Woody's Hermosa Luz 2026

[Woodyg3]

Back to Orlando Wetlands. A Roseate Spoonbill parent is feeding a baby in the nest. Baby Spoonbills are called teaspoons.

 

[Robin W]

I'm buried in picture files from our Florida trip, so what do I do? Go out and shoot owl pics this morning. View attachment 427050

Great photo! Glad you went out!

 

[Woodyg3]

Purple Gallinule

 

[Woodyg3]

Back to Colorado, but would be a typical scene in FLA, too. Two buddies sharing a sunning spot to rest.

 

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Roseate Spoonbill landing

 

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Red-shouldered Hawk

 

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I was walking next to a pond in Orlando Wetlands, and an Anhinga popped its head up from the middle of a maze of aquatic vegetation with a fish speared on its beak. Down the hatch it went.

 

[Woodyg3]

From this morning in Colorado

 

[Woodyg3]

Orlando Wetlands. Glossy Ibis caught a newt for breakfast.

 

[Clovishound]

Sorry, all I could think of was the witch scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

"Why, she turned me into a newt!" "A newt?" "I got better."

I guess you have to be a Monty Python fan.........

 

[Woodyg3]

Osprey dive and catch yesterday

 

[Woodyg3]

This Roseate Spoonbill parent had its bill tucked up under its wing and wanted to get a little sleep, but there was so much commotion from all the nests and young birds of many types in the area, sleep couldn't come easily.

 

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Spoonbill parent and two "teaspoons".

(Full disclosure, I used some Lightroom tools to remove a small brach that was in front of the parent bird)

 

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Eared Grebe this morning (Colorado)

 

[Woodyg3]

Still working on Florida pictures, and will be for a while.

Spoonbill parent and a very large baby

Parents and the kids

This baby got right to the edge and flapped its wings, but no lift off yet.

 

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Mama patrolling the nest are this morning

 

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A Laughing Gull got what looks to me like a Mantis Shrimp. Tasty! (Playlinda Beach March 23. )