Common Gallinules: Booker Creek Park, St Petersburg (3-5-20)

 

Preening to make sure those all-important feathers are in good shape

Santee Coastal Reserve, SC: 2-1-21

 

The beautiful drive into the reserve

Artificial nest boxes for Red-cockaded Woodpeckers

Eastern Phoebe

American White Pelicans

We were hoping this flock of White Pelicans would fly by our campground but they found a school of fish in the Intracoastal Waterway and plummeted into the water after them before getting to us.

Sunsets, clouds & White Ibises

 

Some of the hundreds of White Ibises that roost on Bird Island in Coffee Pot Bayou each night

Boats in the Bay

 

A wide variety of boats pass by our water view.

Mute Swans on Richmond Hill Lake, GA: 1-5-21

 The mute swan is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurosiberia, and the far north of Africa.

 Mute Swans are not native to North America. Their aggressive behavior and voracious appetites often disturb local ecosystems, displace native species, and even pose a hazard to humans.

The pups next door: 3-23-21

 

White Ibises in our yard

 

On our new fence