Celebrating New Year's Eve with the birds!

Female painted bunting



Hummingbird sun bathing



Took these with the spotting scope and cell phone camera.





Barred Owl at Riverbend





Braved Green Cay the other day. Water levels are high due to the unseasonable amount of rain we have had, so bird activity was fairly low

Night Heron



Tricolor Heron



Cuban Anole



Common Yellowthroat







Rainbow



Spoonbills at Sunset





Wishing everyone a healthy and happy 2016!

Spent the Thanksgiving holiday in lovely Sanibel Island.



Took a cruise around the Ding Darling refuge



Cormorants





We were surprised to get this close to a kingfisher!



Reddish egret among spoonbills



Dolphins!







Also did a driving tour of the refuge.









Two otters darted across the road in front of us and dashed into the water.





Caught a fish jumping for this one!



Sanibel sunsets





We were sad to leave Sanibel, but happy to get home to the buntings.