#celery fields

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Boat-Tailed Grackle

This is a male boat-tailed grackle. Like the common grackle, it has iridescence only visible under direct sunlight.

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The Rise of Orion 2024

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Up Periscope by Peter Brannon Via Flickr: Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) ~ Sarasota, Florida A meadowlark pokes its head up over the grass to get a look at its surroundings. After this it went back to moving quick and low to the ground. Only the occasional flash of yellow visible through the taller grass. Thanks for visiting!

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Celery Fields

Yesterday we hiked here, a favorite hiking and birding spot for locals. A Great White Egret one of many birds we saw!

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Blue-winged Teal Comings and Goings

Blue-winged Teal Comings and Goings

Blue-winged Teal comings and goings.

Recently, while enduring another quiet morning at a favorite birding “Hot Spot” about the only entertainment came in the form of a few Blue-winged Teals. They would swim first to and then from across their small pond.

They are a smallish dabbling duck; just slightly larger than a Green-winged Teal and dwarfed by the much larger Mallards. Because of their…

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legend A strict Lutheran from Slovakia wanted a pure farm life for his family. He purchased land to grow celery in what is now known as Oviedo, Florida.

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Pretty Bird -Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)

This Pretty Bird is the Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica). “A beautifully colored bird of southern and tropical wetlands, the Purple Gallinule can be see walking on top of floating vegetation or clambering through dense shrubs. Its extremely long toes help it walk on lily pads without sinking.” – allaboutbirds.org .This one I found in the Celery Fields in Sarasota Florida. I have been coming…

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