Capturing and eating a rodent and a small fish.
Went out looking for the aurora. It was too cloudy for that but this made it worth it.
With hapless rock squirrel.
HISTORIC PHOTOS.
HISTORIC PHOTOS.
This image is part of an observation I made a couple of days ago, but there was so much going on, including three different avian species, that it merits further comment. Here I am focusing on a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron (seen in the background) as it peeks out of the brush at a much larger Great Blue Heron, attempting to drive off a Red-shouldered Hawk which has landed on the island. A discarded shopping cart and other assorted trash, washed down the river by a recent storm, adds to the sense of discord, as does the turbulent water boiling in the background. Interesting to note, the hawk remained calmly on the fallen branch throughout the display (which included lots of loud squawking) until the large heron quieted down, before flying off.
So how is this observation about the Night Heron? I simply could not get over the look of that juvenile bird reacting to the conflict.
possibly LBHE x SNEG
?
Seemed like a lost baby.
Hmmm...at first I thought I had my first calico Little Blue Heron. But Sibley says (link below) they don't get their first blue feathers until March. And then...this bird has yellow lores, and also has black-fronted yellowish legs that he says are diagnostic for the Snowy. The bill also looks more like a young Snowy than a Little Blue. The bird had just flown in, so I didn't get to see its foraging style.
Possible hybrid? But that wouldn't explain why a young Blue x Snowy is showing blue so early. Another hybrid suggested in last link below is a Tricolor x Snowy. I would think blue feathers would be permanent and make sense in a younger bird like this.
Am I missing something obvious?
Local residents...
Bert had Ethel hopping mad. He showed up empty handed... She ruffled her feathers, stood up, deployed her massive wings, hopped up and down on the perch, then turned her attention to Bert and squawked at him till he left
This (young?) Eastern Phoebe would not leave me alone for 10 minutes. It landed on my phone and made many attempts to land on my straw hat.
Video of it on the railing, singing for/at me:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W1KhB_LhUKh2aWWsl0m_OuzIfSZVmx7-/view?usp=share_link
Video of it trying to land on my hat:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18yQiNH1Bwyn7ckK-n4l2q0NbPJHLbuhx/view?usp=share_link
Maybe this bird was raised under the eaves of a house and it got used to humans?? I've never had an interaction like this. Phoebe-bombed!
Finally went through some pics of when the flamingos were here. Thought the pic was funny. Already uploaded flamingos (181374471)
Documenting species found along the two manmade lakes in the Killian Pkwy entrance of MDC's Kendall campus. The lakes are home to a variety of breeding native and nonnative bird species.
A juvenile Snowy Egret goes fishing. (It was approximately 2 ft tall.)
I set up a single sheet lit by several UV "DJ" blacklights (395-400 nm LED) hooked up to USB battery packs. Video showing a similar setup at the Pinecrest campground (Big Cypress) from Summer 2019: https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk
My other blacklighting observations from this sheet:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-08-31&d2=2024-09-01&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=938&project_id=blacklighting-florida&user_id=joemdo
All of my observations from two days/one night in Osceola County:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-08-31&d2=2024-09-01&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=938&user_id=joemdo
Blacklighting project for Florida: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blacklighting-florida
Cortejo y cópula
HISTORIC PHOTOS.
Fattest Green Heron I have ever seen
Apareció en mi casa y no se que especie es le puse de nombre Tato y entiende por ese nombre come mas de 3 veces al día pescado cuando está muy lleno regurgita un poco de pescado como lo encontré polluelo esta acostumbrado a la gente ya k creo k esta en etapa juvenil me da miedo que empiece a volar y a donde se llegue a ir le peguen ya k no le tiene miedo a las personas y perros espero alguien me diga que especie y sus cuidados
I was too busy taking pictures of killifish to notice the great egret about to steal away a gallinule's chick- I was alerted by the sound of frenzied wingbeats and splashing from the parent trying to fight for the chick, but alas, it was all for naught.
Check photo 5 if you want to see it zooooop
Took a weekend trip to High Island with @devinpedraza! Saw lots of birds I have never seen before!
Restricted access- banding operations
Sorry the photo is appalling. I had binoculars with me so was able to give a positive ID. Watched the wee guy waddle their way down and out to sea.
Stuffed Duende? I don't know what this is, but it is not the first instance of a stuffed toy by the Santa Ana River. These toys are very sturdy and pose a threat to fish and birds in the water.
OC CNPS BotanyBlitz
Welcome Cedric to iNaturalist! See comments below...
Being chased by a male Red-winged Blackbird.