2020 Bird List... will I finish? :lol:

[Kitsafari]

Good additions - that anhinga/American darter is beautiful especially with the blueish eye-ring accentuated. 

 you're two-fifths to your half-a-century goal - nicely done. 

[Lyss]

Thank you! I wasn't finished adding, but I had to go home from work.

[Lyss]

Photo Taken: 2/1/20

 

21) Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus

Blackpoint Wildlife Drive

This guy in particular did not like the idea of being spotted.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photo Taken: 2/1/20

 

22) Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus

It is suspected that the Glossy Ibis may have come to the east shore of the United States by trade winds coming from West Africa.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photo Taken: 2/1/20

 

23) Great Egret - Ardea alba

Blackpoint Wildlife Drive

These are the largest of the white egrets we get here in Florida.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photo Taken: 2/1/20

 

24) Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca

 

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

For my 25th entry I wanted to go with a beauty.

 

Photos Taken: 2/1/20

 

25) Roseate Spoonbill - Platalea ajaja

Blackpoint Wildlife Drive

These are some of my favorite birds to see.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photos Taken: 2/1/20

 

26) Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus

Blackpoint Wildlife Drive

The smallest of the native merganser species. I tend to see them more often than the others.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photo Taken: 2/1/20

 

27) Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus

Blackpoint Wildife Drive

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photos Taken: 2/1/20

 

28) Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea

Blackpoint Wildlife Drive

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photo Taken: 2/1/20

 

29) Northern Pintail - Anas acuta

Blackwater Wildlife Drive

New Bird Alert!

I have not seen a Northern Pintail before, and it was quite a treat. From what I was reading some actually will migrate from Siberia over the Bering Strait and down into the United States.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photo Taken: 2/1/20

 

30) Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata

Blackpoint Wildlife Drive

 

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photo Taken: 2/1/20

 

31) Juvenile Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps

Blackpoint Wildlife Drive

 

Just like the cormorant the grebes seem to dislike the idea of been captured on camera or spotted at all.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photo Taken: 2/1/20

 

32) Reddish Egret - Egretta rufescens

Reddish Egrets are only found along the Gulf Coasts of Mexico and California. They have a dark and white morph, and are easy to separate by the pink hue on their bill.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photo Taken: 2/1/20

 

33) Redhead - Aythya americana

Blackpoint Wildlife Drive

*New Bird*

I noticed another photographer get out of his vehicle to capture a photo, and I assumed it must have been something special for him to do that.  Then there was this beauty. He almost flew away.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photos Taken: 2/1/20

 

34) Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris

Blackpoint Wildlife Drive

I almost did not spot this guy hiding among the American Coots. Until I noticed how different the bill was.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photo Taken: 2/1/20

 

35) Sanderling - Calidris alba

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photos Taken: 2/1/20

 

36) Snowy Egret - Egretta thula

Blackpoint Wildlife Drive

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Photos Taken: 2/1/20

 

37) Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor

Blackpoint Wildlife Drive

Formally known as the Louisiana Heron. Only found along the Gulf Coast and along the Atlantic coast. Banded individuals have been recovered in Latin America.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Lyss

[Lyss]

Wow I can't believe how many birds I've seen.

[xelas]

Wow that was one prolific drive!

[Zim Girl]

What a really lovely array of new birds.  The various herons are particularly attractive.

[Lyss]

@Zim Girl Yes. I was really happy they were so active, I would of had two other species but one I had a hard time getting a nice view since they were right by the vehicle, and the other I noticed after it had started to fly off. So, I still have about five or six of the Egret/Heron/Bittern family left to capture, two are super rare and are visitors from Western Africa, so those may not get added.

[Lyss]

I hope to add some more birds soon. The weather has been very odd and not my kind of weather to be out in. It's warming up now so hopefully I can get some of the birds that don't occur near water. That would be something, eh? Lol.

[Lyss]

So, I just noticed I haven't been adding dates to my photos. I've added them now. Whoopsie