What is shaped like our white ibis, has a taste for escargot but is quite rare? One of our least common “Birds of Florida” for sure, see if you recognize the limpkin: 1- Shaped very much like a our white and glossy ibises but larger with a less curved bill and clothed in a [...]
… our smallest and hardest to photograph member of the Heron family and perhaps the most clever of all our avian subjects. More on the Green Heron: 1- They’re typically found in freshwater habitats and are purely carnivorous with small fish their favorite edible. Unlike their name suggests, they sport bluish feathering over the back [...]
… the third in a family that includes the common moorhen & purple gallinule, covered previously. To complete the trifecta and photograph this waterbird, let’s look at the American Coot- 1- They’re a grayish black and sport a solid white bill and red eye making them unmistakable. 2- Easy to find they’re common in fresh [...]
… the bird that earned two regular readers a prize when they acted on a clue in Monday’s article here. Imagine driving along a rural Florida road or strolling a local wetland to round the corner and find yourself just about eye to eye with what at first resembles an Emu run wild. Actually the [...]