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Honeymoon Island beach before the tourists get here.
After walking the nature trail at Honeymoon Island State Park, I headed over to the beach to see if there were any shorebirds hanging around. The usual birds were there: marbled godwits, royal terns and dowitchers. The waves were splashing … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, dowitcher, honeymoon island, kestrel, marbled godwit, plants, royal tern, shorebirds, waves
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Shorebirds on the beach
Semipalmated plover Marbled godwits (the avocet photobombed the last shot). Royal terns A few shorebirds on the shore. Only down here in Florida we call it a beach. So really, they should be called beachbirds. Found on the “beach” on … Continue reading
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Tagged avocet, courtney campbell causeway, marbled godwit, royal tern, semipalmated plover
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Pink toothpick beaks
Most of the marbled godwits were napping when I got to Fort Desoto early on a Saturday morning. I did see one still feeding across the marsh. I watched him for a while. Popping tiny crabs in his beak. After … Continue reading
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Tagged fort desoto, godwit eating a crab, marbled godwit, willet
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On the beach in early August
A great egret getting a fish. Sanderlings running around as usual. Willet taking off. There’s usually a reddish egret on the beach. Tiny plover showing off his crab breakfast. The beach was full of plovers this morning. A marbled godwit … Continue reading
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Tagged black bellied plover, fort desoto, great egret, marbled godwit, oystercatcher, plover, reddish egret, sanderlings, willet
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Shorebirds at Fort Desoto in July
A marbled godwit trying to sleep in the middle of dowitchers. A lost oystercatcher. “Excuse me, can someone tell me where the restroom is?” A few willets mixed in. Giving me the eye. A shorebird convention. “Can you please keep … Continue reading
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Tagged dowitcher, fort desoto, laughing gull, marbled godwit, oystercatcher, tern, willet
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On the beach in early April.
It’s always fun watching a skimmer taking a bath. Splashing around like a kid in a bathtub. “Clean your underarms” I told him. Face in the water. All done. That’s a little too close. Royal terns are showing up on … Continue reading
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Tagged dunlin, fort desoto, marbled godwit, oystercatcher, royal tern, skimmer, willet
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Beach birds at Fort Desoto
“What is that blue thing?” I asked the ruddy turnstone. “A piece of tourist trash’ was his response. Tricolored heron creeping along the edge. He thinks he’s sneaking up on the fish. Piping plovers in front of the sleeping red … Continue reading
Shorebird soup at Fort Desoto
I’m going with common tern on the above. “This is what I think of you lady.” says the tern as he’s shaking his bottom at me. Another common tern? He looks smaller than the first picture but his legs are … Continue reading
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Tagged black bellied plover, common tern, dowitcher, fort desoto, marbled godwit, nature photograph, sandwich tern
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Shorebirds at Fort Desoto
Willet in the early morning sun. Willet (in breeding feathers) eating what looks like is a shrimp. The long billed curlew has been out every morning making the rounds for a couple of months now. I followed him for a … Continue reading
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Tagged black bellied plover, fort desoto, laughing gull, lifeguard chair, long billed curlew, marbled godwit, nature, willet
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