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Fun morning at Fort Desoto
“Don’t go in there” said the lizard. “I had beans for lunch.” Even the cactus were looking crispy from lack of rain. On the fishing pier, the pelican stole the fish from the cormorant. Flyby on the pier. Cormorant with … Continue reading
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Tagged boats, cactus, cormorant, fort desoto, kiteboarders, lizard, pelican, sunshine skyway bridge
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Practice shots of diving pelicans
On a recent trip to Fort Desoto I was standing on the fishing pier watching the pelicans diving for fish. They are so hard to get as they crash into the water. It happens fast. I was able to get … Continue reading
Late afternoon at the fishing pier.
A snowy egret flyby. Osprey on the light post. Cormorant on the light post. A great blue heron on the light post. I saw two birds that were hooked on fishing lines. Both were pulled up and released. The top … Continue reading
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Tagged cormorant, fort desoto, great blue heron, injured birds, osprey, snowy egret, sunset, sunshine skyway bridge
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Fun things at Fort Desoto
s Another beautiful day at Fort Desoto!
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Tagged beach, butterflies, cactus, dolphin, fishing pier, fort desoto, osprey, sunshine skyway bridge, warbler
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Babies are getting big
Another trip to Fort Desoto to see how big the baby owls had gotten. They were getting big. The sun wasn’t in my favor this morning. The owls were facing the other way. They were awake but didn’t move too … Continue reading
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Tagged baby owls, fort desoto, great horned owls, sunshine skyway bridge
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A beautiful view from the nest.
Napping on the nest. The great horned owl mom and baby were not very active the morning I stopped by. There’s a younger baby behind the mom but I only saw a tiny bit of fuzz pop up. The osprey … Continue reading
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Tagged baby owl, fort desoto, great horned owl, osprey, pelicans, sunshine skyway bridge, yellow bellied sapsucker
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Looking for a bird at Fort DeSoto – Skywatch Friday
Not the bird I was looking for. This osprey right next to the boat ramp did not want me to steal his fish. This could have been the bird I was looking for but as he got closer I realized … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, clouds, cormorant, downtown st pete, fort desoto, osprey, spotted sandpiper, sunshine skyway bridge
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Sunshine Skyway bridge – Skywatch Friday
Wood stork hanging out in the water. He gave me a glance and then went back to checking out the water for food. Terns and a gull knee-deep in the water. Taking a bath. Taken with my wide-angle lens. The … Continue reading
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Tagged bathing gull, clouds, fort desoto, laughing gull, sunshine skyway bridge, tern, wide angle shots, wood stork
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On the side of the road
I had heard there were a few avocets in a field near Cockroach Bay. Since I still haven’t seen these birds, I figured I would drive the almost hour trip to try to find them. The field was covered with thousands … Continue reading
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Tagged cows, hawk, kingfisher, least terns, sandhill crane, sunshine skyway bridge
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