Category: birds

  • August 21 – BOTD – Greater Roadrunner

    Here is my entry for Granny Shot It’s  Bird of the Day (BOTD) challenge. Trying to get a picture of this guy was like chasing down a speeding bullet. The Greater Roadrunner is like “The Roadrunner” in the cartoons. They are fast. If you blink, they will disappear in a flash. Taunted me just like The…

  • August 20 – BOTD – Common Gallinule

    Here is my entry for Granny Shot It’s Bird of the Day (BOTD) challenge. The Common Gallinule, AKA Common Moorhen is a marsh bird that is often co-existing with Rails, Coots, and Bitterns. They hang around the tall marsh grass & often hug the shore in freshwater or brackish water. Sometimes I see them out…

  • August 19 – WWE

    Here is my entry for Granny Shot It’s Water Water Everywhere (WWE) challenge.

  • August 19 – BOTD – Redstart

    Here is my entry for Granny Shot It’s  Bird of the Day (BOTD) challenge. The American Redstart is a medium-sized warbler that flutters from branch to branch snapping up insects in mid-flight. The male is much more colorful, orange & black.

  • August 18 – BOTD – Red-Tailed Hawk

    Whether they are soaring or circling, there is no mistaking the red tail when you spot a red-tailed hawk in the air.

  • August 17 – BOTD – Northern Cardinal

    Here is my entry for Granny Shot It’s  Bird of the Day (BOTD) challenge. Talk about a bird that gets around! What is a Cardinal? A Major League Baseball team?…yep! A team in the National Football League?….yep! A bishop in the Catholic Church Hierarchy….yep! Most of all it is a symbol & one of beauty in…

  • I’d Rather Be…Birding – 1

    Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas….except when you want to share your impressive birding list on ebird.org. Time to go birding!!!

  • August 16 – BOTD – American White Ibis

    Here is my entry for Granny Shot It’s  Bird of the Day (BOTD) challenge. These American White Ibises were posing for these shots. Photos taken at Gemini Springs Park in DeBary, Florida just east of Orlando off Interstate 4. Learn more about them by clicking on this link.

  • August 15 – BOTD – Little Blue Heron

    Here is my entry for Granny Shot It’s  Bird of the Day (BOTD) challenge. Little Blue Heron posing on a branch in shallow water. The reflection is almost as amazing as the bird itself. One of our favorite wadding birds.

  • August 14 – BOTD – Catbird

    I think I will call this the “Mr. T” of the birding world.