Red Bellied Woodpecker

Spit it Out !

Great Crested Flycatcher

GCFlycatcher

Juvenile Little Blue Heron

Backyard. Fun watching him change from White to Blue.

Blad Eagle in Positano

Lance called me and said he had an Eagle perched behind his Lanai. So, over I ran, and was able to get several images of him. Then one shot as he flew. Very lucky to get him in the frame.

Blue Grey Gnatcatcher

Tri Colored Heron

Backyard, Mediterra

Bald Eagle, Big Cypress Swamp

Roseate Spoonbill landing

Ding Darling, Sanibel

Painted Bunting

Corkscrew Bird Sanctuary

Great Horned Owl

Early morning in our pond.

Prairie Warbler

Just off the street in Verona, at Sparks’ house.

Swallow Tail Kite

Eastern Bluebird Male

Roseate Spoonbill.

Does this color make my butt look big?

Crow mobbing a Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

In front of a full moon. What a lucky moment.

Tri Colored Heron

In the Mangroves, Ding Darling, Sanibel.

Bald Eagle, Bosque del Apache

This guy flew over and spooked all the Snow Geese. I was able to capture several frames as he flew very near us, straight overhead.

Burrowing Owl

Marco Island.

Osprey on the Nest

Ding Darling. Sanibel Island. Florida.

Great Horned Owl.

Our Backyard, right before a storm.

This is very similar to the Best of the Year Photo in National Geographic Photo Contest. That image was of a Grey Owl, and less grainy, but still…..I was shocked when I saw that one, as to how similar it was !

Roseate Spoonbill

The colorful Spoony. Ding Darling

Yellow Crowned Night Heron

CREW

Juvenile Bald Eagle. Verona Backyard

Cattle Egret, with a Frog.

A bad day to be Amphibian.

Cedar Waxwings

Standing Proud. My backyard

Eight Cedar Waxwings

Verona. Mediterra

Cedar Waxwing

A Tuck to make a Ski Jumper proud.

Cedar Waxwing Flyover

Reddish Egret

Little Estero Lagoon

Meadowlark

American Bittern

CREW Bird Rookery

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Wood-storks and a Rosy

Little Estero lagoon

Woodstork Landing

Backyard Pond, Mediterra

Burrowing Owl

WWHHAATT ???

Woodstorks

John Paul George and Ringo.

Little Estero Lagoon

Magnificent Frigate Bird

Little Estero Lagoon

Osprey

Finishing lunch. 11 South Mediterra

Black Necked Stilt

Eastern Bluebird

12 South. Mediterra.

Purple Gallinule

Everglades

Purple Gallinule

Everglades

Burrowing Owl

Marco Island

Burrowing Owl

It’ll be alright….

Burrowing Owl

Hummingbird

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

Sticking its tongue out.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

Pileated Woodpecker in flight.

Pileated Woodpecker

Red Headed Woodpecker

Prothonotary Warbler

Point Ybel, Sanibel Island

Prothonotary Warbler

Red Headed Woodpecker

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Prairie Warbler

Osprey on her nest.

Black & White Warbler

Yellow Throated Warbler

Pine Warbler

Roseate Spoonbill

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Woodstork on the Wing

Right over our house.

Woodstork

In my backyard.

White Ibis with Crab

White Ibis flying over

Circle B Bar Reserve

Great Egret Landing in my pond

Great Egret, breeding plumage

Spoonbill, Great Egret and Snowy Egret

Spoonbill and Friends, Drainage ditch along Old 41

Loggerhead Shrike

Immature Little Blue Heron

Walking along my pond.

World Champion Hokey Pokey Player

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird

Barred Owl

Circle B Bar Reserve

Male Northern Cardinal

In a backyard citrus tree. Very red !

TriColor Heron

Gotcha !

TriColor Heron

Down the Hatch!

Red Bellied Woodpecker with Cardinal

Mr & Mrs Bluebird

Near Ten South Green.

Killdeer

Brown Thrasher

Black Crowned Night Heron

Cooling my Heels

Red Headed Woodpecker

Building a home behind the Fourth Tee South, Mediterra.

Pileated Woodpecker in flight

Eastern Towhee

Roseate Spoonbill

Northern Shoveler

Female Bluebird

Pintail Duck

Bosque del Apache

Snow Geese

Bosque del Apache, NM

carolina Wren, building a nest.

Scarlet Tanager

Eagle. 15 North

And we're off !

A knife to a gunfight.

Mockingbird is unhappy with the Eagle

Eastern Bluebird

Northern Parula

There are many many varieties of birds in and around Mediterra. Quite a few live here year round. The most common birds we see - or hear - are Mockingbird, Osprey, Mottled Duck, Cardinal, Blue Jay, Red Bellied Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Catbird, Grackle, Anhinga, Cormorant, Fish Crow, Belted Kingfisher, Bald Eagle, Eastern Bluebird, Great Crested Flycatcher, Blue Grey Gnatcatcher, Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture, Red Shouldered Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, American Kestrel, Screech Owl, Great Horned Owl, Great Egret, Little Blue Heron, Great Blue Heron, TriColored Heron, Snowy Egret and Ruby Throated Hummingbird.

Red Headed Woodpecker.

Protecting its home on 18 North.