Mottled Duck pair over our backyard

 

Taking off from our pond

Black-capped Chickadee (Anchorage, AK)

The black-capped chickadee is a small, nonmigratory, North American

songbird that lives in deciduous and mixed forests. It is a passerine bird

in the tit family Paridae. It is the state bird of both Maine and

Massachusetts in the United States, and the provincial bird of New

Brunswick in Canada.

 

Potpourri from Central Florida

Water lily 

Roseate Spoonbill

Red-shouldered Hawk looking up as a Turkey Vulture flew over

Florida red-bellied Cooters

Gulf Fritillary Butterfly

Black-and-white-Warbler in our oak

 A group of Black-and-white Warblers is called a"dichotomy."

Males

Female

More Boats on the Bay: No two alike

 

Deck Shots

 

Black Skimmer flyby

Female Northern Cardinal in our mangroves

Nelson, the lone male dog next door

Yellow-crowned Night-Herons

 Sunning

Sunning: When sunning, a bird spreads its wings and fluffs its body feathers to bask in bright sunlight, especially on hot days. This is usually followed by a bout of preening.  One likely benefit of sunning is that feather-degrading bacteria are inhibited by sunlight.  Other possible reasons include converting Vitamin D, and controlling feather lice (either by killing them or causing them to move, making it easier for birds to remove them by preening).

Looking for morsels in our pond

Boats on the Bay: No two alike

 

Brown Pelican shots from our deck