Florida Birds

[Dbl]

A few from my past week in Florida. Record high temps were set 3 of the days I was there, in the Low 90's Here is a VERY small sampling of shots.

#1 Egret on white sand.

#2. Many, many Osprey

#3. Oyster Catcher

#4. Busy Egret

#5. Little Blue Heron with crayfish, I ended up with a few series of him eating crayfish.

#6. Great Blue Heron

#7. Female Anhinga

#8. Black Crowned Night Heron

#9. Every night was a beautiful sunset!

#10.

[Canon Guy]

Really nice series!

[ShawnZ]

Great series DBL. Makes me want to get in my vehicle and head south for a week

Would love to see a Anhinga in breeding plumage like that....gorgeous.

Love the oystercatcher too...such a great shorebird in terms of physical features.

Just to be a geek....The first image is a snowy egret, and the third to

last is a black crowned night heron

Thanks for sharing these.

[Dbl]

Thanks ShawnZ, we had the debate back and fourth on the night heron but you are correct. We saw so many varieties of birds I was trying to keep track of all of them. I have corrected my post.

[CAMAN]

Very nice shots Dbl!

That Oyster Catcher sure is a cool looking bird.

[Jim Almquist]

What a great series Dan. They are all such interesting birds but its great to see the ones that never get up here.

[Sturg]

What is an Anahinga? Is it a type of heron? Very nice photos!

[MuleShack]

These look so much better on a big monitor. I checked them out on my phone yesterday and they were still great, but they just look so much more like Florida on the big screen.

Nice work.

[captainshane]

Nice work. The last time I was in Florida was Daytona Beach. Didn't see any birds, just other stuff.

[Dbl]

What is an Anahinga? Is it a type of heron? Very nice photos!

The anhinga is very similar to the cormorant, in fact they are seen side by side in Florida. The quickest way for me to tell the difference is the Anhinga has a skinny neck. Anhinga's are in tropical and subtropical climates only.

[MN Shutterbug]

Florida sure has the diversity. I'll bet you took more avian pics on this trip than ever before. Love the Night Heron.

[eyeguy 54]

Dandys!