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Tag Archives: heron
Cycling in Florida – Merritt Island Revisited
Another sunny day with reasonable temperatures. Began the day walking the beach in Cape Canaveral and then returned to walk the trails of Merritt Island while John did another loop on his bike. On the previous day’s visit to Merritt … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged Agraulis vanillae, Atlantic Ocean, birds, Buckeye, butterfly, butterfly species, cactus pads, Clapper Rail, Clapper Rail - Rallus logirostris, cycling, Egretta thula, Egretta tricolor, exercise, fishing, Florida, grebe, Gulf Fritillary, gulls, heron, loon, merritt island, ocean, pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, Precis coenia, rail, Ralus longirostris, Snowy Egret, sunny day, temperatures, Tri-colored Heron, Tricolored Heron
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Cape Canaveral, Florida
We stayed overnight at the Jetty Park Campgrounds. Nice locations for tents but their policy of charging $10 for each additional tent made the location rather pricey considering that we were traveling with one small tent each. One of the … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged bait fish, birds, Black Skimmer, Brown pelican, cape canaveral, cape canaveral florida, Common Loon, egret, Egretta caerulea, fishermen, Florida, Gavia immer, gull, heron, images, jetty park, Little Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), loon, Northern Diver, park campgrounds, Pelecanus occidentalis, pelican, photography, photos, pictures, Royal Tern, Rynchops niger, Sandwich Tern, shorebird, shower buildings, skimmer, Sterna maxima, Sterna sandvicensis, sun bathing, sunshine, tent, tents, winter plumage
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Florida Birds – Video
Florida Birds – Video Here is a video of some clips of birds which we saw while cycling around Florida. I was borrowing Graeme’s FLIP camera for these shots and hadn’t used it before this trip so these clips should … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged Anhinga, birds, black vultures, camera, cycling, FLIP camera, Florida, florida birds, florida florida, Gallinule, heron, images, Limpkin, peacock, peahen, photo, purple gallinule, stork, Tricolored Heron, Vacation, video, White Ibis, Wood Stork
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African Safari – Serengeti – Morning Drive part two
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) African Safari – Serengeti – Morning Drive part two We moved from the grasslands into a damper area where we were able to observe some wading birds including the Black-winged Stilt and the Goliath Heron. At … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, african safari, ardea, Ardea Goliath, Black-winged Stilt, copyright all rights reserved, crocodiles, Dinemellia dinemelli, Goliath Heron, grasslands, heron, Himantopus himantopus, images, Lanius melanoleucus, lion, magpie, Magpie Shrike, Monitor Lizard, photos, pictures, RJHay, Ron Hay, safari, serengeti, shuteye, tanzania, Tawny Eagle, wading birds, watering hole, White-headed Buffalo Weaver, wildebeest, zebra, zebras
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Grand Isle, Louisiana
Grand Isle, Louisiana On this trip to New Orleans, I had decided that I might like to take a drive down to Grand Isle, Louisiana and look out across the Gulf of Mexico while standing on Louisiana’s only significant beach. … Continue reading
Hillman Marsh Nature Centre near Leamington, Ontario
Hillman Marsh Nature Centre near Leamington, Ontario (Location) The most famous birding area around Leamington, Ontario is Point Pelee National Park. Less well know is the conservation area at nearby Hillman Marsh. The area has been diked so on one … Continue reading
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Tagged Agelaius phoeniceus, Aix sponsa, ardea, carp, common tern, Dendroica petechia, dike, duckweed, frog, great blue heron, heron, Hillman Marsh, Hillman Marsh Nature Centre, Leamington, leamington ontario, marsh land, marsh nature, muskrat, nature centre, Ondatra zibethicus, Ontario, Point Pelee National Park, Rabbit, Red-winged Blackbird, semi aquatic rodent, shallows, Sterna hirundo, Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, tall grass, tern, Tree Swallow, warbler, water habitat, Wood Duck, Yellow warbler
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