Hermit Thrush

end of December

almost into the sunlight

the Hermit Thrush stares

Palm Warbler

winter morning light

the Palm Warbler begins his

sun salutation

Blue-winged Teal

in the shallow pond

what a cool feather pattern

on the Blue-winged Teal

Pine Warbler

Blue-headed Vireo

snap, snap - in the pine

a Blue-headed Vireo

gets another bug

Indigo Bunting

on the empty branch

a lone Indigo Bunting

near a late fall leaf

Red-shouldered Hawk

a Red-shouldered Hawk

perched on a very low branch

right next to the path

Wood Storks

Reddish Egrets

Palm Warbler

Chipping Sparrows

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Redhead, Shoveler, Wigeon, and Ruddy

American Avocets

at the beach, even

American Avocet

females have more curves

Persimmon

unenlightened, the

November persimmon

is still firmly attached

Pileated Woodpecker

the wind trasforms a

Pileated Woodpecker

into a Woody

Pine Warbler

hiding in needles

feeding Pine Warblers display

their distinctive tails

Green Heron

still and empty lake
suddenly a Green Heron
skims through the silence

American Redstart

Halloween colors

of American Redstarts

flying in circles

Downy Woodpeckers

the pair displaying

their antic dispositions

Downy Woodpeckers

Carolina Wren

Carolina Wren

singing to the morning sun

autumn sonata

Greater Yellowlegs

October morning

the Greater Yellowlegs moves

slowly through small waves

Cooper's Hawk

the young Cooper's Hawk

hides among the oak's branches

with a fresh dead rat

Common Yellowthroat

the harsh "chuck" of the
female Common Yellowthroat
moves around the lake

Eastern Wood Pewee

little tail bobbers
on St. Pete's first cool, fall day
Palm Warblers are back

Waterthrush

cyprus tree at dawn

by the lake, a Waterthrush

in the morning sun

Spotted Sandpiper

running from sea foam
to hide under the mangroves
Spotted Sandpiper

Great Horned Owl

glowing from the shade

the eyes of the Great Horned Owl

half opened, half closed

Yellow-throated Warbler

while chasing insects

the Yellow-throated Warbler

sometimes stops to pose