A Tricolored Heron downs a small fry.

Pinky, our resident juvenile Roseate Spoonbill, poses for a little classical portrait.

A Snowy Egret lets a small fish slip from its beak — look in the left wing!

Riding through the old part of Tarpon Springs, one of our riders had a flat. This gave me time to take a few shots of this nice section.

Not the gum, but the minnow for this Tricolored Heron!

A Northern Mockingbird rockets off its perch like a little feathery bullet.

A Brown Thrasher climbs a tree by leaping up.

A Tricolored Heron hunts in the flood waters after Hurricane Idalia in Tarpon Springs, FL

It’s amazing got these little Swamp Sparrows can appear and disappear so quickly

A Tricolored Heron rests atop a snag

A Black Skimmer comes in hard and fast to land on the beach.

A Red-winged Blackbird gets annoyed

A Roseate Spoonbill looks up from a good foraging session.

This River Otter shows how it should be done!

A Tricolored Heron gets real close on his flight.

A White-eyed Vireo eyes the area beneath him with great curiosity.

A Roseate Spoonbill stands ready to launch itself off if we get any closer.

A Great Crested Flycatcher is doing his best to look very bored.

A Roseate Spoonbill flies down into a drainage ditch to avoid the winds while foraging.

A Yellow-crowned Night Heron not-so-gently repositions a crab for a final chomp!

Tarpon Springs, Florida

A Black-and-white Warbler pops out from the undergrowth and gives me quite the look.

A Tricolored Heron keeps an eye on the dark waters below.

A Swamp Sparrow alights briefly on a reed in Brooker Creek Preserve

A Black Skimmer comes to hunt on our little waterway

A Tricolored Heron shows off that pointy bill.

A Northern Mockingbird looks up in surprise at the people taking his photos while eating. How rude!

A Great Blue Heron watches the birds in the trees.

Red-bellied Woodpeckers around here will occasionally forage amongst the palms for an easy meal.

A Roseate Spoonbill gives us not-so-hidden birders a side-eye before proceeding with his foraging.

A white-tailed deer picks it's way through a freshwater marsh at Brooker Creek Preserve

A Tricolored Heron pulls back from an unexpected visitor.

Apparently, Anhinga is from a Brazilian Indigenous language meaning "devil bird". I always thought of them as the wise men of the waters though.

A Great Blue Heron pulls back, ready to strike at anything that passes along that tempts him.

Not a lot is going on in our neck of the woods -- bird-wise at least -- the last week or so. Makes this a lot harder than it should be!

A Red-winged Blackbird stops for a little bite.

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail enjoys some nectar at Brooker Creek Preserve

A Great Egret lets loose with a clack of its bill

A Bald Eagle spends some time looking for a new nesting site, at least judging by the stick accumulation below.

A female Red-winged Blackbird watches very carefully

A young Night Heron lurks in the undergrowth at the edge of the water.

A Red-winged Blackbird calls to defend his territory

A Tricolored Heron coils up, but for what?

A Northern Mockingbird makes his presence known.

A Tricolored Heron is ready to spring into action.

A Red-bellied Woodpecker forages in the warm late afternoon sun.

A Snowy Egret makes a scene as it yanks out a small fish while on the wing.

An Anhinga makes a brief appearance above water before slipping back underneath for fresh prey.

A Tricolored Heron holds aloft its catch.