Ring-billed Gull

June - near Black Skimmer

and Laughing Gull flocks, he stands

alone, Ring-billed Gull

Black Terns

in mid-migration

Black Terns gather on the shore

around Tampa Bay

American Oystercatcher

the American

Oystercatcher and her chicks:

watch out for the waves!

Magnificent Frigatebirds

one-hundred degrees

Magnificent Frigatebirds

sail over the pond

Roseate Spoonbills

the still pond reflects

a Roseate Spoonbill flock

in the morning light

Snowy Egret

the Snowy Egret,

the weathered wood, the algae,

the light, or the mind?

Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks

beneath the willow

two Black-bellied Whistling Ducks

beside the church lake

Little Blue Heron

like a gangster bird

the Little Blue Heron squawks

out of his beak's side

Killdeer & Black-necked Stilts

after a loud cry

Killdeer and Black-necked Stilts fly

to protect their young

Brown Thrasher

chased up from the ground

by a pack of unleashed dogs -

        the Brown Thrasher's safe

Loggerhead Shrike

hot June Afternoon

         a Loggerhead Shrike hunting

         from the ball field fence

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

by the willow pond

the Yellow-crowned Night Heron

is not reflected

Eastern Screech Owl

in the morning sun

guarding the hollow palm stump 

an Eastern Screech Owl