They have returned! Last week I drove over the Navarre Beach Causeway, peering carefully to either side as I slowed to 20 mph. For the last few months the sloping sides of the bridge met the water with no birds dotting its sand other than a few pigeons or gulls. In one big wave the…
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One World, Two Feet – Anhingas in the Everglades
On the way to the Keys in 2014, my friends and I spent a morning on the Anhinga Trail on the Florida Everglades. Though we saw many species of birds – in addition to dozens of alligators – the Anhingas stand out most in my mind. Their ebony forms shimmered in the early light, and…
Birding Maine – Northern Parulas End the Morning
Continued from Trying to Spot an Ovenbird. The prime time for birding had passed, but that didn’t mean we were done for the morning. Passing a low tree just beside the office building, we heard a strange buzzing. “Is it a bird call?” I asked, and Mom nodded, approaching the tree with her binoculars. We…
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