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Semipalmated Plover Images

By |2021-10-29T06:02:44-06:00October 29th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Semipalmated Plovers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While rifling through my archives I came across some of my Semipalmated Plover photos that I took on the north beach at Fort De Soto County Park in 2008.

Sharing Sunrise With A Greater Yellowlegs

By |2021-08-17T06:11:56-06:00August 17th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Greater Yellowlegs, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I lived in Florida it wasn't unusual for me to share sunrise alone with birds at the north beach of Fort De Soto. Thirteen years ago I did just that with a Greater Yellowlegs.

Sunrise with a Long-billed Curlew In A Florida Lagoon

By |2022-06-05T15:03:18-06:00May 27th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Long-billed Curlews, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I will say that my favorite and most memorable times photographing Long-billed Curlews happened while I was still living in Florida well away from their breeding grounds.

What An Odd Mother’s Day But It Is Mother’s Day Nonetheless

By |2022-08-16T04:10:22-06:00May 10th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Black-bellied Plovers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning I opted to go back in time to a "normal" Mother's Day by pulling a Black-bellied Plover photo from my archives that was taken on Mother's Day in 2009.

Fun Photographing Reddish Egrets In Florida

By |2021-10-09T04:10:38-06:00January 25th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had so much fun photographing Reddish Egrets when I lived in Florida and could see them nearly every time I went to Fort De Soto County Park's north beach.

Photographing The Earth’s Shadow With A Great Blue Heron

By |2021-04-17T18:12:42-06:00October 27th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Because I arrived at twilight that morning and had a clear sky I knew that I could take photos of the Great Blue Heron with the blue colored Earth's Shadow and pink Belt of Venus behind it.

I’m On The Look Out For Caspian Terns

By |2023-05-04T16:22:18-06:00April 23rd, 2019|Categories: Birds, Caspian Terns, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The day I came home from camping in the West Desert the first bird calls I heard were from several Caspian Terns in flight overhead that were squabbling and diving at each other.

Reddish Egret In A Lagoon With Clouds Reflecting On The Water

By |2022-10-02T11:10:31-06:00January 20th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It has been nearly ten years since I took this photo and it remains one of my favorite Reddish Egret photos because of the clouds reflecting on the still waters of a lagoon at Fort De Soto County Park.

Pair of Reddish Egrets Fighting Over Food

By |2018-02-16T05:32:23-07:00February 16th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I had been photographing just one Reddish Egret dancing in the waves as it caught fish after fish and fought with the Ring-billed and Laughing Gulls over its prey when a second Reddish Egret flew in.

Great Egret – Snowy Egret Size and Appearance Comparison

By |2024-02-18T16:07:23-07:00February 1st, 2018|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Egrets, Pinellas County, Snowy Egrets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There are some other differences between Great and Snowy Egrets in appearance of course but I think the comparisons I have written about are the most helpful for me in the field for identification and may be for other people too.

Differences in Photographing Greater Yellowlegs in Florida and Utah

By |2021-08-17T05:42:39-06:00October 29th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Greater Yellowlegs, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There are big differences in the ways I photograph Greater Yellowlegs here in Utah than there were when I photographed them in Florida.

Snowy Egret Wading in Dark Water

By |2021-05-21T04:32:55-06:00June 23rd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Snowy Egrets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

I knew when I photographed this Snowy Egret in a shallow lagoon at Fort De Soto County Park that the dark reflections of the mangroves and mangrove roots on the water would produce a high contrast image.

White Ibis in a Lagoon – Getting Down & Dirty for the Low Angle Photo

By |2017-04-15T05:16:27-06:00April 15th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, White Ibises|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I was able to take a nice series of low angle images of this White Ibis in the blue lagoon by staying still as it hunted for food with my lens about an inch or two above the water.

Listening for Long-billed Curlews

By |2020-03-29T10:53:56-06:00March 2nd, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Long-billed Curlews, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The first of March always makes me think of and listen for Long-billed Curlews, our largest shorebird of North America.

Greater Yellowlegs in Florida and Utah

By |2021-08-17T05:39:43-06:00February 25th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Greater Yellowlegs, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I expect to see Greater Yellowlegs soon because they are one of the first shorebirds to migrate through Utah on their way to their breeding grounds.

Paying Attention to the Birds Beyond My Subject – The Surprise Curlew Behind the Reddish Egret

By |2020-07-24T06:23:24-06:00January 6th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Long-billed Curlews, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I kept this photo of the Reddish Egret with the surprise curlew in the background not because it is a great image but to remind myself to look beyond the subject in front of me.

It is Tricolored Heron Not Tri-colored Heron

By |2020-01-19T04:22:27-07:00November 27th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Tricolored Herons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

I must admit I get a little bonkers though when I see images of birds where the name posted for the species in the photo is incorrect, for instance, it is Tricolored Heron not Tri-colored Heron.

Juvenile Roseate Spoonbill on Florida’s West Coast

By |2016-12-07T12:05:23-07:00November 25th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Roseate Spoonbills|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

I photographed this juvenile Roseate Spoonbill in May of 2008 from inside a lagoon at Fort De Soto's north while the immature spoonbill and a few adults preened and rested on the shoreline.

Dreaming of Oystercatchers

By |2020-05-16T10:20:54-06:00June 23rd, 2016|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last night I spent some time dreaming of oystercatchers. I could hear them in my dream and see them scurrying along the waves.

Roseate Spoonbill in a lagoon with a young Mangrove

By |2020-05-19T17:39:21-06:00January 5th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Roseate Spoonbills|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I can recall vividly the morning I photographed this Roseate Spoonbill in a lagoon with a young mangrove by its legs at Fort De Soto County Park.

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