Short-tailed Hawk, Yes!

Short-tailed Hawk, dark morph, adult. We saw this one recently in Ft. Myers, FL. Lucky us! Here's a Short-tailed Hawk, light morph. Shor...

The Least Cooperative Bird: Least Bittern

Least Bittern When you least expect it you might get a chance to see a rather hard to find bird, as we did when Don and I heard of a Least B...

Swallow-tailed Kites have returned!

The Swallow-tailed Kites have returned from migration here on Sanibel Island and elsewhere in Florida and we have seen them in numerous plac...

Birders: The Central Park Effect, a must see, get the DVD.

 Blackburnian Warbler and Nashville Warbler, two of the beautiful birds shown in the documentary, Birders: The Central Park Effect. Just saw...

Moonrise Bird Beauty

Went for a wonderful sunset cruise recently out of Tarpon Bay (nestled within Ding Darling NWR) Sanibel, FL, run by Tarpon Bay Explorers . W...

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...

Think Spring!

As our friend said when she saw a photo of our view of palm trees at our Florida home, "you live on a different planet." As northe...