Pups: 10-29-18

Peafowl at Moccasin Lake Nature Park: 10-12-18

Peacock

Peahen with her peachick

Peachick

Birds in Alaska and more: 9-18

Glaucous-winged Gull (Non-breeding)

Male Harlequin Duck

Common Murre in winter plumage

Dall’s Porpoises riding a bow wake

Often called “Orca Snacks” as they are a favorite food of Transient Killer Whales

Bald Eagle drying its wings after a rain

Did we read these signs right?

Bird Survey

Brown Pelican

Royal Tern

Double-crested Cormorant

Osprey 

Great Blue Heron

Bird Survey, Pinellas NWR: 10-21-18

Female Anhinga (aka “Snakebird”)

Cooper’s Hawk soared overhead

Royal Tern

Osprey

Flock of Black-hooded Parakeets (Fearing these birds may escape and become feral agricultural pests, the state of Tennessee bans the keeping of these birds.  They are well-established in Florida)

Brown Pelican

White Ibises (The main conservation concerns for these birds are hunting and habitat loss.  Both birds and eggs are hunted for food and when a colony is disturbed by hunting, the adults will often leave their nests and the young will die.)

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron banded on its right leg