tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58256640908279960992024-03-14T01:01:15.280-04:00Rachelle Vance Photography♥Wildlife & Naturerachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-46621787937450720032023-12-07T08:00:00.001-05:002023-12-07T08:33:13.254-05:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEQDuDtAuPilSqOv_YyvD2EnmiKUOscNSEg4X8fbaQpDBO2uuWhJUEoeEd5HVOa0vdMMnp1m4Xs9lQ9czbQSLWfgmEDzG78JYuX8yfym62luVE8WAJ-daVG6ZKkSIHg9At7jbirYEyJ5Hx2Nf4Cdu1MzQK1YaNIjrD0qh_xU9IoSdvrcgqxv2dwLqDeE/s1000/_RAV5665-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEQDuDtAuPilSqOv_YyvD2EnmiKUOscNSEg4X8fbaQpDBO2uuWhJUEoeEd5HVOa0vdMMnp1m4Xs9lQ9czbQSLWfgmEDzG78JYuX8yfym62luVE8WAJ-daVG6ZKkSIHg9At7jbirYEyJ5Hx2Nf4Cdu1MzQK1YaNIjrD0qh_xU9IoSdvrcgqxv2dwLqDeE/s320/_RAV5665-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Flamingos were either in Yucatan or on their way to Cuba when Hurricane Idalia hit them. The flamingos went with the winds instead of fighting them, as the eastern portion of the storm drove the birds up the western side of Florida.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">But flamingos are big, strong birds, more than capable of making their way back home, like they did in 2019 following Hurricane Barry. </span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Birds are capable of things that we cannot imagine.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">The FWC treats flamingos as a native species protected under the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act.</span><p></p>rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-28511316394042050042013-10-30T12:22:00.002-04:002013-10-30T12:23:45.787-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At one point, this Egret had three fish - but this image was the best of the series. I found a little corner of the beach, right after sunrise, where there were so many species feeding on an abundance of fish~rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-59063825154608296612013-10-19T13:06:00.000-04:002013-10-19T13:15:01.531-04:00Dancing Osprey on a Snag @ Viera Wetlands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I wish I could tell a fascinating story of how this Osprey came in for an elegant landing . . . . but as the sun was setting, I was looping around looking for foreground and this beautiful bird was resting on top of this snag, my lens was focused on him as he began to adjust his footing allowing me an interesting shot of wing display. Heaven.<br />
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I have been absent from my BLOG for 13 months, but I am back now, back to nature walks, identifying birds and portrait photography. <br />
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Rachelle♥rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-13006125290506375472012-09-04T08:58:00.001-04:002012-09-04T08:58:41.108-04:00TigerTail Beach, Marco Island, Sunset in September<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I wanted to see what birds I could find on the beach during the sunset hour, and to my surprise, there were two Black Bellied Plovers! Perhaps someone that knows more about migration can shed some light on why these two didn't migrate to the Artic. I found a tri-color bathing in the glow of the sunset, and an Osprey guarding his catch. Other than that, it was pretty quiet. The entire Least Tern colony roped off area was completely gone, my guess is maybe some damage from Isaac, as the beach over there is usually very clean, but on Saturday, if was full of grass and dried ocean debris. And gulls, we saw lots of gulls, where I expected to find the Least Terns and Skimmers, instead were flocks of gulls~<br />
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Happy Monday and make it a great week!!rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-32205210122739690042012-05-14T07:49:00.004-04:002012-05-14T08:11:34.520-04:00Tigertail Beach in spring~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I saw quite a few Black-bellied Plovers in breeding colors - these birds at this time of year - are absolutely incredible to see!<br />
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I saw a colony of Black Skimmers near a colony of Royal Terns - nesting & mating.<br />
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A beautiful Dunlin in Spring breeding colors - stunning!<br />
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The least terns were very very active, feeding, nesting, calling, mating, and became very anxious with my presence~<br />
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I only saw this one little Snowy Plover and a few Wilsons Plover, - and they do nest on this part of the beach. I was hoping to see more Snowy Plovers - but only this one was walking around - I never saw another~rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-23968548415512999192012-05-12T06:43:00.002-04:002012-05-14T07:52:53.604-04:00Flamingo, The Camargue, France<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Forgive me for my two week absence, I have just returned from two weeks in Europe, having spent one week in Paris and one week in Rome.<br />
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The Flamingo - The bird most sought after by visitors, and the symbol of the Camargue, is undoubtedly the flamingo. Wading with its webbed feet in the shallow saline waters of the large lagoons, it filters the mud with its large down-curved beak, and extracts the invertebrates on which it feeds. Flamingos breed in colonies of thousands of individuals. Pairs form in the spring and in May-June some 20,000 white chicks hatch in the Camargue, forming the new generation. The flamingo only attains its characteristic vivid pink plumage at the age of four or five years. They seem almost motionless on their slender legs, but the slightest noise can cause them to take flight in a blaze of colours and with loud cries. At the end of summer, part of the population flies south to the other side of the Mediterranean, where the winters are milder, others remain in the Camargue taking the risk of perhaps facing an exceptionally cold winter~ (La Camargue, English version)rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-31234118115746584492012-04-25T13:21:00.002-04:002012-04-25T13:21:31.983-04:00Black-bellied Plover, 59/150<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love love love the Black-bellied plover, one of the first I learned to identify . . . because we live in South Florida - we see the winter plumage - they are beginning to get their breeding colors now - and off they go. Black-bellied plovers breed in the high Arctic of North American and Eurasia.<br />
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http://www.goldenrod.org/bird_migration_map/bird_migration_map.html<br />
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Uncommon and local on sandy beaches. Pale gray upperparts, drab gray legs, thin bill, and smudgy dark eye-line, and extremely adorable!!<br />
<br />rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com5Fort Myers Beach, FL, USA26.4520248 -81.94814526.395159800000002 -82.027109 26.5088898 -81.869181tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-14170774400252754552012-04-15T21:22:00.000-04:002012-04-15T21:22:03.207-04:00Short-billed Dowitcher, 57/150<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was able to walk into the lagoon during low tide and capture some images of the shorebirds up close. I love the way the light is hitting the bill here and his feathers are just beautiful~rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-46174427791847183272012-04-12T21:37:00.001-04:002012-04-12T21:37:46.825-04:00Red Knot, 56/150<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I continue to have a little bit of a difficult time identifying the Dowitcher, Dunlin, Willet, and Red Knot. I posted this one on my FB page, and an expert identified it as a Red Knot. I took this image a cold, windy, late afternoon in January. I do love all the shore birds I get to photograph in Florida :-)<br />
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On nonbreeding plumage, note barred flanks. Salmon and gray breeding plumage distinctive (which I will probably never see)rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com8Fort De Soto, St Petersburg, FL 33715, USA27.6155886 -82.736211527.601519099999997 -82.755952499999992 27.6296581 -82.7164705tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-38645454065828044722012-04-11T13:56:00.001-04:002012-04-11T13:56:25.281-04:00Semipalmated Plover, 55/150<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the same Plover, same day, same beach, Fort De Soto in January. <br />
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Interesting Facts: Common and most numerous small plover. Most slender and darkest small plover. Note dark brown upperside, dark cheek and orange legs.rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com8Fort De Soto, St Petersburg, FL 33715, USA27.6155886 -82.736211527.601519099999997 -82.755952499999992 27.6296581 -82.7164705tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-81975040878800420492012-04-09T20:37:00.001-04:002012-04-09T20:39:04.069-04:00Lesser Black-backed Gull, 54/150<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I spotted this Lesser Black-backed gull in January on my way back from Bear Cut Preserve in Miami. I wanted to drive through the parking lot before I jumped on the Rickenbacker to scout out a good sunset spot, when I saw this big boy. So, naturally, I pulled over, jumped out and took a few quick images before he took off.<br />
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Uncommon and rare visitor from Europe, small numbers found with other large gulls.rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com54000 Crandon Blvd, Key Biscayne, FL 33149, USA25.721044440353172 -80.15487670898437525.692436940353172 -80.194358708984382 25.749651940353171 -80.115394708984368tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-36666569644164618252012-04-08T21:33:00.003-04:002012-04-08T21:33:25.190-04:00Killdeer, 53/150<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This beautiful Killdeer was posing for me @ Merritt Island a few months ago. He was on the opposite site of all the Spoonie and Avocet action, and I barely spotted him, he was just finished fluffing up, then took off~<br />
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After some research, this, I believe, is the offspring of a Reddish and a White Morph, a stray white morph feather, a Leucistic Reddish Egret.</div>
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He was dancing and prancing and was extremely friendly. There were some children with fishing nets and "Lou" here went right up to investigate their catch repeatedly.</div>
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I used my 70-200mm, 2.8, with a 2X extender, and I am quite pleased with it's focusing abilities.</div>
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The water was very shallow as you can see, and the Egret put on a show, and I had a front row seat!</div>
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These images were taken on Fort Meyers Beach area.</div>
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Best show ever!</div>
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<br />rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-45922706326420422672012-04-03T22:03:00.001-04:002012-04-09T20:38:20.002-04:00Belted Kingfisher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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North American kingfishers are fish-eating birds found on sheltered water. They hover over open water before plunge-diving headfirst to capture small fish.<br />
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When I drive across Alligator Alley, I often see many kingfishers on the telephone wires on my drive.<br />
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Dark blue-gray above and mostly white collar below, shaggy crest and large bill.<br />
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I am learning my shorebirds, albeit, one by one. This is a Western Sandpiper, and I found him on Fort Meyers beach. At first I thought he was a Black-bellied, then I looked again and noticed that rather long beak. It is also similar to the Semipalmated Sandpiper, but slightly larger, and with a slightly longer and more drooping bill~</div>
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I recently went to the Bahamas for a weekend and wanted to share some of the birds I saw on my trip: Banaquit</div>
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Bahama Woodstar</div>
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Yellow-rumped Warbler</div>
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Cuban Grassquit<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">. . the story goes like this: This is an Endemic species to Cuba. In the 1960's an aircraft carrying a consignment of 600 finches from Cuba to Spain made an emergency landing at Nassau. About 200 birds died before they could be released, the rest were set free for humanitarian reasons. They are "feeder" birds and "city" birds, so they have fared well over the years.</span></div>
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I just returned from a fantastic weekend in the Bahamas, and Carolyn, our amazing tour guide, took us all over, and we saw many beautiful species of birds, and got quite the authentic tour of the city streets as well. The is a female Cuban grassquit, and they can be seen in the town of Nassau, @ a gift shop. (I would recommend the tour)</div>
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<br />rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com14Nassau, The Bahamas25.06 -77.34524.9449285 -77.5029285 25.175071499999998 -77.1870715tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-66336424317212556172012-03-28T19:09:00.002-04:002012-03-28T19:09:40.109-04:00Wilson's Plover, #50/50<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Its alternate name, Thick-billed Plover, is appropriate, for his large broad, black bill. The male, below, sports a large, wide black breast-band.<br />
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Both yellowlegs are tall elegant shore-birds. Alert, noisy, and active, they walk briskly or even run in shallow water and bob the head and body emphatically when alarmed.<br />
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Although difficult to tell apart, they are easily distinguished from all other sandpipers by long yellowlegs and long neck, usually graceful actions and simple gray-brown plumage.<br />
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Greater yellowlegs is larger than Lesser yellowlegs, with longer bill ( noticeably loonger than head)<br />
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These are one of my favorites or do I say that about every bird? Not true! I wanted to post the Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs back to back, as that is the best way torachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com2401 E 7th St, Lehigh Acres, FL 33972, USA26.6253497 -81.624802626.5117917 -81.782731099999992 26.738907700000002 -81.4668741tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-87863084391018534572012-03-27T08:47:00.000-04:002012-03-27T08:48:01.233-04:00Lesser Yellowlegs, #48/50<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Similar to the Greater Yellowlegs, but considerably smaller.</div>
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I enjoyed watching and waiting for this Yellowlegs to walk closer to me @ Eco Pond, Everglades National Park.</div>
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Be careful when you are are there in Nature ladies :-) I get so wrapped up in the subject I am enjoying, that I can forget the time of day or often get off the path or track. On this particular day, I saw a "better view over there" and quickly took a misstep, and fell on slippery mud right by the edge of the water. I laughed, but learned a big lesson! And the surrounding photographers mentioned seeing a Croc and Rattlesnakes at Eco Pond the weekend earlier~</div>
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The Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs do not overlap in size, although this can be difficult to establish in the field unless both species are observed together. The Lesser's bill is much shorter than the larger species. I will post both species back to back~</div>
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<br />rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com0Eco Pond, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA25.1402978 -80.937707925.1259233 -80.9574489 25.154672299999998 -80.91796690000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-47754291896055474352012-03-25T20:07:00.000-04:002012-03-27T08:47:19.277-04:00American Oystercatcher, #47/50<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I spotted this American Oystercatcher off the Dunedin Causeway on my way back from a hike through Honeymoon Island State Park. This was my first time ever seeing an Oystercatcher and I was so excited when I saw the pair. I parked my car and got my camera together in a hurry, praying they would stay put for a little while.<br />
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As soon as I began walking along the beach area, they noticed me immediately and started walking in the opposite direction.<br />
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I was able to get a few shots - but they flew off after less than a minute. I don't like stressing out any bird just to take it's picture, but sometimes I wonder if they feel threatened when I kneel down to take their picture?<br />
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<br />rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com2Causeway Blvd, Dunedin, FL, USA28.0539944 -82.804271728.0259684 -82.843753700000008 28.0820204 -82.7647897tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-85570423877535603752012-03-24T09:17:00.001-04:002012-03-24T09:19:31.025-04:00Ruddy Turnstone, #46/50<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Ruddy Turnstone seems to be at almost every beach I go to, so I seem to be taking it's picture a lot!</div>
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The Ruddy Turnstone uses it's short upturned bill to flip over rocks in search of food.</div>
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I love the orange legs and calico plumage pattern~</div>
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Flipping over a shell in search of food~</div>
<br />rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com5Fort De Soto, St Petersburg, FL 33715, USA27.6155886 -82.736211527.601519099999997 -82.755952499999992 27.6296581 -82.7164705tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-17157316367283363452012-03-22T21:14:00.002-04:002012-03-22T21:15:48.180-04:00Marbled Godwit, # 45/50<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The beautiful Marbled Godwit! This was taken from the Dunedin Causeway. </div>
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I love the pink base color on the bill~</div>
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I watched a Willet try to snatch her catch - but she ran away with her meal~</div>
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These were taken on a chilly January day on Fort De Soto Beach. The Godwit is all tucked in.</div>
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Love the buffy/cinnamon underwing colors~</div>
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<br />rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com1Causeway Blvd, Dunedin, FL, USA28.0539944 -82.804271728.0259684 -82.843753700000008 28.0820204 -82.7647897tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-39859119791047431962012-03-22T08:15:00.001-04:002012-03-22T08:17:16.832-04:00Long-billed Curlew, 44/50<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of my favorites! I found this one @ Fort De Soto Park just this past weekend and the one below in Feb @ Bunche Beach, both locations on the Gulf Coast of Florida.</div>
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The Long-billed Curlew is usually solitary, and uses his bill to probe deep into the mud, bringing up prey to the surface.</div>
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Extremely large, with an extraordinarily long bill. Plain buffy-brown overall, lacking dark crown-stripes of the Whimbrel.</div>
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<br />rachelle vance photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09460524543588599465noreply@blogger.com3Fort De Soto, St Petersburg, FL 33715, USA27.6155886 -82.736211527.601519099999997 -82.755952499999992 27.6296581 -82.7164705tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825664090827996099.post-89914951222048047032012-03-21T07:46:00.001-04:002012-03-21T07:46:30.821-04:00Willet, #43/50<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Willet was searching for food by the waters edge near Indian Shores. I made another stop to the Seabird Sanctuary there and took a walk out back to enjoy the shorebirds that I may find.</div>
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The Willet is a large shorebird, pale gray overall, with long bluish-gray legs and bill.</div>
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The Willet is a common and abundant resident in southern Florida,</div>
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