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Red-breasted Merganser Portrait

By Mia McPherson|November 25th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Red-breasted Mergansers|Tags: adult, close up, costal, diving ducks, merganser, mergansers, Mergus serrator, portrait, Red-breasted Merganser, waterfowl|

There has only been a few times that I have had the opportunity to get a Red-breasted Merganser portrait and each time it occurred in Florida.

American Oystercatcher Lift Off

By Mia McPherson|February 20th, 2014|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park|Tags: adult, American Oystercatcher, beach, costal, flight, Haematopus palliatus, lift off, oystercatcher, oystercatchers, sand, shorebirds|

One of two species of oystercatchers in North America the American Oystercatchers quickly stole my heart after I first saw them because of their colors, long bills, pink legs and their Goth-like black toenails.