Honeymoon Island State Park

Great Horned Owl Chick In Coastal Florida

By |2024-03-05T04:03:51-07:00March 5th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Horned Owls, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This image of a Great Horned Owl chick resting near its nest on the coast Florida in lovely afternoon light brings back wonderful memories for me. It was 2008.

Utah’s Ospreys Are Back For Their Nesting Season

By |2024-03-14T16:28:36-06:00April 1st, 2021|Categories: Birds, Daggett County, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Florida, Honeymoon Island State Park, Ospreys, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was hoping to find my first of the year Swainson's Hawks yesterday but instead I spotted my first of year Ospreys. 

Ospreys of Honeymoon Island State Park

By |2024-03-14T16:12:19-06:00April 6th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Honeymoon Island State Park, Ospreys, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Honeymoon Island State Park in Pinellas County, Florida is a great place to see and photograph nesting Ospreys, not just one or two nests either, there are often quite a few.

Great Horned Owl Chick on Honeymoon Island State Park

By |2024-03-04T16:41:39-07:00August 28th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Horned Owls, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I spent about three months in 2008 watching a Great Horned Owl nest on Honeymoon Island State Park in Florida from hatching until this young owl fledged.

Whimbrels and Long-billed Curlews

By |2023-04-28T03:35:48-06:00February 27th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Honeymoon Island State Park, Long-billed Curlews, Pinellas County, Whimbrels|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I lived in Florida I was able to see and photograph two of our largest North American shorebirds during winter which are Whimbrels and Long-billed Curlews.

Great Horned Owl and fledgling strongly backlit by the setting sun

By |2024-03-04T16:51:46-07:00March 16th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Horned Owls, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

What can I say about this image of an adult Great Horned Owl feeding its young that is strongly back lit by the setting sun on Honeymoon Island State Park in Florida?

Shades of Blue – Wildflowers, Birds, Sky and Sea

By |2021-10-14T14:26:06-06:00April 17th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Honeymoon Island State Park, Lazuli Buntings, Little Blue Herons, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, San Rafael Swell area, St. Thomas, USVI, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week I was Thinking Pink so this week I thought I would focus on the shades of blues found in wildflowers, birds, the sky and seas.

Sanderlings – Tiny Dynamos

By |2022-12-28T06:35:01-07:00October 5th, 2011|Categories: Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Honeymoon Island State Park, Sanderlings|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Sanderlings can be a challenge to photograph because they move erratically at a very fast pace but creating images of them at their level is well worth the trouble of getting dirty and being exhausted by trying to follow the movements of these tiny dynamos.

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