Male Kestrel fanning feathers before flight (Video)
This male Kestrel was perched high in a snag pine. I was able to zoom in for this video (taken on the point-and-shoot camera) of him fanning his colorful feathers before flying off.
It’s Spring!
If you’re hearing a mockingbird calling all day–and even through the night–chirping, sqeaking, and chacking, that’s because it’s spring.
Under the Clouds
MOV01609The Kestrel lifted from a telephone pole on the edge of the park and flew straight across these dry scrub Pinelands.
Oceanside Morning Glory
This deep bluish-purple Oceanside Morning Glory is one of the most visible wildflowers in Virginia Key’s restored Tropical Hardwood Hammock preserve.
Virginia Key Tropical Hardwood Hammock
I kept hearing several of the elusive Gray Catbirds at Virginia Key’s Tropical Hammock preserve, and finally stumbled upon this guy on one of the trails. 
