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July Birds of Florida

More July photos, no changes to the weather.

Brown Pelican.
Black Skimmer
White Chested Hawk
Oyster Catcher
Juvenile Little Blue Heron
Yellow Crowned Night Heron with breakfast of crab.
Egret on the wing.
Snowy
Great Blue Heron
Osprey with breakfast.
Duckling that comes to my kayak looking for a handout.
Little Green Heron
Photo of a Little Green Heron taken by Jim with his cell phone. The Little Green had landed right beside him.
Female Anhinga, she sits in the same mangrove bush every day.
Male Anhinga.

The dolphin was going back and forth chasing fish just in front of me, I hoped that he would not get any closer or I would be going for a swim!

July 3 to 10, weather about 84° every day with breezes ranging from none to 7 mph. People said that they did not want daily updates, so I decided to do this weekly.

A boat under the bridge with no identification?
Dolphin seen every few days. They chase fish for breakfast.
A friend's hunting dog, a very nice friendly dog.
Looks like the Gray Kingbird.
Anhinga
White-tailed Hawk. He was in the Great Blue Heron's abandoned nest this morning.
Brown Pelican
Mom and three new ducklings.
Ibis
Juvenile Ibis
Juvenile Little Blue Heron.
Snowy Egret
Egret
Egrets are herons, generally long-legged wading birds, that have white or buff plumage, developing fine plumes during the breeding season. Egrets are not a biologically distinct group from herons and have the same build.
Osprey
Juvenile Little Green Heron
I have seen the Black Skimmer multiple times, but when he passed15 feet in front of me doing 30 miles an hour, all I got was blurry mangrove!
Great Blue Heron

Saturday, July 2, 2022. Warm 80°, light breeze, sunny, water with one to two inch waves..

Dawn
Mother and baby dolphins.
Another dolphin, I also saw a manatee, but no photo.
Juvenile Little Green Heron, three babies and a parent were out running around on the docks and boats.
Yellow Crowned Night Heron in the shadows at dawn.
Very young Night Heron.
Another juvenile, just a hint of light feathers on his forehead, he may become a Yellow Crown, will not know until he grows up if he will be Yellow Crown or Black Crown.
Little Blue Heron, his baby white feathers are falling out and his adult blue feathers are coming in.
Snowy
Ducks on the wing.
Three Amigo's still together.
No Ibis at the oyster bar, just up a tree.
Dove
Osprey on mast.
Laughing Gull.
Anhinga in the mangroves.
Brown Pelican
My most recent stalk of bananas, 128 so far.

Friday, July 1, 2022. 89°, light breeze, 4 inch chop out of the SE. Sunny day.

Dawn
Yellow Crowned Night Heron at dawn on the oyster bar.
Ibis shaking the crab to fling off its arms. The secondary eyelid is closed to protect its eyes, humans have the remainder of that secondary eyelid, but it no longer functions.
Osprey on top of a mast.
Adult Little Green, there are three or more juveniles running all around too!
Brown Pelican
He has got one eye on me!
Black Skimmer, the water has cleared up and he is skimming everywhere, I saw him three times, but too far away most of the time.

One reply on “July Birds of Florida”

Hey John, this is Bob on Bear Creek. I’ve been off the grid for a while I’ve been in Ontario at lake of the woods in a family cottage for the last couple of weeks. I’ve been catching up to your pictures they’re beautiful ever. I’ll be sitting out back soon

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