Florida, September 2023

Florida, September 2023:

23 September 2023 Florida:

Dreifarbenreiher / Tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor)🐦

Tricolored heron. 2023-09-23 18:00:14 Florida

Amerikanischer Schlangenhalsvogel / American anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)🐦

Anhinga, first full day in Florida. 2023-09-23 18:31:56 Florida

Felsentaube / Rock dove (Columba livia)🐦

Rock pigeons at bay in St Petersburg. 2023-09-23 19:15:24 Florida

Schneesichler / White ibis (Eudocimus albus)🐦

White ibises in flight, St Petersburg. 2023-09-23 19:16:50 Florida

Carolinaspecht / Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)🐦

Red-bellied woodpecker, Florida. 2023-09-23 20:37:40 Florida

Amerikateichhuhn / Common gallinule (Gallinula galeata)🐦

Common gallinule, juvenile, Florida. 2023-09-23 20:46:10 Florida

It's not always a bird, sometimes it's a squirrel! 2023-09-23 21:03:44 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 3200
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24 September 2023 Florida:

Bootschwanzgrackel / Boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major)🐦

Boat-tailed grackle near Mark's place, St Petersburg. 2023-09-24 09:32:46 Florida

Gartenspottdrossel / Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)🐦

Northern mockingbird, St Petersburg - how north is that? 2023-09-24 09:48:34 Florida

Bootschwanzgrackel / Boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major)🐦

Boat-tailed grackles. 2023-09-24 09:53:28 Florida

Fischkrähe / Fish crow (Corvus ossifragus)🐦

Fish crows says MerlinBirdID. 2023-09-24 10:04:16 Florida

Meerespelikan / Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)🐦

Brown pelican. 2023-09-24 10:29:44 Florida

Amerikanischer Schlangenhalsvogel / American anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)🐦

The cormorant tower looking from St Petersburg to Tampa - but I don't have a picture good enough to say they're not anhingas. 2023-09-24 10:30:16 Florida

25 September 2023 Florida:

Floridänte / Mottled duck (Anas fulvigula)🐦

MerlinBirdID says mottled ducks near Mark's place in St Petersburg - they resembled female mallards but darker, males have yellow bills, females they call olive but pictures show orange and brown too. 2023-09-25 09:52:18 Florida

27 September 2023 Florida:

Schlammtreter / Willet (Tringa semipalmata)🐦

MerlinBirdID says willet, near St Petersburg. 2023-09-27 12:03:34 Florida

Sanderling / Sanderling (Calidris alba)🐦

Sanderling. 2023-09-27 12:12:20 Florida

Fischadler / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)🐦

Osprey in flight. 2023-09-27 12:22:08 Florida

Osprey in flight. 2023-09-27 12:22:20 Florida

Brandseeschwalbe / Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)🐦

Sandwich tern in flight with distinct yellow tipped bill. 2023-09-27 12:28:34 Florida

Sanderling / Sanderling (Calidris alba)🐦

Sanderling in flight - if no brown in feathers, its non-breeding. 2023-09-27 12:30:36 Florida

Brandseeschwalbe / Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)🐦

Sandwich tern with fish. 2023-09-27 12:39:16 Florida

Heringsmöwe / Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)🐦

Lesser black-backed gull - yellow legs, yellow break with red under tip, black back but white shoulders. 2023-09-27 12:40:12 Florida

Schmuckreiher / Snowy egret (Egretta thula)🐦

Snowy egret. 2023-09-27 12:49:40 Florida

Purpur-Grackel / Common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)🐦

The Common Grackle has yellow eyes, unlike the boat-tailed. 2023-09-27 14:24:20 Florida

Blauhäher / Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)🐦

Blue jay, Sunken Gardens. 2023-09-27 14:25:30 Florida

Rotkardinal / Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)🐦

Female northern cardinal. 2023-09-27 14:57:38 Florida

Chilean flamingo in Sunken Gardens zoo, Florida. 2023-09-27 15:02:52 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 560
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