Our National Bird, The Bald Eagle
Here are some pictures that you may enjoy! Hooray for the Red, the White, and the Blue! Please click on the thumbnail image to see the larger picture. Enjoy! Have a safe and wonderful Independence Day!
Male Northern Cardinal
Eastern Blue Jay
Snowy Egret
Juvenile White Ibises
Juvenile White Ibis
White Ibis
White Ibises, Mallard Ducks, Pekin Ducks, Muscovy Ducks, and a very hot Great Blue Heron were all trying to cool off yesterday afternoon here in The Villages, FL. It was about 88 degrees F. (and very humid) when I was visiting the lovely Veteran’s Park and little Mira-Mar Lake.
The brown and white-colored White Ibises are juveniles. The Ibises rushed up when our golf cart arrived, hoping against hope that we would be bringing treats. That is why I got the close-ups. No, no treats from me. It is against the law and bad for the exotic birds as well, to feed the Ibises, Cranes, Herons, Egrets and other larger wild birds. By the way, I also saw a male Northern Cardinal beating the heat by flitting about the bushes trying hunt in the shade.
Ibises and Mallard Ducks
White Ibises
Juvenile White Ibis
A Great Blue Heron Cooling Off
Sitting Ducks!
A Male Northern Cardinal
Tufted Titmouse
I am beginning to see more songbirds and other birds around my yards. This weekend, saw a couple of Tufted Titmice way up in my big old Live Oaks, a hen Northern Cardinal in my next door neighbor’s Palm Tree, a Northern Mockingbird up on the neighbor’s roof, and what looks like a juvenile Bald Eagle flying very high up in the sky.
I also saw a sassy Red-bellied Woodpecker that played a short peek-a-boo game with me before it gave up and flew off. I will show that bird on Wednesday’s post. Please click on the thumbnail image to see the larger version of the image. Enjoy!
Hen Northern Cardinal
Northern Mockingbird
Juvenile Bald Eagle?
Red-shouldered Hawk
Here are some of the scenic views I have photographed around my community here in Marion County, Florida in the last couple of weeks. I hope you enjoy them. By the way, on a side note – I went by Tuscawilla Park in Ocala, FL, on Saturday but saw few of the water birds I had seen back in February. I think there were probably a tenth of the birds there this past weekend than had been there during the Winter months. Please click on the thumbnail image to see the slightly larger view of that photograph.
Male Northern Cardinal
American Redstart
Black-bellied Whistling Ducks
Sandhill Crane Family at the Horse Farm Pond Pasture
Canada Geese
Common Crows
American Robin
Wishing you and yours a happy weekend, and happy Passover or Easter! I took these pictures of the colorful birds at various times during the last several months here in my area. Please click on the thumbnail image to see the larger picture. Enjoy!
Female Eastern Bluebird
Male Boat-tailed Grackle
Male Northern Cardinal
I am thrilled to be seeing small songbirds in our trees here on my street once again! Really! It was a long dry spell, likely due to the patrolling hawks. Yesterday I went out late in the morning and saw a Carolina Chickadee, a Tufted Titmouse, and two male Northern Cardinals.
I have been hearing a Red-headed Woodpecker calling, but so far, I have not seen it (nor any mockingbirds). Please click on the thumbnail image to see the larger picture. Enjoy!
A male Eastern Bluebird, a female Yellow-bellied Sap Sucker, a male Baltimore Oriole, and a male Northern Cardinal, were all spotted in the last two weeks here.
The Baltimore Oriole is a Winter visitor and was seen at Tuscawilla Park in Ocala, FL. I also saw the Northern Cardinal at that same park. The Bluebird and woodpecker were spotted here in the housing development where I live. Please click on the thumbnail image to see the larger picture. Enjoy!
