Thursday, November 3, 2016

Ft Desoto: Wednesday, 11-2-16


Great Blue Heron



Hiding in plain sight







The two biggest birds we saw






Northern Harrier (Juvenile)



Goldenrod




Ibis Roadblock 




White Ibis
Around their colonies, ibises eat crabs and crayfish, which in turn devour quantities of fish eggs.  By keeping down the number of crayfish, these birds are helping to increase fish populations.


Gulf Fritillary Butterfly






Bald Eagle Nest
North Beach Towers:  nest is on lower left "speaker" and one of the pair of eagles is on the upper right one



Softshell Turtle
















No comments:

Post a Comment