are generally much more active. […]
April – May is a great time to spot VERY CUTE baby birds in the wetlands! ☀️ Two hungry Red-winged Blackbird fledglings beg mama to hurry back with more breakfast. Red-winged Blackbirds usually have a clutch of 2-4 eggs, which they incubate for about two weeks. But the chicks soon fledge and leave the nest […]
I’ve written MANY posts about Red-winged Blackbirds (RWBBs) (BirdersJourney) over the years, but it’s always exciting the first time I spot new nests – and eggs! – in the spring. The mom who laid these eggs was sitting on them but flew off just after I caught sight of her. This female was still working […]
We took a very lovely stroll in our local wetlands tonight. Just before sunset…. So serene! So tranquil! 😌
I noticed some rustling amidst the leafy tree branches on my walk this morning and stopped for a closer look. Sure enough, a juvenile Purple Gallinule was peeking out from a tree right next to the boardwalk. His soft, brown plumage and the subtle blue shield above his beak are distinctive characteristics which distinguish this […]
I spotted this handsome Great Blue Heron on the morning of Valentine’s Day, last February 14 ♥️. In late winter to early spring our Great Blue Herons begin to engage in “elaborate courtship and pair-bonding displays…” (All About Birds) “Displays include stretching neck up with bill pointing skyward, flying in circles above colony with neck […]
I’ve always been partial to Little Blue Herons, the elegant wading birds who are entirely white as juveniles, then gradually develop patches of blue plumage until they mature into entirely blue adults. (All About Birds – Little Blue Heron). On a trip to Merritt Island NWR I was admiring the sleek Little Blue Heron in […]
It was springtime and romance was in the air in the wetlands 💚 But somehow this draft post of the dating and mating season got lost in my files! Better late than never!☀️ These lovebird Great Egrets eventually had chicks – the youngsters have long since fledged and moved on. ☀️
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