Spatter

Osprey

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Egret With Fish

 

 

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Lesser Black-Backed Gull

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More Pelicans

More pelican pictures from Fort Desoto Park...

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Setting Down

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Turquoise Tanager

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The Turquoise Tanager is a medium-sized passerine bird that occurs in northern and northeastern South America. It is a resident of the Amazon Basin as well as adjacent rivers. It is a social bird and is often found in small flocks.

The adult birds are around 5.5 inches long and weigh approximately 20 grams. They have long tails and dark stout bills. When fully grown, these tanagers are dark blue in color with yellow underparts. It feeds primarily on fruit but will also eat insects, flowers, leaves, and seeds.

Its range stretches within the Amazon Basin to Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Bolivia. It is also common on the island of Trinidad, where it is a resident breeder. It inhabits forests, semi-open areas, and cultivated lands. This bird typically builds a bulky cup nest in a tree or shrub.

Circle B Bar Reserve

On my way back from Tampa this past Sunday I stopped at the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, FL to meet-up with some Flicker photographer friends. This is what it looked like when I arrived at 7 in the morning:

The fog was so thick you could barely see ten feet in front of you.  This isn't so good for photography!  But by ten o'clock or so the sun started breaking through.

And then...finally...sun!  Flocks of white pelicans were flying back and forth overhead and there was plenty of other wildlife too.

 

Of course, by this time I was needing to think about leaving.  I definitely want to go back.

Multi-Tasking

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Landing Strip

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Great White Egret

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