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Another Harns Marsh Preserve Fail

Another Harns Marsh Preserve Fail

August 6, 2016December 23, 2019 Bob Pelkey Leave a comment

Having missed the Everglade Snail Kite at Harns Marsh Preserve last week, I was compelled to make a follow up trip on 26 July to attempt to observe the species. I was much more observant to find Apple Snail eggs as well. The clutch of eggs above I questimate to contain 500, well within the […]

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Little Estero Lagoon Spring Nesting

Little Estero Lagoon Spring Nesting

June 1, 2016December 23, 2019 Bob Pelkey Leave a comment

An early May visit to Little Estero Lagoon south of Fort Myers Beach was very rewarding with a walk of the beach beginning at the Wyndham Garden Hotel. The north lagoon was active with wading birds like I had never seen before at this location. There was a feeding frenzy underway the likes of which […]

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Pictures Don’t Always Tell The Whole Story

Pictures Don’t Always Tell The Whole Story

May 1, 2016December 23, 2019 Larry Nichols 1 Comment

It’s hard for me to remember what it was like to go birding without bringing my camera along. I like having a visual record of what I see but there is a lot that happens when I’m birding that I never capture on film. For example, seconds after I saw this American Oystercatcher a jolly […]

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Bunche Beach Preserve:  Sunrise West End

Bunche Beach Preserve: Sunrise West End

April 21, 2016December 23, 2019 Bob Pelkey Leave a comment

Recent days, weeks, and months have offered great birding possibilities at Bunche Beach Preserve in South Fort Myers.           The Reddish Egret with prey above (image 1) was photographed at Bunche Beach Preserve in April 2016. An early April visit to Bunche followed my January visit when an American Flamingo was […]

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Wakodahatchee Wetlands, 1/2/2016

Wakodahatchee Wetlands, 1/2/2016

January 14, 2016December 23, 2019 Scott Simmons 1 Comment

On New Year’s Day our family drove down to Palm Beach County to visit my brother-in-law. The following morning I decided to visit Wakodahatchee Wetlands. It’s a wonderful place with a beautifully maintained board walk that takes you through the wetlands. My primary hope was to see the Neotropic Cormorant that has been hanging out […]

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Admiring a Great Blue Heron

Admiring a Great Blue Heron

October 20, 2015December 23, 2019 Julie Feinstein Leave a comment

I was admiring this photo of a great blue heron and its shadow when I remembered the poem “Heron Rises from the Dark, Summer Pond” by Mary Oliver:           So heavy is the long-necked, long-bodied heron, always it is a surprise when her smoke-colored wings open and she turns from the […]

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Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, 8/21/2015

Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, 8/21/2015

September 1, 2015December 23, 2019 Scott Simmons Leave a comment

This past Saturday I visited the wildlife drive at Lake Apopka. I was hoping to get some nice migrant activity, and I was not disappointed. Yellow Warblers were everywhere! I estimated 20 of them, but I think I underestimated. In one little spot along the lakeshore there were perhaps 10 Yellow Warblers, 2 Prothonotary Warblers, […]

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Great Blue Heron With Fish

Great Blue Heron With Fish

April 2, 2015December 23, 2019 Scott Simmons 1 Comment

This morning I drove to the marina on Lake Monroe. It was about this time of year that a Royal Tern showed up here last year, and I thought it might be worth checking to see if it might return. I didn’t find it, but I did see a Great Blue Heron. It looked like […]

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