Feeding Time

Three Hungry Chicks Robins are either very trusting birds or stupid. They build nests in obvious places, not very well hidden and easily accessible to predators. This one built a nest on the cross beam above our deck, allowing us to sit in our easy chairs and watch it all day long. Mama Robin worked …

Reddish Heron

At the end of a quarter-mile board walk through a mangrove swamp, I found myself on a platform in shallow water with a 180 degree view of the Gulf of Mexico.  Sounds of Sarasota did not penetrate this site.  Dawn was breaking, and birds were noisily swarming in the sky.  Gradually, the wading birds began …