Carden Alvar birds May 2015

A thrill of an American Bittern fly by.
A wonderful day with MC and Glenda at Carden.
We met some amazing people up there who willingly shared their scope with us so we could see the distant birds.

First sighting of bittern.  It was a long long ways away.

Barn Swallow

Bobolink

Brown Thrashers all over the place

Common Yellowthroat

Meadowlarks
One day I will see one up close

Eastern Phoebe with food for her babies.

Blue birds Female

A family of geese in pond

Grasshopper Sparrow.  What a thrill to see one up close.

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Not a great shot but the Kingbird is showing his red on the crest of his head.

Two kingbirds in battle.  A third joined in.

Redwinged Blackbird

Savannah Sparrow

Tree Swallow

Yellow warbler.
Just a sampling of some of the birds that we saw.
Hopefully MC will send a full list of all the birds.  

Snowy Egret. Oh I love this heron in Florida

He knows he is beautiful 

Splash 

Can you do this.
They drag their legs in the water and push the fish forward and then down goes head to eat it.  

Elegent

Reflections

Love this love this

Tri Coloured Heron in Florida 2015

Another magnificant heron in Florida.

love the markings and so well hidden

Just a lovely bird.  Sanibel Island Florida

Soft Shelled Turtle. Florida Jan 2015

A very unusual turtle that I finally got a really good look at.

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Check out the nose

And the webbed foot

And lastly a bit of turtle mating.  

Vierra Wetland in Florida 2015

Wood Stork in the everglades Florida Jan 2015

What a beautiful prehistoric bird. 

Preparing to fly

In flight.
thank you Donna and Janet for a great trip.

Yellow Crowned Night Heron Florida 2015

Lifer for me a Yellow Crowned Night Heron.  I know this was back in January but better late than never.

Amazing to watch this adult hunt.  The best part was that this was a lifer for me but also sitting beside me in Ding Darling Wildlife Park was a friend from Toronto Frank Williams.  What a surprise we both had when the heron left. 

Hunting lizards and crabs

Bonus was seeing a juvenile Yellow Crowned Night Heron also hunting for crabs.

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