Our trip through Ding and around Pond Apple Trail yesterday provided several different birds to photograph. Starting at Ding with the Little Blue Heron below.
This time of year, the white pelicans are always present
Then a quick stroll around Pond Apple Trail
Seeing a Green Heron is always a treat
These cormorants below quickly dispersed when a gator showed up. He looked very disappointed.
There were a couple of Wood Storks keeping their distance from us
I rarely have much luck getting photos of the small birds. The flit around so quickly that it is hard to find them through the long lens. The teeny warbler below landed on the rope fence right in front of us and posed long enough for me to take a few pics. Our bird expert neighbor tells me that it is a Palm Warbler. They are here in the winter and migrate to the very far north for the summer.
There’s always an abundance of Anhingas around Pond Apple Trail. As long as you do not make sudden moves, you can usually walk within a couple of feet of them as they dry their wings. If their long neck is a lighter brown, they are female.
The two photos below are of a healthy Bobcat that walked by the wildlife cam in our backyard on Friday afternoon.