Month: April 2022

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Bird Photos April 2022

April 30, 2022.  71° Wind 1 to 2 on start, 7 to 10 mph out of the east at finish, partly sunny. Water temp 75°.

Dawn, sun went immediately under some clouds, then poked out a few times.
Dorsal fin of a snook, there were a lot of snook feeding.
Osprey at dawn, not enough light for s shsrp photo!
Snowy Egret.
Nine ducklings!.
Now safe on shore.
Dad
Yellow Crowned Night Heron

April 30, 2022.  71° Wind 1 to 2 on start, 7 to 10 mph out of the east at finish, sunny. Water temp 75°.

Dawn
Allan's photos of the dolphins.
A dolphin going right toward me!
Dolphin went right under me!
Male Cardinal!!
Swallow - one of several making nests everywhere!
Egret on the wing, he has a problem with his left leg.
Osprey on the wing.
Anhinga .
Detail of the Anhinga showing his blue eye makeup.
Yellow Crowned Night Heron.
Detail of Yellow Crowned Night Heron.
Little Blue Heron
Adult Little Blue fishing.
Juvenile Little Blue Heron.
Detail of the Juvenile Little Blue Heron.
Great Blue Heron
Detail of the Great Blue Heron.
Female Duck.

April28, 2022. 72° Light breeze out of the NE (3-4 mph), clear sky turned to light clouds, then cleared again!

Dawn
Racoon very interested in me.
Boat full going out fishing.
I was sitting off of Allan's dock talking when a dolphin came right to me, then under me!
Osprey
Juvenile Ibis.
Great Blue Heron
Ibis on the wing.
Detail of great Blue Heron.
Little Blue Heron.

April 27, 2022. 74° no breeze, sunny.

Laura saw this duckling struggling in the water. The mother and the other sibling left it behind. It appears to have a gash on his head

Laura caught this duckling in a net, it was about to sink. I got him to the Seaside Seabird Center where they have a hospital. Good luck, little duck!
Dawn
Great Blue Heron
Black Crowned Night Heron
Yellow Crowned Night Heron.
Adult Little Blue Heron
Detail of adult Little Blue.
Juvenile Little Blue.
Detail of Juvenile Little Blue.
Mom and two ducklings.
Mom and three ducklings left.
Male Mallard Duck.
Spotted Sandpiper.
Osprey watching me.
Osprey

April 25, 2022. 72° breeze out of the East, sunny.

Dawn
Allan got a good shot of two dolphin this morning!
Scott took this of me talking to Luke's friend.
Yellow Crowned Night Heron hiding in the mangroves.
Anhinga at dawn in the mangroves.
Little Blue Heron with breakfast.
Detail of bug for breakfast.
Little Blue Heron

April 24, 2022. 69° light breeze, sunny.

Dawn
Pelican about dawn.
Marian went with me this morning.
We saw porpoises.
Egret flying by.
What I thought was one bird turned out to be a Hawk! When he saw us he dove down into the mangroves.

April 23, 2022. Cool 69° this morning, water temperature 71°, light breeze, sunny.

Dawn
Cormorant, looks like he just got out of bed!
Detail of Cormorant.
Mallard Duck
Female with three ducklings.
Female with three ducklings.
Great Blue Heron
Detail of Great Blue.
Yellow Crowned Night Heron
Yellow Crowned Night Heron with breakfast.
Yellow Crowned Night Heron posing.
Detail of Yellow Crowned Night Heron.
Rare Black Crowned Night Heron.

April 22, 2022. Cool 69° this morning, light breeze, sunny.

Sunrise
Dove on the oyster bar.
Osprey in the mangroves.
Cormorant on a piling.
Little Green in the shadow of the seawall.
Juvenile Little Blue - he does not have his blue feathers on yet.
Yellow Crowned Night Heron trying to sleep, Do not bother me he says.

April 20, 2022. Cooler this morning only 66°. Sunshine and beautiful.

Cormorant on the swim platform. The hooked beak makes him a Cormorant.
Cormorant getting up on the swim platform to dry off.
Cormorant drying off.
Note the pointed beak, this is an Anhinga.
Anhinga
Anhinga detail
Yellow Crowned Night Heron
Female Duck
Laughing Gulls
Osprey
Osprey on the wing.

April 18, 2022 Another beautiful day.

Dawn
Osprey watching for breakfast.
Male and female duck.
Little Green Heron. one of four this morning.
Another Little Green Heron.
Little Blue Heron
Juvenile Little Blue Heron with a crab for breakfast.
Adult Little Blue Heron

April 17, 2022. Beautiful out,  in the mid 70’s, light breeze.

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Dawn
Yellow Crowned Night Heron
Black Crowned Night Heron
Juvenile Little Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron displaying (Rickie) in front of the nest.
Rickie in front of the nest.
Rickie
Gull
Osprey

April 3 2022. High winds today, 72°, whitecaps. 

Dawn
Egret on the wing
Pelican on a piling
Brown Pelican
Looking at me
Great Blue Heron on the wing
Lucy is in her nest.
Ibis
Boat was named Planet Pluto, but they removed the Pluto when Pluto was downgraded.