Great Blue Heron

by the college lake
the great blue heron
lurks

Red-Tailed Hawk

cemetery pine
afternoon sun
red-tailed hawk

Scaup

Scarlet Tanager

Cinco de Mayo
a Scarlet Tanager gnaws
a ripe mulberry

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

 

                                         Cinco de Mayo

                                         a Rose-breasted Grosbeak bites

                                         a tender green shoot

Magnolia Warbler

humid Florida
hot - even in the April shade
Magnolia Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

eating Mulberries
o n a hot Monday morning
a Blackpoll Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Sea Grape flowering
a Cape May Warbler feasting
Fort De Soto Park

Great Crested Flycatcher

isn't it garish!
the Great Crested Flycatcher
in bougainvillea

White Ibis

April Fools Day
white ibis at dawnFort De Soto Park

above the sidewalk
in the January breeze
nanday parakeets

fallen pine needle
hangs from an oak branch
zebra longwing

American Kestrel

weathered post
in the January sun
kestrel falcon