Beauty at Ding Darling NWR

Roseate Spoonbill, Tricolored Heron Great Blue Heron Don, Lillian, Ken Burgener (founder of Carefree Birding tours), and Dawn and Jeff Fine....

White-crowed Pigeon Still at Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel, FL

The White-crowned Pigeon is still at J.N.Ding Darling Na tional Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel FL, on the Shell Mound trail. This is the celebrity...

White-crowned Pigeon, Again, Sanibel, FL!

We saw a White-crowned Pigeon on the Shell Mound Trail, Ding Darling NWR this morning. We had also seen this bird there last year. Maybe it ...

Always Look Up When the Birds Look Up!

While other Snowy Egrets were busy catching lunch at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, this one kept looking up at the sky So we l...

Mangove Cuckoo Magic, Ding Darling NWR 2/28/14

Mangrove Cuckoo which we were lucky to see today in J.N Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Note the yellow orbital ring, curved bill and...

Marbled Godwit beauty, one of the prettiest shorebirds!

Marbled Godwit, one of the prettiest shorebirds Doing shorebird yoga Beautiful pink bill How many Marbled Godwits can you find hiding among ...

Just Too Cute!! Common Ground Doves

Oh this is just too cute! Two Common Ground Doves, male on left, female on the right. They were sitting in a tree at J. N. Ding Darling Nati...

Ovenbird Up Close, J. N. Ding Darling NWR, Canon SX 50 HS

Ovenbird on the ground, viewed from above, at the entrance ramp to J. N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Visitor's Center. This is such a...

J. N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge Stokes Photo Tour

As a fundraiser for the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge , on Sanibel, FL, Don and I led a birding and photography tour through th...

White Pelican Personality Profile

White Pelicans are such group-oriented birds. They do the same things at the same time, preening and then going out to feed. Sending you som...

Mangrove Cuckoo, the holy grail of SW FL birding

Mangrove Cuckoos are striking, but elusive birds found in Southwest Florida. They can sit still in the vegetation and you would never know t...