Roosevelt Wetlands

Tricolored Herons In Florida Habitats

By |2023-10-06T13:12:32-06:00January 19th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands, Tricolored Herons, Weedon Island Preserve|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I lived in Florida Tricolored Herons were among my favorite wading birds to photograph and I found them in many different types of habitats.

Age Related Color Morphs of Little Blue Herons

By |2024-03-14T04:01:20-06:00March 22nd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Little Blue Herons, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Little Blue Herons start off their lives with white plumage, then look piebald with blue and white fathers and finally look more "blue" as adults.

Comparing Common Gallinules and American Coots

By |2021-09-12T05:04:11-06:00February 21st, 2017|Categories: American Coots, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Common Gallinules, Florida, Lake Carillon, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Common Gallinules and American Coots are both from the Rallidae family and there are some similarities in their appearance, for instance both have a triangular bill with a frontal shield at the top.

International Vulture Awareness Day 2016

By |2023-09-02T04:21:07-06:00September 3rd, 2016|Categories: Birds, Black Vultures, Box Elder County, Florida, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Vultures and condors are scavengers and help to clean up the environment by consuming carrion, road kill and gut piles left from the kills of human and non-human hunters.

Wildflowers for Valentine’s Day

By |2016-12-07T12:10:08-07:00February 14th, 2014|Categories: Florida, Roosevelt Wetlands, Sawgrass Lake Park, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , |

Happy Valentine's Day! I never much cared for cut flowers and prefer to see them in nature so today I present a wet American White Waterlily I photographed in 2007 at Sawgrass Lake Park in Florida.

Earth Day 2013

By |2022-04-22T04:12:00-06:00April 22nd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Coyotes, Dragonflies, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Reddish Egrets, Roosevelt Wetlands, Utah, Wildlife, Zion National Park|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I wanted to share these images because today is Earth Day.

Hidden Treasures

By |2017-10-11T06:07:58-06:00December 24th, 2010|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Burrowing Owls, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Glacier County, Gray Partridges, Least Bitterns, Montana, Roosevelt Wetlands, Tricolored Herons, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

As a bird photographer I often strive for images where the subjects are out in the open, without distractions in the fore or background, but as with any photographic "rule", they are made to be broken.

Great Blue Herons

By |2024-03-14T06:40:15-06:00September 26th, 2010|Categories: Bird ID, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Great Blue Herons are North America's largest heron and one of the three largest herons in the world.

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