Bad Hummer Images ?
I have seen laboratory images captured with high speed cameras. But to get an image with regular equipment is not skill it is just a real black swan event.
Birds
Where Have All the Squirrels Gone?
Last week Linda asked, You know I don’t see very many squirrels any more. Where have all the squirrels gone? I did not know. This morning we were given a hint.
Pileated Woodpecker Chick
Earlier this week we were excited to get a call from a near-by friend. They had found a pileated nest in their front yard.
The Common Cattle Egret
Last year I never saw a cattle egret at the Alligator Farm in full breeding plumage. This is a new year!
St. Augustine Alligator Farm in the Winter
Wednesday found me in St. Augustine so I dropped in to the rookery at the Alligator Farm.
Flight of the Osprey
Yesterday we observed a first. The first osprey fledgling took flight. She did not go far but we recorded it in a set of stills. We share these as a slideshow that has been converted into a video. Enjoy!
The Holy Grail of Birds
The Florida bird guidebooks all show a multi-colored finch known as the painted bunting. This bird has a blue head, green wings and an orange-red breast. It looks as if nature used its purist spectral colors in designing this bird. This bunting is not common. A neighbor had told me that 20 years ago there …
Blinking Hawk
Caught this fellow blinking yesterday. What we see in the second photo is actually the third eyelid, which, I believe, comes from the right side of the eye (maybe from the back of the head). The first two eyelids are rarely used during the day. Read more here.
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
We have had a family of these guys visiting for the past three springs. An attractive bird and rather large, 9 inches long, they are insect feeders (95% and 5% fruit/berries) usually catching their food on the wing. They are very accommodating at being photographed. It’s as if they are posing. The following photo was …