Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Fern Forest

Went to Fern Forest with my hubby to do some birding. It was a beautiful day, but there was not a bird anywhere, but I did get get some wildlife pictures.        posted by Cindy
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Rare for me to see the Zebra so still - love the purple eyes

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My husband spotted this armadilo digging

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So many plants growing out of one tree trunk- mother nature at her finest
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swallow tail butterfly

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only "bird" in the air!!

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Bill Baggs Park/Crandon ParkBeach on Crandon

Cindy, Barbara  and I went down to the barrier island of Key Biscayne to go birding and seek adventure. Well not a lot of either but a beautiful morning and gorgeous scenery, made for a great time as always.                                 Posted by.. Lauren    
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Beach at Crandon Park

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Lizard at Crandon Park .. looks like a hybrid Iguana/Monitor

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Florida's famous man-o-war.. Portuguese man-o-war

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As best as I can determine a Lesser-black backed Gull

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Piping Plover at Bill Baggs

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Semipalmated plovers and Sanderlings  @  Bill Baggs

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Sunrise  on 1-95

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Cindy and Barbara  @ seawall on the Bay side Bill Baggs

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One of the several stilt houses in the Bay

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Eastern Phoebe

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Cape Lighthouse from the bay side

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Common Ground Dove . In a tree ?
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Royal Tern

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I think a Fl. morning glory

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Semipalmated Plover

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Brown Pelican

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Blending in their environment

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Cape Lighthouse from the Atlantic side

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Downtown Miami from the causeway

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Immature Ring billed?

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Loxahatchee Nature Preserve

Went out to Loxahatchee nature preserve in hopes of finding the Great Horned owls that have been sighted there, over and over again. Cindy and I have yet to be so lucky to see one. Not even a screech owl. I was lucky enough to see a Barn owl and photograph him last year. Still hoping and looking for the others, till then we will enjoy the other great birds and doing what we love. Birding and taking pictures...       posted by Lauren
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Red tailed hawk

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Great egret

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Little blue

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Tri colored heron

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Grebe

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any help to .I.D.

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another shot of the above sparrow

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?? Pine warbler 

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same as above . boy these warblers are hard to identify

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Someone we all know and love


Monday, January 21, 2013

After spending most of the New Year Holiday indoors with an annoying sinus infection and cough the Two Old Birders FINALLY got together do some birding at Green Cay, two Saturdays ago and for sure it was a dark, gloomy, rainy Fl. am but it didn't stop us!!As you will note it did make some of the birds camera shy.                                                                                       Posted by Cindy
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Yellow Crowned Night Heron



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Camera shy Yellow Crowned Heron
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One of the "black and white" photos too bad such a grey day

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The boardwalk at Green Cay

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Even my favorite Anhinga was in a ruffled mood

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Only the Green Heron was posing that day

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Belted Kingfisher blending into the railing

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Camera shy! 
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Camera Shy


Saturday, January 19, 2013

Old birder #2 -Cindy- finally getting around to posting my summer trip to Ga.! It was a fun time, saw lots of new thing unfortunately any of them birds... reason being my entire family was there. most were nice enough to want to come along birding with me but every time I would stop with my camera someone would say- " do you see something" and off would go any bird around!! but I love them dearly- and did get some good pictures as you will see

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A Towhee taken from the front porch - before the family was awake!

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The shy male cardinal almost hidden by the pear tree

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Best I get of the Humming bird this trip


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No Barn Owls in this old barn


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Camera ready , Bears retreating 

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They decided to look back and see what they were running from

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Happy Birthday Smokey

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We love you Otis

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Mountain sunset

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Bambi

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Can you see the beaver?

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Hedgehog Ass

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Where,s the deer?

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Goodbye Lake Nottly