Scarlet Tanager

as the spring brings buds

seed pods from last year rattle

Scarlet Tanager

Black-and-white Warbler

                                        finding bugs in moss

                                        on the last day of April

                                        Black-and-white Warbler

Cedar Waxwings

above the old fort

a flock of Cedar Waxwings

follows the coastline

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

a mulberry feast

glistening satisfaction

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Fort DeSoto Park

Scarlet Tanager & Spotted Sandpiper

Scarlet Tanagers
in the oak, beneath the tree
Spotted Sandpiper

Limpkin & Chicks

Solitary Sandiper

                                              the large eye of the

                                              Solitary Sandpiper

                                              makes it look afraid

Glossy Ibis

                                             shimmering wings

                                             on the hot April morning

                                             the Glossy Ibis

Limpkin

                                       why did the Limpkin

                                       quite unpoetically

                                       cross the gravel road?

Fort DeSoto

Fort DeSoto

                                      in sun and in shade

                                      the birds of Fort DeSoto

                                      April afternoon

Gray Catbird

Great Crested Flycatcher

Nothern Flicker

Wild Turkeys

                                       wet April morning

                                       the Florida Wild Turkeys
                                       more gobblers than hens

Snowy Egret

bizarre spring plumage
revealed by the sudden breeze
the Snowy Egret

Hummer at Rest