Roseate Spoonbill
The Roseate Spoonbill is one of 6 species of spoonbills worldwide, the only one found in the New World. The picture of this Roseate Spoonbill in Water was taken at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. The picture of this Roseate Spoonbill was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.
To hear the sounds of the Roseate Spoonbill in Water, click on the arrow below.
Tricolored Heron
The picture of this Tricolored Heron was taken at High Island in Smith Oaks Rookery in Texas. The picture of this Tricolored Heron was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.
To hear the sound of the Tricolored Heron, click on the arrow below.
Green Heron Immature
The picture of this Green Heron Immature was taken at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. The picture of this Green Heron Immature was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.
To hear the sounds of the Green Heron, click on the arrow below.
Tricolored Heron on Nest
The picture of this Tricolored Heron on Nest was taken at the Alligator Farm in Florida. To see more of my photographs from the Alligator Farm use this Link to my photoshelter site.
White Ibis Immature Feeding
The picture of this White Ibis Immature Feeding was taken at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. The picture of this White Ibis Immature Feeding was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.
To hear the sounds of the White Ibis, click on the arrow below.
Great Egret Chick
The picture of this Great Egret Chick was taken at the Rookery in the Alligator Farm in St Augustine, Florida. The picture of this Great Egret Chick was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II.
Tricolored Heron
The picture of this Tricolor Heron was taken at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge near Titusville, Florida.
To hear the sound of the Tricolor Heron, click on the arrow below.
Roseate Spoonbill
This Roseate Spoonbill was photographed at the Rookery in the Alligator Farm in St Augustine Florida. This is one of my favorite unusual birds.
To hear the sound of the Roseate Spoonbill, click on the arrow below.
Ruddy Turnstone
The picture of this Ruddy Turnstone was taken at the Barnegat Lighthouse State Park in New Jersey. The picture of this Ruddy Turnstone was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender. The Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small wading bird in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae.
To hear the song of the Ruddy Turnstone, click on the arrow below.
Yellow-crowned Night-heron Juvenile
The picture of this very pretty juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-heron was photographed at Big John’s Pond at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York. The photograph of this Yellow-crowned Night-heron was taken with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.
American White Ibis
The American White Ibis breeds along the Atlantic coast, from the Carolinas south to Florida. The American White Ibis is found in a variety of habitats, although shallow coastal marshes, wetlands and mangrove swamps are preferred. This photograph was taken at the Audubon Swamp in Charleston, South Carolina.
Great Blue Heron
The picture of this Great Blue Heron was taken at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, New Jersey. This photo was taken with the Canon 5D Mark III with the Canon 100-400mm lens during a recent winter visit to the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. This Great Blue Heron was in hunting mode standing statue-like, stalking fish and other prey in shallow water.
Snowy Egrets Sparring
Snowy Egret hostile displays involve crest-raising and rasping calls . Upright posture and moderate plume erection proceeds in low-intensity displays (Snap, Stretch) to full attacks with inclined body and fully erected feathers.
Click below to hear the hostile display sounds of the Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
Despite their impressive size, Great Blue Herons weigh only 5 to 6 pounds thanks in part to their hollow bones—a feature all birds share. This picture of the Great Blue Heron coming in for a landing was taken at the East Pond of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
Spotted Sandpiper
The Spotted Sandpiper is the most widespread breeding sandpiper in North America. With their richly spotted breeding plumage, teetering gait, stuttering wing beats, and showy courtship dances, the Spotted Sandpiper is among the most notable and memorable shorebirds in North America.