Random Dec 14 shots



Great Cormorant, Nimmo's Pier, 20th December 2014.



Grey Heron, Nimmo's Pier, 20th December 2014.

Colour ringed Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Nimmo's Pier, 20th December 2014.

 Oystercathcer, Bunowen Pier, 19th December 2014.

 

Oystercatcher, Omey Strand, 18th December 2014.

 

 Greenshank, Omey Strand, 18th December 2014.

 Greenshank, Omey Strand, 18th December 2014.

 Greenshank, Omey Strand, 18th December 2014.

First-winter Ring-billed Gull, Nimmo's Pier, 20th December 2014.

Adult Forster's Tern, Newtownlynch Pier, 20th December 2014.

 

Florida 16th November 2012

Visited Fort De Soto Park and Honeymoon Island State Park both West of Tampa today. Again no sign of the large numbers of shorebirds that alot of the site guides go on about. However I did finally manage to catch up with Yellow-crowned Night Heron. At least a dozen along the causeway before De Soto. Don't know where they had been hiding up until now. This proved to be my only tick of the day, it was getting a little dry for ticks at this stage. I'll let the pics speak for themselves.

Adult Little Blue Heron

Juvenile Little Blue Heron

Roseate Spoonbill

First-winter Laughing Gull

First-winter American Herring Gull

First-winter American Herring Gull



Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk

Juvenile and adult Brown Pelicans

Sub-adult Brown Pelican

Common Ground-Dove

Northern Mockingbird

Great Blue Heron

Adult Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Adult Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Adult Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Sub-adult Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Black-hooded Parakeet

Redheads, Ring-necked Ducks and Shovelers

Short-billed Dowitcher

Least Sandpiper

Sanderling

Turnstone

Female Brown-headed Cowbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Black Skimmer

Black Skimmer

Black Skimmers

Cabot's Tern with Black Skimmers

Second-winter American Herring Gull



Near adult American Herring Gull

Royal & Sandwich Terns, Black Skimmers and Laughing Gull.

Forster's Tern

Adult male Downy Woodpecker

Nine-banded Armadillo

Nine-banded Armadillo

US Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk

You can say that again!