Tag Archive | Nature Photography
The Piscivorous Double-crested Cormorant
Visit the any U.S. shoreline or inland waterway and you are sure to find this ubiquitous bird. It is one of the oldest birds; its ancestors date back to the dinosaurs. The cormorant has an insatiable appetite for fish. It is a superb swimmer, using its powerful legs and webbed feet to propel […]
Laughter at the Beach
If you were a paranoid person, you might mistaken the high pitched laughs at the beach for a women making fun of you. In reality, you are hearing the LOL of the laughing gull, a medium sized gull of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Dozens of these medium sized gulls hang out in the shallow […]
Foggy Morning
A dense fog forms overnight along the west coast of Florida. It lingers until late morning giving me an opportunity to snap a few photographs along the edge of Lake Tsala Apopka in Citrus County. It is a surreal landscape, quiet, misty, and subdued. The water laps gently along the shore. I hear the plop […]
Parasitic Birds
Brown-headed cowbirds came to my bird feeder yesterday. I am not a fan of this bird because it is responsible for the decline of many species of warblers. Cow birds were once restricted to the prairies of the mid-west. Although cowbirds eat seeds, insects are a significant part of their diet. These bird followed the […]
Wintering Chipping Sparrows
For me, seeing chipping sparrows in Florida in the middle of the winter is strange. That’s because when I lived in New York, the chipping sparrow was an indication of spring, not a sign of winter. Chipping sparrows returned from their southern wintering grounds in March. The sparrows built flimsy stick nests in the white […]
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