A carolina wren looking guilty with that mouthful of greens. He’s building a nest somewhere close by.
A northern parula deep in the woods was chowing on a worm.
A lot of people were looking for the prothonotary warbler that had been reported there earlier in the week. No one had seen it that morning. Right before I left, I saw this yellow bird in the bushes and snapped a quick picture. When I got home I realized it was the prothonotary warbler everyone had been looking for.
Diana, the park ranger showed me this tiny ball high up in a tree in the woods. I had to look through my 300mm lens to see it. When I got home and cropped it up, I realized you could see the tiny blue-gray gnatcatcher sitting on the nest. It looks bigger in the picture but was smaller than a baseball. I can’t imagine you could see the tiny babies until they were ready to fly off.
Dragonfly season is in full swing.
Hanging around.
This was an early morning walk at Lettuce Lake in north Tampa in late April. I went to see if I could find the barred owl family. I found them and a few other birds along the boardwalk. More on the owls later.
Your photo series is such great fun…Love the expression you captured on the squirrel.
Oh my gosh — that tiny baby in that tiny nest. And congrats on finding the prothonotary…you are an extraordinary birder and of course photographer.
Such fun pictures! Good job on the photography. 🙂
Positively fantastic shots – I’m in awe.
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The photos are wonderful, the bird nest is great but the dragonfly is really neat, great photos!!
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Great photos and what a pleasant surprise when you got home and spotted the gnatcatcher.
Beautiful and interesting creatures. My favorite is the last one.
Love the bird and baby? heads sticking out of the nest ~ Great nature shots!
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lots of activity!
That Carolina Wren sure means business.
What wonderful photos! Love the tiny bird peeking out of the nest!
Wonderful post!
I’d all action there and wonderful to see the bird in the nest.
Love them all!! The little nest was a great find and the dragonfly too and all of the other wonderful birds!
Really awesome photos!