Scarlet Tanager

Cinco de Mayo
a Scarlet Tanager gnaws
a ripe mulberry

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

October morning
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
all over the park

Greater Yellowlegs

Common Yellowthroat

Whimbrel

Common Nighthawk

like a feathered sphinx
on a branch above the trail:
a Common Nighthawk

Golden-crowned Kinglet

this little guy is
an avid human watcher:

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Bald Eagle

cool November dusk

huge in the desolate tree

a young Bald Eagle

Eastern Phoebe

the Eastern Phoebe

sings in warm November sun

on the topmost branch

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

"crunch" from a tree top

a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

eats a grasshopper

Savannah Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow
flying among the sea oats
November sunset

Least Sandpiper

the Least Sandpiper

running at the water's edge

flotsam camouflage

Bahama Mockingbird

Fort DeSoto Park

rare Bahama Mockingbird

feasting on privet

Ruby-throated Hummimgbird Female

Brown-crested Flycatcher

the large Seagrape bush -

the Brown-crested Flycatcher

circumnavigates

Indigo Bunting

the Spanish Needles

and the Indigo Bunting

a first spring for both

Northern Parula

the dandelion

doesn't sway under its weight -

Northern Parula

Louisiana Waterthrush

a puddle transforms

when a Louisiana

Waterthrush arrives

Worm-eating Warbler

in sunlight, the head

of a Worm-eating Warbler

          look like a pecan

Hooded Warbler

a striking contrast

is often the attraction:

the Hooded Warbler