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Our Eyes Open: a blog about my adventures in birding, travel & writing.

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  • Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #42

    Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #42

    We did make it to St. Marks Wildlife Refuge and had a wonderful day of birding. You all had very inspiring photos this week and many birds that I have seen and many that I have not. Thank you for sharing your birds!

    April 16, 2021
  • A-Z Challenge – M is for Merganser

    A-Z Challenge – M is for Merganser

    Hooded Mergansers are resident to medium distance migrants in North America. Florida gets them in the late winter, but they don’t breed in our state.

    April 15, 2021
  • SQUARES – Bright Beak

    SQUARES – Bright Beak

    The American Oystercatcher is a strange looking bird to me but is one of the most recognized. With its bright orange beak and red and yellow eyes, they stand out on our beaches as they scour the sand for shellfish (clams, oysters and other saltwater molluscs) which is their exclusive diet.

    April 15, 2021
  • A-Z Challenge – L is for Limpkin

    A-Z Challenge – L is for Limpkin

    Limpkins are brown and white birds with a very loud piercing call. They are a tropical wetland bird that resembles herons and egrets, however they are more closely related to rails and cranes.

    April 14, 2021
  • SQUARES – Bright Spot

    SQUARES – Bright Spot

    bright spot in the sky during sunset over the St. John’s River in Jacksonville, Florida.

    April 14, 2021
  • A-Z Challenge – K is for Kingfisher

    A-Z Challenge – K is for Kingfisher

    The Belted Kingfisher is a large stocky fish-eating bird with a high pitched call. They are blue-gray and white, however the female has a chestnut colored band around the belly and along the flanks that are not evident in the male.

    April 13, 2021
  • SQUARES – Brightness Reminder

    SQUARES – Brightness Reminder

    This sunflower is special because it was the only one to come up just a few months after its owner passed away.

    April 13, 2021
  • A-Z Challenge – J is for Jay

    A-Z Challenge – J is for Jay

    The Florida Scrub-Jay can only be found in…you guessed it….Florida. They have a flat untufted head similar to the California Scrub-Jay.

    April 12, 2021
  • Black and White: Easy Techniques to Try

    Black and White:  Easy Techniques to Try

    Cee Neuner wrote a tutorial today explaining and showing what photos make great black & white images and why it is important to always photograph in color.

    April 12, 2021
  • SQUARES – Brighten The Mood

    SQUARES – Brighten The Mood

    Tulips blooming at the Bellagio Hotel on the strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. As if our moods were not brightened already on our honeymoon four years ago, seeing these beauties certainly added to an already stunning adventurous day.

    April 12, 2021
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