It has been awhile since I have gone to Fort Desoto and there isn’t much wildlife activity so I figured it would be worth a try. It definitely ended up being a decent morning. However when I first got to the parking area I got mobbed by mosquitos before I could make it to the beach. I have never seen mosquitos anywhere near that bad in this area. I photographed at least 1 bird that was new to me, a Black Tern. I also found Roseate Spoonbills, a Reddish Egret, a lot of Marbled Godwits and Red Knots and a lot of Terns (mostly Least and Sandwich).

I started with a couple silhouettes of a Marbled Godwit and a Roseate Spoonbill.

Black-bellied Plover and Forster’s Tern in flight.

Roseate Spoonbills calling and in flight.

Red Knot and Black Skimmer in flight.

Sandwich Tern and Reddish Egret in flight.

Least Terns in sync and a bunch of Red Knots.

Marbled Godwit stretching wings and Laughing Gull with seaweed.

Brown Pelican in flight and Marbled Godwit stretching neck.

Marbled Godwit in flight and Black Tern.

Sandwich Tern with shrimp and Fish Crow

Snowy Egret closeup and Brown Pelican flyover

Least Tern fishing