Very surprised this weekend to find 2 Spsuckers engaging in play  my guess one male and female. and 2 Male Buntings  what a great surprise !  only saw one female , or thought I did.This was activity in the front yard, after a very unsetteling Sat A.M.    A Hawk flew down in front of me, in my backyard a grabbed one of my birds  I think a bluejay, it happened so fast I chased after it but it took the bird in flight across the street. I found him sitting in the neighbors side yard  and continued to follow , right then my neighbor came out and used his hose to scare it .  Well it worked the hawk let go of the bird, the bird flew and the hawk followed. I lost them behind a big tree , but I like to think the bird got away. Not in my yard Mr. hawk. 

Yellow bellied sapsucker

Male Bunting

Could this be a trick mirror

No.. its 2 males

One very pretty female

Sapsucker..   only could get this ine oic other one would'nt stop flying

Mirror  Image

Female

Morning at Wakodahatchee

Great morning at Wakodahatchee   alot of new babies  sooo cute!

Mother Anhinga  feeding her babes

Great Blue with babies

Babie Great Blue's

mother Anhinga and babies

Sora



Otter



Red Winged Blackbird

male and female Ring necked ducks

Yellow Rumped Warbler

Marsh Rabbit

Weird Lizard?

? Yellow Rumped Warbler

Two Old Birders at Green Cay and future birder 2/13/12

The two old birders went to Green Cay the other day to break in the little future birder   she was very good .

Yellow Rumped Warbler

Coopers Hawk

Male and female Painted Buntings

Red Winged Blackbird eating a dragonfly

male Cardinal

Snowy Egret

The other odl birder and future birder

Purple Gallinu

Part II Girl's Big Birding Weekend

Our Girl's Big Birding Weekend was amazing!It was 3 day on nonstop birding. It was

great to see so many new birds and some of our old favorites.Thank-you my bff and the blue-link lady for getting us around.I don't think the "west" coast will ever be the same after our visit

                                                Painted Bunting  (was taking a pic
                                                of a cardinal and he "buntted"in)

                                                  Waiting for lunch!

                                                     Finally got to see a Pileated Woodpecker!

                                             banded bird hope to find out from where

                                              american sunflowers?

    White Pelican with little ones

Part 1 of Two Old Birders Fort Myers trip....

The Two Old Birders took a girls weeknd to Ft Myers to go birding , and what a good job we did. We saw  some birds we have'nt seen before ,we came and went as we pleased ,when we wanted and what a great feeling that was. Part 2 to follow...

Pileated Woodpecker  Six Mile Slough

Baby Alligators Six Mile Slough

Belted King fisher  Alligator Alley

Cooton Mouths Six Mile Slough

Large Cypress tree at Six Mile Slough

Young Alligator Six Mile Slough

Large Slider Six Mile Slough

The Two Old Birders at Bunchee Beach

Downy Woodpecker Corkscrew Swamp

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker at Corkscrew Swamp

Reddish Egret   Ding Darling

Rosette Spoonbill Ding Darling

Osprey  watching his nest  Ding Darling

Warbler  either Palm or Yellow Rumped at Ding Darling

Yellow Crowned Night Heron   at Ding Darling

Piping Plover at Bunchee Beach

Marbeled Godwits at Bunchee Beach

Osprey watching his nest   a different one