A Little Blue Heron looks up from his last minute hunt, seemingly taking notice of the change of winds.

A Little Blue Heron hunkers down and waits for a moment as it hunts.

A Great Egret comes in for a landing rather abruptly; is that the reason for the twisted toe?

An Eastern Phoebe plays a bit with its food, a moth, and nearly loses it!

A Great Egret pops against the shadows of its hunting grounds.

A Tricolored Heron flies over head

A Great Egret relaxes.

Those wide eyes, that hidden mouth, what does this rabbit really intend to do?

A Northern Mockingbird flies towards a Red-shouldered Hawk, trying to move the hawk away from its territory

A Downy Woodpecker glances back before jumping off

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A sleepy Yellow-crowned Night Heron perches on a tree above shallow water, appearing to be dozing as he looks for the last catch of the day.

A Snowy Egret dances over the waters surface.

This little Piping Plover sprints to where it just saw a tiny worm, hoping to outpace a nearby Semipalmated Plover.

A Wood Stork looks up from his foraging at our approach.

And I can't hear a word they're saying like this little Gray Catbird.

It's amazing how well white birds like this Snowy Egret do despite not blending in at all with their usual surroundings.

Wood Storks do have a certain panache

A Little Blue Heron looks absolutely irate at our presence, as if we were going to steal his afternoon snack.

A Northern Mockingbird gives me a very disapproving look.

A Tricolored Heron coils, ready to strike out.

A Tricolored Heron shows us a magic trick, making a small fish disappear

A Snowy Egret flies low over the water with the low morning light casting shadows.

A Tricolored Heron poses for a rather painterly portrait in his best breeding plumage.

An American Robin protects his bunch.

A Palm Warbler rests in the palm of a palm frond.

A Tricolored Heron floods and shakes off the water

A Short-billed Dowitcher takes a leisurely stroll to join it's fellows down the beach.

"Mike" the Shrike stands watch in his favorite backyard tree.

It's a little less elegant than a swan dive, but a good launching off point.

A Red-shouldered Hawk watches.

Our local juvenile Little Blue Heron has a lot of names, but he definitely loves to stare at himself in the water.

An Eastern Phoebe sits and waits for prey to come by in the late afternoon shadows.

Just overall a pretty chill fella for a Gray Wall Jumping Spider.

A Great Blue Heron stands proud on a snag despite being swayed by the winds.

A Wood Stork wanders through sun and shade.

A Palm Warbler zeroes in on a bug.

I'm so used to these guys making sound I forgot that Northern Mockinbirds could be quiet!

A female Red-winged Blackbird is a bit taken aback by her fledgling's demands.

A Tricolored Heron readies for a launch towards the dying afternoon light

A Great Egret waits for the next bait fish to come by.

A tiny Blue-gray Gnatcatcher looks very dashing with his puffed up feathers, but no one else seems to be paying attention.

A Great Egret does his best to pretend we're not here.

A Wood Stork shows us his tiny catch before tossing it back and eating it.

A Tricolored Heron stays locked on its hunting grounds despite activity around it

A Snowy Egret adjusts course

An Anhinga relaxes in the dying sun.

A young Black Skimmer lets loose with a big yawn as he suns himself on the beach.