It's Sunday - it's a beautiful day and the trail is calling my name. I headed to Sanibel Garden Preserves to begin my day.
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| My immediate sighting as I entered the trail, oh my! |
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| Lots of preening and pruning going on....clean, clean, fluff, fluff. |
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| I moved a little bit to get a better view and what do I see?? Not one by itself but 3 additional one in the nearby tree....whoa....this is my lucky day and I'm not even Irish. |
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| I figured that I'd better move on and see what else is happening on the trail. |
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| The Red-bellied Woodpeckers are usually a dime a dozen here and can be observed throughout - I've often seen them feeding their youngs. |
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| I turned around to see if the Swallow-tailed Kites were still perched and lo-an-behold! Two of them were copulating - can this day get any better, I think not. |
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| Aren't they lovely? |
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| The male took off and soon after his mate followed. This morning is turning out to be just short of a miracle. |
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| Then I got hit by a burst of sunshine when the Great crested Flycatcher showed up. |
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| Wouldn't you? |
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| My farewell was with a Tricolored Heron - reminding me to go home and have breakfast too. |
St.Patrick's Day will be remembered as the day I saw the Swallow-tailed Kites mating - very sweet.
My E-bird list for the Sanibel Garden preserve trail
Amazing! What a wonderful day for you!
ReplyDeleteSweet work, France. I wouldn't have left the kites until after they took flight. Especially in that sunrise light.
ReplyDeleteDoes that make me more a birder than a photographer? I wonder.
DeleteIt does make me see that I need to slow down more and just BE as oppose to go,go,go to see the next 'best' (??) thing.
It kind of goes with that saying - a bird in the hand is better than 2 birds in the bush.
Wow! Great photographs of the kites. So glad I'm getting the notices of your blog.
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