Posted on 08/21/2016 3:14:07 PM PDT by Islander7
It's been 2 1/2 months since the last birdy thread was posted. Florida is a bit too hot for this old man to get out and shoot much in high summer. However, today I had a visitor. A little blue heron was feeding on my front lawn. That seemed a tad unusual.
There was also a flock of white ibis. This time of year the ibis begin to gather in larger and larger flocks preparing for their winter migration. I got a face shot of this youngster. Their eyes are cool
Several weeks ago I saw a family of Florida Mottled ducks on lake Jackson. This family started out with 10 hatchlings, only 2 appear to have survived. Snakes, raccoons and gators have to eat too.
Then there is my new favorite bird, the limpkin.
For good measure, here's a shot of yesterdays sunset on Lake Jackson.
I haven't been getting much recently either, so I dug out a few from the way back machine...
Great Blue Heron stalking in the reeds.
Ibis, not sure which one.
Snowy Egret nabbing a Shad
Foggy mornings on the same lake were great for photography, another great Blue Heron on a stump. (Could also be a Tricolored Heron, hard to tell.)
I set up a log from a tree we cut down that I use as a feeder, the Carolina Chickadee is a regular visitor. Difficult to get a shot at all, they grab a sunflower seed (always, nothing else) and leave in about 3 seconds max, I get one shot for about every 20 attempts.
And since he's been mentioned a couple of times, the Tufted Titmouse. They also grab nothing but sunflower seeds.
Most of there are from 2012, I think the Chickadee and Titmouse were from 2013.
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