Eastern Blue Jay
I enjoy seeing all types of both songbirds and the exotic big birds here in Florid! Please click on the thumbnail image to see the slightly larger version of the photo. Enjoy!
Crow
Eastern Bluebird
Red-winged Blackbird (male)
Pileated Woodpecker
Boat-tailed Grackle (male)
Cedar Waxwings
White Pelicans at the Nancy Lopez Legacy Golf Course Driving Range Pond
There are photographs I recently took here in The Villages, FL. Please click on the thumbnail image to see the slightly larger version of the picture. Enjoy!
Mottled Ducks at the Freedom Pointe Lakes
Wood Storks & White Pelicans at the Nancy Lopez Legacy Golf Driving Range Pond
Great Blue Heron at the Nancy Lopez Legacy Golf Pond
Turkey Vultures & Great Egrets at the Freedom Pointe Lakes
Crows at the Freedom Pointe Lakes
Tai-Colored Heron, Mottled Ducks at the Nancy Lopez Legacy Golf Driving Range Pond
It is really getting hot here in North-central Florida! These Common Crows really know how to cool off and enjoy a refreshing drink. Fortunately my neighbor has a nice, shaded, bird bath that is full of water. It is the same spot where I had previously photographed a bunch of American Robins bathing and splashing. Please click on the thumbnail image to see the slightly larger picture. Enjoy!
Crows have been here on my street a lot lately. I took these photographs on May 2, 2015. Please click on the thumbnail image to see a slightly larger version of that picture. Enjoy!
This Sharp Shinned Hawk was perched on an electric line with several Common Crows on day recently. This bird was seen in one of the newer neighborhoods here in the development where I live.
By the time we got the truck turned around and parked, all but one of the crows had left the scene. The hawk nervously looked toward the remaining crow and me. I got the snap shots before the hawk had enough and flew off. Please click on the thumbnail image to see the larger picture. Enjoy!
Crows were seen at the larger rainfall retention basin pond here in the development where I live on Oct. 23, 2014. The Crows were hunting for tadpoles, and tasty insects. They were there at the pond along with the Killdeer and Lesser Yellowlegs. I always enjoy watching Crows. Crows are amazing and quite smart! Please click on the thumbnail image to see the larger picture. Enjoy!
All this Turkey Vulture wanted to do was get a quick drink out of the rainfall pond across the street here. No, the small group of about five crows would not have it. The crows ganged up on the poor vulture and off all flew. It sounded like the battle that happens when the crows chase the neighborhood Red-shouldered Hawk! Lots of noise and commotion. In the end, the carrion- eating vulture was the loser and has left the area – for how long, we won’t know. I took these pictures on Sept. 28, 2014. Please click on the thumbnail image to see the larger photo. Enjoy!
Common Crows have been around here on my street in the last couple of weeks bravely battling the resident Red-shouldered Hawk and even chasing off a small bunch of raucous Eastern Blue Jays. The Crows are pretty common (pun intended) in this development and in the Ocala, FL area.
Crows are part of nature’s clean-up squad and also enjoy the bounty of the Live Oak Trees here. There are Acorns, insects, and many other types of food around on this street for these bird to dine on. These medium-sized birds are noisy, pleasant and smart. I took these pictures here last Sunday. Please click on the thumbnail image to see the larger picture. Enjoy!
These Common Crows were photographed in the last week here at the local park and along the street where I live. Please click on the thumbnail image to see the larger picture. Enjoy!
Here are several different birds and a Grey Squirrel for good measure. I took these pictures during Christmas week here in my neighborhood. I note that our resident Crows did not do such a great job of keeping the street a “Hawk-free zone”. I have been recovering from a cold so I did not get much bird watching in during the last few days. I do hope to be outside in my neighborhood for bird watching and taking pictures in coming days. Please click on the thumbnail image to see the larger picture. Enjoy!
