Bird Survey: Pinellas NWR 8-19-16

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Great Blue Heron 

Here's lookin' at you!

Territorial dispute between a Double-crested Cormorant and a Brown Pelican

Young Anhinga

Snowy Egrets

 As we approached Jackass Key we saw more and more Magnificent Frigatebirds circling over the island.

Juvenile 

Male with partially inflated red throat sac

Male

Stingray with 4' "wingspan"

Summertime storm clouds building behind the iconic Don Cesar Hotel on St Pete Beach (with a Frigate in the clouds)

Double-crested Cormorant

The most common cormorant in the US and the only one in our area

Snorkeling for prey

Better safe than sorry!

Bottlenose Dolphin cruising the flats near Little Bird Key

Snowy Egret hunting from its perch