#floridabirds

[aneighborhoodnaturalist]

Great blue herons sturdy bill is ideal for stabbing prey which the heron will then orient to slide down its throat headfirst, in the case of fish.

(Great blue heron)

Orlando Expedition “Week” - Day 14, Post 3

[dancing-pear]

Here’s a fun bird I tried so hard to capture last year and finally got a good shot of this January, a Belted Kingfisher!! As their name suggests, they are great fishers, flying along waterways and diving for fish once spotted! Their calls are distinctive once you learn them but they fly so fast it can be hard (for me) to get good pictures of them unless they are perching 😂😅💙 . . . Camera: Olympus E-M5Markii Lens: 40-150mm pro f2.8 Teleconverter: 1.4x (56-210mm) ISO: 400 Aperture: f4 Speed: 1/2000s Edited: ON1 Photo Raw 2022, Lightroom, Instagram . . . #BreakFreeWithOlympus #GetOlympus #olympusphotography #mzuiko #omsystem #olympusem5mkii #olympus40150pro #beltedkingfisher #kingfishers #beltedkingfishersofinstagram #kingfishersofinstagram #birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #naturephotography #birdsseenin2023 #FloridaBirds #Birding #stmarksnationalwildliferefuge #stmarksnwr #on1pics #lightroom #lightroomedits (at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqVqfc6L8UC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[chrisdemmons]

Dinner with a great egret.

[girlwiththealligatortattoo]

GREAT EGRET. A resident of our wetlands and this one at the lake in my back yard.

[ryetoons]

Orange Bird is the Word.....

[aneighborhoodnaturalist]

Like many large wading birds, once the little blue heron reaches full adulthood it will have very few predators. In the wild, little blue herons have been observed fleeing from Harris hawks!

(Little blue heron, non-breeding)

Orlando Expedition Week - Day 6, Post 2

[aneighborhoodnaturalist]

American crows can build complex tools to overcome multi-stage problems, a capacity once thought limited to highly intelligent mammals like primates and cetaceans (whales and dolphins).

(American crow)

Orlando Expedition Week - Day 2, Post 5

[aneighborhoodnaturalist]

Glossy ibis feed by lowering their bill into water, mud, and soil and using it to feel for prey items and often flock with other wading birds like egret and herons.

(Glossy ibis)

Orlando Expedition Week - Day 2, Post 4