On Saturday, my late afternoon visit to Central Park started with a Peregrine Falcon on top of the southern tower of The Eldorado on Central Park West.
It ended with my standard visit to the North Wood’s Eastern Screech-Owl. I got a glimpse at what might be a band on her, although it was hardly certain.
River Otters are totally off topic for this blog, but whenever I photograph them, I want to share the images of them. Pictures taken at the Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve in Fort Myers.
The second bird I saw in SW Florida, also at Harns Marsh was a female Snail Kite. She gave me goosebumps. She was a great flier and snail hunter.
Although the vacation started a few days late due to a snow related flight cancellation, my trip to Fort Myers turned up some new birds for life list.
A Limpkin was on my list because all of my friends had teased me about this noisy bird. I saw the species on December 31st at Harns Marsh in Lee County. An off the beaten trail place that has lots of Apple Snails.
There were two pairs of Limpkins in easy viewing distance.
Above all the white stuff on the ground…
P.S. This is most likely Pale Male up on the Beresford. For those concerned about Lola because of comments made by Lincoln Karim on palemale.com, I haven’t taken any pictures of Lola for a few weeks. That doesn’t mean much however, as I haven’t been looking for her.
After a week where it was difficult to find her, and where a tree was removed very close to her cavity, she was out sunning when I arrived on Christmas afternoon.
After being very quiet the last few nights I’ve seen her, she was very vocal tonight. A wonderful Christmas gift for me!
