The Last of the California Photos

Osprey carrying a fish

Say's Phoebe

Black Phoebe

California Towhee

Bushtit

Harbour Island: Raptors in Flight

Kestrel

Osprey

Last of the Brigantine Photos

Osprey

Sparrow

Carolina Wren

This was our first time at Brigantine. Here are the last of the Brigantine bird photos. Chris spotted a small bird, most likely a sparrow with some blue on its head and a brown body, but we weren't ably to identify or photograph it. The bird highlight for us was the meadowlark, but the fox was special too.

Osprey With Fish

Fishing is also popular on Sanibel Island.

Bald Eagle chased by Osprey

One afternoon, we heard some loud squawking and saw a large bird being chased by an osprey. The osprey dove at it from above several times. When we looked at the photos, we saw that the larger bird was a bald eagle.

Dining in Clearwater and St. Petersburg

The seafood is supposed to be good in the greater Tampa area. This great egret on Honeymoon Island must have been thrilled when he caught this fish.


However, he had never heard that you should never eat anything larger than your head. He tried many different ways for about 5 minutes, but was unable to swallow the fish.


The next day, we saw another egret at Sand Key Park struggle a while with a fish, but eventually positioned it and swallowed it.


This osprey shows a different way to deal with a large fish.



We were surprised to see that the great egret also eats grasshoppers.

Osprey at Lake Nelson

Hello, bird lovers! Well, what an evening we had. It was not a sunny day but since it was warm, we said let's just go out in the boat. At first we weren't even going to take the camera since it was a gray day. We got a out a little and we saw a cormorant, so Mike said we have to go back because we don't have any cormorant photos with the new camera. So, off we go again with the camera, binoculars, and an apple, in case we needed something to sustain ourselves. Sure glad we had that camera! What a great treat to see the osprey. Mike spotted it in the tree first; its white head gave it away. We saw it dive for fish a few times, and it really didn't seem bothered by us at all, unlike the Kingfishers who were also around today and still can't stand us. We were really surprised by the little chirpy call this osprey makes. It was cute for such a big bird as opposed to the tiny wren who has such a loud song.

Osprey at Island Beach State Park

Here are two photos of Osprey nesting at Island Beach State Park.