Category: Birds Weekly Photo Challenge

  • Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #14

    Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #14

    Week #14 challenge was Flocks. We had some wonderful entries of birds I am well versed in seeing and so many that I’ve never seen before that included all kinds of shorebirds, turkeys, ducks, geese, pelicans, gannets, lorikeets, cedar waxwings, magpies, cockatoos & parrots from Australia…and PUFFINS. My dream bird! Puffins! PLUS – Razorbills!

  • Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Flocks of Birds

    Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Flocks of Birds

    You know we teach our children to stay together. Safety in numbers! The same is true for birds. Being by yourself is a risky proposition. You have a far better chance of being grabbed by a predator or bird of prey when you are alone. Birds don’t have to worry about social distancing and those…

  • Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #13

    Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #13

    Some species like the white geese will become aggressive if you feed them. On more than one occasion, this has happened to us. The Florida State Fair Authority in Tampa had to have them removed from the grounds because they were attacking people getting out of their cars at the Administrative Building. The Florida Fish…

  • Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Domesticated Birds

    Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Domesticated Birds

    I think everyone has seen a seagull at some point in their lives. They are not just a coastal species, they are inland as well. Generally, they don’t venture out to sea, except the kittiwakes. They are closely related to the terns and distantly related to auks, skimmers and other waders. They range is size…

  • Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #12

    Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #12

    I think we all take Seagulls for granted because they are everywhere. From the seaside to the landfills. Along the beaches and in the Walmart parking lot. They are opportunistic birds! We had a wonderful array of gulls in this week’s challenge including several I have never seen before.

  • Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Seagulls

    Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Seagulls

    I think everyone has seen a seagull at some point in their lives. They are not just a coastal species, they are inland as well. Generally, they don’t venture out to sea, except the kittiwakes. They are closely related to the terns and distantly related to auks, skimmers and other waders. They range is size…

  • Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #11

    Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #11

    I have to make mention of one of the coolest things this week and that is the Snowy Owl. The bird in my photo and in Beth’s photo is the same bird. I mean…the exact same bird. Mine taken in Jacksonville and her’s taken in Georgia at the end of 2013, beginning of 2014. We…

  • Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Rare Birds

    Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Rare Birds

    A rare bird is considered a species of bird that is almost never seen in an area to which it normally exists in habitat or migration.

  • Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #10

    Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #10

    Week #10 challenge was Yellow or Orange Legged Birds. Lots of ducks and shorebirds, chickens and penguins, a loon and a Scarlet Ibis! Pelicans are my favorite bird…sorry for the prejudiceness, but they are and we had some people American White Pelicans adorn our monitors this week.

  • Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Yellow or Orange Legged Birds

    Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Yellow or Orange Legged Birds

    Because they are long-distance migrating birds, they have to fatten themselves up during the off seasons to have enough fuel to get to their breeding grounds. Failure to get enough nutrient will find these birds not making it to the breeding or wintering grounds.