Swallow-tailed Kite

April morning
clear sky
Swallow-tailed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kites

old tree
Swallow-tailed Kite
feeds young a frog

Red-shouldered Hawk

late April
Red-shouldered Hawk
gathers moss

Scarlet Tanager

morning shadows
female Scarlet Tanager
hot September

Summer Tanager

shaded stream-side path
hot September afternoon
Summer Tanager

Prothonotary Warbler

slowly flowing stream
Prothonotary Warbler
stops for an instant

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Eastern Wood-Pewee
singing in Florida heat
September migrant

Roseate Spoonbill and Limpkin

Roseate Spoonbill
hanging out with a Limpkin
last day of the year

Limpkin

the warm afternoon -
a February Limpkin
probes the muddy bank

Green Heron

by the riverbank

Green Herons grab dragonflies

right out of the air

Short-tailed Hawk

twisting and turning

in their aerial spring rites

dark morph Short-tailed Hawks

Yellow-throated Warbler

while chasing insects

the Yellow-throated Warbler

sometimes stops to pose