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Category: Bird Photo of the Month

February 2021 Plants Need Birds Photo Contest

by pelicanislandaudubonFebruary 5, 2021

© John Wolavar. 7/12/2020       Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum Take time to smell the flowers by Juanita Baker, Ph.D. What a subtle, delicate beauty ‘smelling’ the Blue Mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum!  Inserting its sharp warbler bill amongst the flowers,…

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January 2021 Birds Need Plants Photo of the Month

by pelicanislandaudubonJanuary 25, 2021February 2, 2021

Common Yellowthroat Playing in the Pickerel Weed © Logan Peralta 10 Common Yellowthroat Playing in the Pickerel Weed by Juanita Baker, Ph.D. Common Yellowthroats are one of our most common warblers in North and Central America, in all continental states including Alaska and Canadian…

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November 2019 Bird of the Month

by pelicanislandaudubonNovember 18, 2019August 25, 2020

“Little Forest Sprite,” © Rebecca Smith 08 Waterfront Park, Clermont, FL—Panasonic DC-GX9, Leica DG 100-400/F4.0- 6.3, ISO 500, 400mm, 1/640, f/6.3  This diminutive Tufted Titmouse perched on this magnificent mossy stump looks fragile and innocent. Like large-headed, large-eyed human babies, and young…

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September 2019 Bird of the Month

by pelicanislandaudubonAugust 28, 2019September 29, 2019

Come Daddy! Feed Me! © John A. Middleton, Jr. 05Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialisOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: TURDIDAE Because bluebirds adapt to human habitats quickly, scientists have studied them extensively.  They are an ideal species for us all to observe and learn from…

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May 2019 Bird of the Month

by pelicanislandaudubonJuly 3, 2019September 18, 2019

Unique to Florida Keys and very South Florida. White-crowned Pigeon  © Hart Rufe 03 Everglades National ParkNikon D-810, Sigma 150-600 mm Sport lens, ISO 200, 600 mm, 1/2500, f/8 The White-crowned Pigeon’s resident Florida population increases in numbers as migrants arrive in July…

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April 2019 Bird of the Month

by pelicanislandaudubonJuly 3, 2019September 18, 2019

Bonaparte’s Gull on graceful wing.© Andrew Liu 02 Sebastian Inlet State Park Nikon D500 200-500 mm, ISO 400, 500mm, 1/1250, f/5.6. Meet a real “snowbird,” that visits us for the winter months, beginning in December through March. With such a…

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March 2019 Bird of the Month

by pelicanislandaudubonJuly 3, 2019September 18, 2019

Bachman’s Sparrow    Peucaea aestivalis Singing his heart out! © Becky Loftus. Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area Canon PowerShot SX60 HS, 3.8-247.0mm, ISO 400, 226.62mm,1/1000, ƒ/6.3 Where did this Bird get its name? Bachman’s Sparrow is a small, very secretive bird…

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February 2019 Bird of the Month

by pelicanislandaudubonJuly 3, 2019September 18, 2019

Lesser Scaup Enjoying Hunter Spring's Clear Water©John Moran 01Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM, ISO 1250, 400mm, 1/2500, f/5.6 Why haven’t you seen this duckmore often, if it is one of the most abundant and widespread North…

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January 2019 Bird of the Month

by pelicanislandaudubonJuly 3, 2019September 18, 2019

Wood Ducks, Florida's Beauties © Mark Smith  04   One of our few, resident, year-round ducks Our most spectacularly beautiful resident duck! The brilliant, iridescent crest, body color and markings are developed by the male during the breeding season (in…

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November 2018 Bird of the Month

by pelicanislandaudubonJuly 3, 2019September 18, 2019

Romance: Nest building together! Great Blue Heron© Dennis Huff  01 Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands Canon EOS 7D EF300mm f/2.8L IS II USM, ISO 400, 300mm, 1/640, f/8 Smart Bird I have watched blue herons wade the shallows looking for prey…

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