Tag: bird

Spectacled Owl Pair, Pacuare Lodge, Costa Rica
Birds, Blog, Travel

More Birds from Costa Rica

I haven’t posted anything in the last two weeks as we were on vacation in South Dakota and Minnesota. We spent some time in Custer State Park, Mount Rushmore, and Badlands National Park and I will have pictures coming soon. In the meantime, here are a few more of the […]

Baby Limpkin (2), Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida
Birds, Blog

Baby Limpkins

Baby animals are always cute, but hard to photograph. On my recent trip to the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland I saw and photographed a young Barred Owl, a young Sandhill Crane, some baby Limpkins, and baby Common Moorhens. Not bad for one morning. Today’s post is of the […]

Birds, Blog, Travel

Birds of Costa Rica

Here are a few more of my favorite bird shots from Costa Rica. I am not truly a birder, but when you go some places, the birds are so pretty they are hard to ignore. There are a lot of cool bird species in Costa Rica of which we saw […]

Yellow-throated toucan, Lapa Rios Ecolodge, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Birds, Blog, Travel

Birds of the Osa Peninsula

Many travelers go to Costa Rica solely to see the wide variety of tropical birds. Two species that I was really hoping to see and that I did end up getting to photograph are the Scarlet Macaws and the Yellow-throated Toucan. I got to see and photograph both of these […]

Ruddy Turnstone Male Closeup, Fort Desoto, Tierra Verde, Florida
Birds, Blog, St Petersburg

Fort Desoto Birds

I don’t shoot a lot of bird photography any more, but sometimes it is just too easy to pass up. Living in Florida, near the water, I have easy access to a lot of good bird photography sites. Fort Desoto is definitely one of the best sites for any type […]

Reddish Egret Ruffled Portrait, Fort Desoto, Tierra Verde, Florida
Birds, Blog, St Petersburg

Reddish Egrets, Fort Desoto

Reddish Egrets are one of the favorite birds for many bird photographers to take pictures of. There are several reasons. First, they are pretty cool looking birds. Second, there are two color variations, a dark morph and a white morph. Third, when hunting they prance around and make a cool […]