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Stretching Green Heron at Sawgrass Lake Park

By Mia McPherson|November 8th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Green Herons, Pinellas County, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: adult, branch, Butorides virescens, Green Heron, heron, herons, inland, maple swamp, stretching, swamp, wading bird, wading birds, water, wetlands|

This Green Heron was photographed from and elevated boardwalk at Sawgrass Lake Park, it had been preening when I walked slowly up to it and when it stretched its wing I took this image.

Franklin’s Gull and Laughing Gull Comparison

By Mia McPherson|May 2nd, 2016|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Brine Flies, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Franklin's Gulls, Laughing Gulls, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: bird identification, brine flies, brine fly, chests, coastal, comparison, dark hoods, eye-arcs, Franklin's Gull, grasslands, gull, gulls, inland, Interior West, Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, Leucophaeus pipixcan, mirrors, pink tint, prairie, primaries, reddish legs, similar, similarities|

I know this isn't a complete Franklin's Gull and Laughing Gull comparison but I'm not a scientist, just a bird photographer and bird lover.