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Shorebirds at Fort Desoto in May.
A lone marbled godwit on the beach with a snack. He’s cruising the shoreline looking for more snacks. Another one flies in. At first, the original godwit tries to chase the intruder away but after a...
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Another morning at Fort Desoto
The usual birds at Fort Desoto in late September. A fairly rare lesser black back gull was near the fishing pier. Little did I know that 2 weeks later I would see a greater one in Boston. Pink and...
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Little birds on the beach
The skimmers lined up along the shoreline at Fort Desoto. Out on Outback Key spit, I could see tons of shorebirds from the beach. So many shorebirds, so little time. The spit was full of different...
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Late day walk at Fort Desoto
I’m still going through my pictures from Fort Desoto in late October. So many shorebirds there at that time. Tons of gulls, terns and skimmers. The 2nd shot is of red knots, feeding before their trip...
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At the beach
No, I did not take these this weekend. We avoid the beaches on holidays. We are fortunate enough to live here and can go to the beach any time so we don’t go during the busiest times. This was a...
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Another beautiful morning at the beach
A cute little black bellied plover was busy looking for food. Standing on the pier, I could see this dog catching an orange frisbee way down at the other end of dog beach. He caught it every time. He...
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Out on the beach
Out on the beach at Fort Desoto Park in early May, I found a few black bellied plovers. I don’t see dunlins very often and it was great to see them in their breeding colors. The stars on the beach...
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Dipped on a new bird
I was heading to the beach on the Gandy causeway early one morning looking for a new bird. A gull billed tern had been spotted there for several days. I parked and walked along the sand closely...
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Sleeping shorebirds
It was a quiet morning on the Dunedin causeway and I noticed a lot of sleeping shorebirds. After my walk I got my camera out of my car and started snapping the shorebirds. I found a lone black bellied...
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A pacific in the gulf?
I had high hopes as I drove into Fort Desoto Park in early February. I was looking for the rare Pacific Loon that had been seen there the day before. It was seen right off the fishing pier so I...
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