Birds from the deck

 

Sandbar with Brown pelicans and friends

Osprey getting his Omega-3s

Gray Catbird in our mangroves

When feeding on the ground in our yard, they tend to toss leaves aside with their bills like Eastern Towhees and Brown Thrashers do rather than scratching with their feet.

Raft of Double-crested Cormorants

Peregrine Falcon in the Falkland Islands

 

Deck shots

 

Male Prothonotary Warbler at one of our ponds

Northern Cardinals

Female

Male

Mated pair

Potpourri

 

Naso Tang (left)  Bariene Tang (right) 

in our aquarium

Mourning Dove

Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly

Coffee Pot Bayou- mixed feeding flock

Young of the year Tri-colored Herons

Potpourri from the Falkland Islands

 

Striated Caracara

The striated caracara is a bird of prey of the family Falconidae. In the Falkland Islands, it is known as the Johnny rook, probably named after the Johnny penguin, one of its preys.

Black-browed Albatrosses

Deck shots

 

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Great Blue heron "shaking its bootie"

Boats in the neighborhood

Great Blue Heron preening

Boat-tailed Grackles

Male Boat-tailed Grackle

Females

Unfortunately this female has leg mites (they don't typically kill the birds)