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.

A Red-winged Blackbird stops for a little bite.

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 Yellow-rumped Warbler pauses and scopes us out for threats before moving onward.

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 Yellowlegs navigates a not-so-shallow tidal pool.

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.

A Black-crowned Night Heron starts to settle in to his hiding spot for the day.

A Roseate Spoonbill eyes us a little suspiciously after he notices our presence.

Not quite the kind of snow they've gotten up north, but I prefer Snowy Egrets.

Where the Anhinga hides

Beautiful birds, but so stubbornly this (resident?) fellow refuses to perch somewhere natural for a better photo.

A Little Blue Heron, having found nothing to eat in the flooded grasses, takes off to more fruitful places.

A Semipalmated Plover gets a little shaken up (voluntarily).

A Tricolored Heron keeps its head on a swivel to watch passers by.

A Prothonotary Warbler straightens out like an arrow, ready for flight.

A Royal Tern delivers a fish… to a Laughing Gull? That’s a new one!

A Black Skimmer focuses intently on making the biggest splash in the bath.

A Black Vulture flies low, looking for a likely meal.

A Northern Mockingbird points to his target

A Tricolored Heron waits and watches

A Roseate Spoonbill stands guard from its favorite perch over the ditches its fellows forage in.

A Red-shouldered Hawk and Fish Crow

A juvenile Night Heron hangs out in a nook, not sure of what to do.

A Pileated Woodpecker gazes at a distant object.

An Anhinga gets pretty smug!

A lady Red-winged Blackbird stands sentry as her fledglings forage.

A Tricolored heron decides to pass us on by instead of landing for a meal.

This Roseate Spoonbill is unsure what to think of us

A Little Blue Heron stands stoically, waiting for frogs to come by through his flooded field.

Humans may weave feathers into their hair sometimes, but this Little Blue Heron chose to accessorize with a spider's web.

A Wood Stork can definitely just stare deep.

A Little Blue Heron rests on a fencepost, ready for the storm after a day of gorging on frogs.