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Tag Archives: osprey
Sunset at the fishing pier – Skywatch Friday
The famous osprey nest at Fort Desoto. It’s on top of the old smokestack right at the fishing pier and snack shop. It’s a very visible nest. I think they have the best spot in the park to watch the … Continue reading
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Tagged fishing pier, fort desoto, herring gull, osprey, pelican, royal terns, sunset
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Birds of prey at Fort Desoto – Skywatch Friday
I was in the woods looking for little yellow birds and looked up and saw this kestrel watching me. Walking down the east beach trail, I interrupted this osprey eating his breakfast. I said “Relax, I’m not going to steal … Continue reading
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Tagged bald eagle, birds of prey, fort desoto, juvenile eagle, kestrel, nature, osprey
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Birds of prey on the nest at Honeymoon Island
Walking the trail at Honeymoon Island, this is a common sight. The trail is full of osprey sitting on nests. Osprey raise their babies a little later than eagles and owls. Most of the eagle and owl babies in the … Continue reading
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Tagged baby owls, great horned owl, honeymoon island, osprey, red bellied woodpecker
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More eating in the backyard
As I was doing the dishes, I realized this squirrel was eating a leaf. Grabbed the camera and shot this through the kitchen window. I saw this ring billed gull sitting on my neighbor’s dock in the spot where the … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard, blue heron, crow, fish, ibis, osprey, squirrel
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Fun things at Fort Desoto – Skywatch Friday
One of my first shots with my new lens, a Nikon 300mm f/4. I’m going to be struggling in the beginning to get use to not zooming in. My old lens was a 80mm – 400mm lens but I used … Continue reading
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Tagged crab, fort desoto, osprey, owl, pelican, royal tern, tricolored heron
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Standoff over a dead fish from my bedroom window
A usual sight outside my bedroom window. The neighborhood osprey sitting on my neighbor’s dock eating a fish. Then I realized a vulture was sitting on the same dock across from him. Another vulture flew in right in front of … Continue reading
Mixed bag at Fort Desoto – Skywatch Friday
Pond full of redheads before you enter Fort Desoto. Vultures on the grass at East Beach turnaround. I think they were just resting and getting a tan. Osprey flies over my head with a half eaten fish. A juvenile gull … Continue reading
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Tagged cormorant, crow, fort desoto, herring gull, laughing gull, osprey, plover, redhead, ruddy turnstone, vultures
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A big boat and some birds at Fort Desoto – Skywatch Friday
Big boat going under the Sunshine Skyway bridge. White winged dove on a wire. We don’t see these very often here. Kestrel on a wire. I saw this osprey heading down towards the water. I was across the lagoon but … Continue reading
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Tagged fort desoto, kestrel, osprey, sunshine skyway bridge, white winged dove
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My very own osprey – Skywatch Friday
I wake up in the morning on just about every weekend and see this bird sitting on my neighbor’s dock or my other neighbor’s sailboat mast depending on how windy it is. Taken from the bedroom window. On a non … Continue reading
Birds who came to visit me while I was sick
I saw this blue-gray gnatcatcher in my neighbor’s orange tree on the side of our house. Taken through the bedroom window. Then a cardinal stopped by in the same tree. I kept peeking out the window looking for a woodpecker … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard, blue heron, blue-gray gnatcatcher, cardinal, clouds, great blue heron, osprey, spotted sandpiper
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