Roseate Spoonbill – Wandering Dawgs

Backyard Bees, Butterflies and Birds

July 15, 2021Posted in Birds, Butterflies, Nature, PhotographyTagged Bee, birdweekly, garden, Gulf Fritillary, hummingbird, Northern Cardinal, Roseate Spoonbill, Snowy Egret, summer, summer garden18 Comments

We’ve had lots of activity in our backyard these first two weeks of July. Bees and Butterflies are frequent visitors to the butterfly garden.

Ruby Throated Hummingbirds and Northern Cardinals are two of the birds we see every summer around our back yard. Snow Egrets are frequent summer visitors to the salt water creek. Roseate Spoonbills first started coming to our area a few years ago. I’ve seen them two years in a row now so hopefully they will keep returning each summer.

Shared with Lisa’s Bird Weekly Challenge: Birds Common in your area this time of year

More than one Bird Species in a Photo

June 8, 2021Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged birdweekly, more than one bird species, Roseate Spoonbill, Sand Hill Crane, Whooping Crane, wood stork19 Comments

Our Bird Weekly challenge this week is to show more than one bird species in a photo. The photos at the top of the page and this next photo were taken in the spring near Goose Island State Park in Texas. The Whooping Cranes and Sand Hill Cranes were in a farmer’s field every morning along with ducks and other bird species.

We wandered around Everglades National Park several times and enjoyed seeing the many bird species there.

Tri Colored Heron and Roseatte Spoonbill at Mrazek Pond 2012.

Spoonbill and Egret at Mrazek Pond, Everglades National Park 2012

At Mrazek Pond, Everglades National Park 2012

Closer to home, I often see Wood Storks sharing the same space with Egrets, Herons or Ibises. This image is one of my favorites of a Wood Stork with an Egret perched on the same tree branch.

Thanks to Lisa for her Bird Weekly Challenge: More than one Bird Species in a photo

Bird Weekly Challenge – Reflections of Birds

April 1, 2021Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged birdweekly, Reflections, Roseate Spoonbill, wood stork14 Comments

Lisa has challenged us to show bird reflections this week.

Roseate Spoonbills, Egret, and Wood Stork

Shared with Lisa’s Bird Weekly Challenge Reflections of Birds

Bird Weekly Challenge #27: Birds with Long Wingspans

January 7, 2021Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged American White Pelican, Bald Eagle, birdweekly, long wingspan, Osprey, Photo Challenge, Red Tailed Hawk, Roseate Spoonbill, Whooping Crane14 Comments

The wingspan of the American White Pelican can be as much as nine feet wide. A single pelican is shown in the image above and the next image is a trio flying over the water.

These are some more of of my favorite captures of birds with long wingspans.

Thank you Lisa. for this Bird Weekly Challenge: Birds with Long Wingspans

Bird Weekly Challenge #14: Flocks

September 17, 2020Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged birdweekly, Brown Pelican, flocks, Great Egret, Photo Challenge, Roseate Spoonbill6 Comments

For this week’s Bird Weekly Challenge Lisa has asked us to show flocks of birds. The above image is of a flock of Roseate Spoonbills on the Texas Gulf Coast.