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  • The black-crowned night heron is one of the most elusive species of heron in North America, and can be found throughout most of the world on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. Active primarily at night and nearly invisible during the day, these ambush hunters fish the water's edge for fish, reptiles, insects, crustaceans, mussels, clams, small rodents and anything else they can overpower. This one was found stalking its prey in the early evening in Fort Myers, Florida.
    Black-crowned Night Heron
  • The black-crowned night heron is one of the most elusive species of heron in North America, and can be found throughout most of the world on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. Active primarily at night and nearly invisible during the day, these ambush hunters fish the water's edge for fish, reptiles, insects, crustaceans, mussels, clams, small rodents and anything else they can overpower. This one was found stalking its prey in the early evening in Fort Myers, Florida.
    Black-crowned Night Heron
  • Often seen diving to depths of more than 40 feet (suspected at going even deeper to 150 feet or more), the Brandt's cormorant is found along North America's Pacific Coast from Alaska to the Gulf of California in Mexico where it hunts for fish above the ocean floor. It is often associated with sea lions. This one was seen near Los Angeles' Del Rey Lagoon on a sunny California spring morning.
    Brandt's Cormorant
  • A great blue heron catches a northwestern garter snake in the wetlands in the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge just outside of Olympia, Washington on a beautiful springtime afternoon.
    Great Blue Heron - Dinner for One
  • A pair of baby Great Egrets standing on a branch with their nest deep in a Florida swamp.
    Baby Great Egrets with Nest
  • Mallard duck photographed in Tallahassee, Florida.
    Mallard Duck
  • A Muscovy duck at Lake Ella at sunset in midtown Tallahassee, Florida.
    Muscovy Sunset
  • A willet works its way around the tidal pools of Eagle Harbor at low tide on a cold winter day on the Florida Panhandle.
    Willet
  • The smallest American woodpecker, it is just as quick and unpredictable as its larger cousins, and can be maddening to photograph!
    Downy Woodpecker
  • White pelican competing for space with two cormorants on a submerged branch on Sanibel Island. As you can imagine... the pelican won!
    White Pelican with Cormorants
  • Common in California and the upper Atlantic Coast, these terns on occasion will migrate across the mainland to the Gulf of Mexico in winter - as was the case with this tern.
    Sandwich Tern in Flight
  • One of the smallest American gulls - this little beachcomber was showing off its winter plumage on Anastasia Island, near St. Augustine, Florida.
    Bonaparte's Gull
  • A close-up of a snowy egret in Punta Rassa, Florida. This little shorebird had to be gradually crept up upon to get this shot. Eventually, it was so close that was literally inches from my leg, making my zoom lens useless!
    Snowy Egret
  • Cormorant on Sanibel Island with a big mullet. I couldn't believe my eyes as it swallowed the whole fish! It was funny watching it try to fly afterward!
    Double-Crested Cormorant
  • Double-crested Cormorant
  • A reddish egret hunts for fish and crustaceans
    Reddish Egret
  • The California gull is a medium-sized, common migratory gull found across most of the western half of North America. Primarily feeding on fish, insects and eggs, it is a well-known scavenger of trash and garbage. It breeds far inland as far as Colorado north to Canada's Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, but it always returns to the Pacific Coast in the winter. This one was among many found in Los Angeles, California near Del Rey Lagoon on a warm, sunny springtime afternoon.
    California Gull
  • The California gull is a medium-sized, common migratory gull found across most of the western half of North America. Primarily feeding on fish, insects and eggs, it is a well-known scavenger of trash and garbage. It breeds far inland as far as Colorado north to Canada's Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, but it always returns to the Pacific Coast in the winter. This one was among many found in Los Angeles, California near Del Rey Lagoon on a warm, sunny springtime afternoon.
    California Gull
  • The California gull is a medium-sized, common migratory gull found across most of the western half of North America. Primarily feeding on fish, insects and eggs, it is a well-known scavenger of trash and garbage. It breeds far inland as far as Colorado north to Canada's Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, but it always returns to the Pacific Coast in the winter. This one was among many found in Los Angeles, California near Del Rey Lagoon on a warm, sunny springtime afternoon.
    California Gull
  • The California gull is a medium-sized, common migratory gull found across most of the western half of North America. Primarily feeding on fish, insects and eggs, it is a well-known scavenger of trash and garbage. It breeds far inland as far as Colorado north to Canada's Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, but it always returns to the Pacific Coast in the winter. This one was among many found in Los Angeles, California near Del Rey Lagoon on a warm, sunny springtime afternoon.
    California Gull
  • Often seen diving to depths of more than 40 feet (suspected at going even deeper to 150 feet or more), the Brandt's cormorant is found along North America's Pacific Coast from Alaska to the Gulf of California in Mexico where it hunts for fish above the ocean floor. It is often associated with sea lions. This one was seen near Los Angeles' Del Rey Lagoon on a sunny California spring morning.
    Brandt's Cormorant
  • The brown pelican is one of eight species of pelicans found around the world, and is also the smallest. This one was photographed on the St. Joseph Peninsula of Florida's northern Gulf Coast.
    Brown Pelican
  • A pair of baby Great Egrets standing on a branch with their nest deep in a Florida swamp.
    Great White Egret Chicks
  • A female hooded merganser swims apart from the group in a pond in Medina Washington.
    Female Hooded Merganser
  • A male hooded merganser shows off his head-crest in a small pond in Medina, Washington.
    Hooded Merganser
  • A male hooded merganser shakes his wings in a small pond in Medina, Washington.
    Hooded Merganser
  • The world's smallest species of pelican - our own native brown pelican in flight over Anna Maria Island in Manatee County, Florida.
    Brown Pelican
  • A Florida favorite! A brown pelican in winter plumage flying over Eagle Harbor on the St. Joseph Peninsula on the Gulf Coast.
    Brown Pelican
  • Male pileated woodpecker in a melaleuca tree in Fort Myers, Florida. The male has red feathers on the cheeks and from the crown of the head to the beak.
    Pileated Woodpecker
  • Juvenile red-bellied woodpecker resting on a fence post after leaving its nest in a nearby dead palm. These loud woodpeckers are the most commonly seen in South Florida.
    Juvenile Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • A pair of lesser scaup on a record-breaking cold morning in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. It was a whopping 13°F (-11°C) on the North Florida Gulf Coast!
    Lesser Scaup
  • Portrait of a  blue heron in Panama City, Florida.
    Great Blue Heron
  • A fuzzy-headed juvenile green heron at the edge of a lake in Central Tallahassee, Florida.
    Juvenile Green Heron
  • This secretive member of the heron family blends in with its environment so well that it is usually overlooked.
    American Bittern
  • Great blue heron with crest in the Florida Everglades.
    Great Blue Heron
  • Great blue heron portrait in the Florida Everglades.
    Great Blue Heron
  • Great blue heron close-up shot with tongue sticking out in the Florida Everglades. Who knew herons had such long tongues?
    Great Blue Heron
  • Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) close-up in the Florida Everglades.
    Little Blue Heron
  • The rare reddish egret standing on a branch in a backwater estuary on Sanibel Island.
    Reddish Egret
  • A ring-billed gull wading along the water's edge near the mouth of the Ochlockonee River in North Florida.
    Ring-Billed Gull
  • The skittish and shy green heron at the water's surface keeping an eye on minnows in the Sweetwater Strand, Monroe County, Florida.
    Green Heron
  • A Forster's tern in winter plumage on Fernandina Beach, Florida.
    Forster's Tern
  • A young great blue heron just beginning to get its adult coloration in the Sweetwater Strand in the Big Cypress National Preserve.
    Juvenile Great Blue Heron
  • A large herring gull with a group of Forsters' terns - all in winter plumage on Fernandina Beach, Florida.
    The Real Snowbirds!
  • A blue heron huddles for warmth on a cold winter day by the Grand Lagoon in Panama City, Florida.
    Great Blue Heron
  • Young laughing gull resting on a rail on Boca Grande, Florida. Soon it will have its distinctive black head and white and grey body, and lose these brown feathers.
    Juvenile Laughing Gull
  • The very rare and reclusive reddish egret at the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island - internationally known as one of the best birding sights for seabirds.
    Reddish Egret
  • A young roseate spoonbill in the late afternoon Florida sun on Sanibel Island.
    Roseate Spoonbill
  • The black-crowned night heron is one of the most elusive species of heron in North America, and can be found throughout most of the world on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. Active primarily at night and nearly invisible during the day, these ambush hunters fish the water's edge for fish, reptiles, insects, crustaceans, mussels, clams, small rodents and anything else they can overpower. This one was found stalking its prey in the early evening in Fort Myers, Florida.
    Black-crowned Night Heron
  • The black-crowned night heron is one of the most elusive species of heron in North America, and can be found throughout most of the world on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. Active primarily at night and nearly invisible during the day, these ambush hunters fish the water's edge for fish, reptiles, insects, crustaceans, mussels, clams, small rodents and anything else they can overpower. This one was found stalking its prey in the early evening in Fort Myers, Florida.
    Black-crowned Night Heron
  • The black-crowned night heron is one of the most elusive species of heron in North America, and can be found throughout most of the world on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. Active primarily at night and nearly invisible during the day, these ambush hunters fish the water's edge for fish, reptiles, insects, crustaceans, mussels, clams, small rodents and anything else they can overpower. This one was found stalking its prey in the early evening in Fort Myers, Florida.
    Black-crowned Night Heron
  • Often seen diving to depths of more than 40 feet (suspected at going even deeper to 150 feet or more), the Brandt's cormorant is found along North America's Pacific Coast from Alaska to the Gulf of California in Mexico where it hunts for fish above the ocean floor. It is often associated with sea lions. This one was seen near Los Angeles' Del Rey Lagoon on a sunny California spring morning.
    Brandt's Cormorant
  • Often seen diving to depths of more than 40 feet (suspected at going even deeper to 150 feet or more), the Brandt's cormorant is found along North America's Pacific Coast from Alaska to the Gulf of California in Mexico where it hunts for fish above the ocean floor. It is often associated with sea lions. This one was seen near Los Angeles' Del Rey Lagoon on a sunny California spring morning.
    Brandt's Cormorant
  • Smallest of all the world's loon species, this red-throated loon in non-breeding plumage found here close to the Del Rey Lagoon in Los Angeles, California winters regularly in California and south, but will spend most of its life in the arctic where it breeds.
    Red-throated Loon
  • Smallest of all the world's loon species, this red-throated loon in non-breeding plumage found here close to the Del Rey Lagoon in Los Angeles, California winters regularly in California and south, but will spend most of its life in the arctic where it breeds.
    Red-throated Loon
  • The brown pelican is one of eight species of pelicans found around the world, and is also the smallest. This one was photographed on the St. Joseph Peninsula of Florida's northern Gulf Coast.
    Brown Pelican
  • A great blue heron in winter plumage perches over a pond in Washington's Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. I photographed this same heron several times this day, and with the changing light, this image came out beautifully backlit when the sun started coming through the clouds.
    Great Blue Heron
  • A great blue heron in winter plumage stands on one leg over a pond in Washington's Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, waiting out the rain on a very chilly morning.
    Great Blue Heron
  • An attractive female hooded merganser swims in one of the many ponds and pools of the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge between Olympia and Tacoma, Washington.
    Hooded Merganser
  • A male hooded merganser in a small pond in Medina, Washington.
    Hooded Merganser
  • A male hooded merganser shakes his feathers in a small pond in Medina, Washington.
    Hooded Merganser
  • Canada goose photographed on 1/18/2010 next to a pond in Southern Alabama. I couldn't have asked for better natural lighting!
    Alabama Canada Goose
  • A brown pelican on Sanibel Island is caught with its mouth open just before lunging headfirst into the water where it was scooping out the trapped baitfish.
    Brown Pelican
  • Male pileated woodpecker concentrating on finding insects under the bark of the melaleuca tree in Lee County, Florida.
    Pileated Woodpecker
  • A red-eyed horned grebe in winter plumage toying with a photographer on a cold winter morning on the St. Joseph Peninsula by diving under the surface every time the camera is pointed at it - except for this shot!
    Horned Grebe
  • A lovely little sanderling in its winter plumage on the shore of the St. Joseph Peninsula on North Florida's Gulf Coast.
    Sanderling
  • A rare close-up of an unusual but very common water bird, in its winter plumage!
    Pied-Billed Grebe
  • This stunning woodpecker was drilling a series of holes in a stand of slash pines in Wakulla County, Florida.
    Red-headed Woodpecker
  • A Canada goose on Lake Seminole, on the Florida-Georgia border.
    Canada Goose
  • A pair of pileated woodpeckers in Fort Myers, Florida. One cannot mistake them for anything else in the wild. When drumming on trees, it literally sounds like a jackhammer!
    Pileated Woodpecker
  • A rare close-up of a red-headed woodpecker along the Gulf Coast of North Florida.
    Red-headed Woodpecker
  • Downy Woodpecker hunted down and photographed in the Fakahatchee Strand in SW Florida. It is very difficult to follow any bird in the swamps!
    Downy Woodpecker
  • Female pileated woodpecker in a melaleuca tree in Fort Myers. This huge woodpecker is often seen in forests and woodlands all over Florida.
    Pilated Woodpecker
  • A male red-bellied woodpecker looking for insects among the oak trees on North Florida.
    Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • A common moorhen walking on floating reeds at Wakulla Springs, in North Florida.
    Common Moorhen
  • With a beak that is anything but common, this common moorhen is catching fish and insects in the floating vegetation at Wakulla Springs, in North Florida.
    Common Moorhen
  • A beautiful snowy egret prowls the surf during the golden hour of a South Lido Beach, Florida late afternoon.
    Snowy Egret
  • A fuzzy-headed juvenile green heron on the edge of a Tallahassee, Florida lake.
    Juvenile Green Heron
  • A juvenile green heron blends in perfectly against the cypress knees at the edge of a Florida lake.
    Juvenile Green Heron
  • A great blue heron at dawn looking over the salt marshes of the St. Marks National Wildlife refuge in North Florida ona cold winter morning.
    Great Blue Heron
  • A tri-colored heron stalking its prey in the Florida Everglades.
    Tricolored Heron
  • Great blue heron in breeding plumage photographed on Merritt Island near the Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida.
    Great Blue Heron
  • Great blue heron on the lookout in the Florida Everglades.
    Great Blue Heron
  • The beautiful and multi-hued green heron in the Florida Everglades National Park.
    Green Heron
  • Great blue heron close-up in the Florida Everglades. These huge wading birds ore often found at the water's edge hunting frogs and fish.
    Great Blue Heron
  • Snowy egret hunting for small crabs and fish in the surf on Sanibel Island.
    Snowy Egret
  • Close-up of a night-crowned night heron. A very noisy bird, but one of the most beautiful of our native herons.
    Yellow-Crowned Night Heron
  • Tricolored heron hunting crabs and small fish at J.N."Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge.
    Tricolored Heron
  • Close-up profile of the great egret in Homosassa Springs in Citrus County, Florida. This is a great place for viewing a huge variety of wildlife!
    Great Egret
  • Laughing Gull in winter plumage on Fernandina Beach, Florida on the Atlantic coast.
    "I Just Gotta Be Me!"
  • A pair of royal terns making  some noise on a cold winter day on Fernandina Beach, Florida.
    A Royal Pair
  • Already becoming a skilled hunter - this juvenile green heron easily catches a blue dasher dragonfly.
    Juvenile Green Heron with Dragonfly
  • The improbable-looking black skimmer  - the unique bill is used for catching its food while skimming the water's surface with an open beak - in flight!
    Black Skimmer
  • A beautiful reddish egret drawing small fish to the "safety" of the shadow it creates by spreading its wings to get a meal.
    Reddish Egret
  • Laughing gull in its winter plumage looking for scraps from nearby tourists on Captiva Island, Florida. This is the most common gull in southwest Florida, and are seen all year long.
    Laughing Gull (Winter Plumage)
  • Great egret silhouette in Homosassa Springs, Citrus County, Fl.
    Great Egret
  • Little blue heron catching a pig frog during a rainstorm in the Corkscrew Swamp in Collier County, Florida. Just perfect timing!
    Little Blue Heron
  • A male anhinga dries his wings in the early evening in Fort Myers, Florida after a long day of fishing.
    Anhinga
  • Freeze-frame photo of a double-crested cormorant  shaking water from its feathers just after a dive on Sanibel Island, Florida.
    Double-Crested Cormorant
  • A pair of white ibis scavenging for insects and worms beneath the lawn of a local city park in Titusville, Florida.
    Pair of White Ibis
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