Egmont Key

How An American Oystercatcher Ruined A New Pair Of Pants

By Mia McPherson|November 6th, 2020|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, American Oystercatcher, beach, cut, Egmont Key, Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, oystercatcher, oystercatchers, pants, ruined, sand, shorebirds, shoreline, surf, water, waves|

Today's post is about an American Oystercatcher image taken in 2009 at Egmont Key in Pinellas County, Florida and the story behind it.

4 Years ago today when Hurricane Ike stirred things up at Fort De Soto

By Mia McPherson|September 12th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Laughing Gulls, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets, Ring-billed Gulls, Willets|Tags: bird photography, Black Skimmer, Egmont Key, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, Gulf of Mexico, gull, gulls, Hurricane Ike, Larus delawarensis, Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, Reddish Egret, Ring-billed Gull, Rynchops niger, skimmer, Tringa semipalmata, wading birds, waves, Willet|

Four years ago today Hurricane Ike was out in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico and the waves that it generated made a strong splash at Fort De Soto County Park.