Chipping Sparrow
Location: Venice Area Audubon Rookery, Venice, FL We went to the Venice rookery to photograph wading birds, but this chipping sparrow landed almost directly in … Read More “Chipping Sparrow”
Location: Venice Area Audubon Rookery, Venice, FL We went to the Venice rookery to photograph wading birds, but this chipping sparrow landed almost directly in … Read More “Chipping Sparrow”
Location: Venice Area Audubon Society Rookery, Venice, FL Black-crowned night-herons have black patches that extend from their backs to the crowns of their heads but … Read More “Black-crowned Night-Heron”
Location: Venice Area Audubon Rookery, Venice, FL This image presented ts several characteristic features of black-bellied whistling ducks. The bird landing in the water displays … Read More “Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks”
Taken on May 22, 2022, in Ocean City, NJ. A rookery there hosts many herons of all kinds as well as Glossy and White Ibises. … Read More “White-faced Ibis”
Location: Venice Area Audubon Rookery This black-crowned night-heron was making regular trips between the island and the land with nesting materials.
The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park in Florida hosts a rookery where many wild birds make their nests and raise their young. This includes … Read More “Roseate Spoonbill”
Location: Audubon Rookery, Venice, FL Black-crowned night-herons typically forage by standing still or walking slowly at the edge of shallow water. Although most feeding occurs … Read More “Black-crowned Night-Heron”
Location: Venice Area Audubon Rookery, Venice, FL Typically a great blue heron male will select a nest site and bring nest material to the female. … Read More “Great Blue Herons”
White Ibises gather at a rookery island in Tampa Bay.
White Ibis with enlarged gular sac (or wattle) flying into a rookery in Tampa Bay, Florida.