Birds from Florida West Coast

kgarrett11

I took a trip this past week and drove down the west coast of Florida from Cedar Key to Sanibel Island. This time of the year the most flying things I saw were biting my arms and legs. But I got a few that I felt were fairly good. Let me know what you think.

#1 thru #4 Osprey at the fishing pier on Sanibel Island


#2


#3


#4


#5 Burrowing Owls in Cape Coral. It's amazing that these little guys were able to put up this sign (and no opposing thumbs)

#6


#7 Pelican at Cedar Key


#8 Pelican at Sanibel Island


#9 Egret at Sanibel Island


These last two are nothing great but while I was at Homosassa I was watching the fish jump and thought that I would try to catch one of them. In this first one the two fish on the left were airborne and the one on the right is just starting its' jump. The second picture is the next one in the sequence with the first two splashing down and the other one is airborne.

Giphsub

Very good set! Love #3, #5 & #6 The owls by the sign is a nice one

dbaker1221

good series :ivar

kgarrett11

Giphsub wrote:

Very good set! Love #3, #5 & #6 The owls by the sign is a nice one

Thanks, it was extremely windy that day and when the osprey in #3 turned his head it looked like he was trying to his own impression of a great horned owl.

kgarrett11

dbaker1221 wrote:

good series :ivar

Thanks

Gale

Good series of shots.
Holey jumpin fish sticks ....lolol

kgarrett11

Gale wrote:

Good series of shots.
Holey jumpin fish sticks ....lolol

Thanks, I know that the fish weren't good shots but they were interesting to me. The fish were jumping everywhere.

Harryb

Good set Keith, especially the owl captures.

NorthernFocus

Nice series of images. Though the owls seem to be a little self serving putting that sign up and all That last osprey photo really shows what a hard time they have just surviving day to day. Imagine trying to scratch your ear if you had fingernails like that

kgarrett11

Harryb wrote:

Good set Keith, especially the owl captures.

Thanks Harry, I didn't even know about the owls until someone at a resturant told me about them and I started asking around and got directions to their location.

kgarrett11

articblooms wrote:

Nice series of images. Though the owls seem to be a little self serving putting that sign up and all That last osprey photo really shows what a hard time they have just surviving day to day. Imagine trying to scratch your ear if you had fingernails like that

Thanks, I feel that I got lucky with the owls.