Now I can't say I had high expectations for seeing much on our summer (okay, technically it was early June) trip to Florida. Even at 7 am it's "hotter than road tar" outside, but I still had my secret birding desires and some were realized. I saw a Roseate Spoonbill flying overhead crossing the causeway to Neptune Beach in Jacksonville! No photo to back it up, but a thrill nonetheless. I saw dozens of Swallowtail Kites up and down the highway, but it's difficult to get a shot in a moving vehicle. So those, you will just have to take my word for!
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I just got through saying I'd probably never photograph a barn swallow since I've seen hundreds of them and never seen one touch down before. But here at a rest area in South Carolina, a bunch of them were sitting atop the
snack machine kiosk. Pretty spectacular picture, but that overcast sky again. |
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| Here's another bird I've probably seen a million times, but really wanted to photograph: a Cattle Egret (cows nearby). |
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| Anhinga-first decent picture of another bird I've seen a million times. |
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| Boy, oh boy, a Loggerhead Shrike! This was totally unexpected and a new one for my life list! |
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Red Bellied Whistling Ducks.
Now I've seen these before in captivity, but these were in a
canal behind my brother's house. And I heard them whistle! |
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| Very elusive bird- a Rail of some kind in the marsh in Savannah, Georgia. |
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