by Rich Leighton | May 9, 2018 | Birds, Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography
Sandhill cranes mate for life, and have one brood a year. Chicks are able to leave the nest 8 hours after hatching, and stay with their parents for 9-10 months including migration. MORE PHOTOS OF CRANES & LIMPKINS MORE FLORIDA NATURE FACTS Florida Nature Facts is...
by Rich Leighton | Apr 29, 2018 | Birds, Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Natural History
Corvids are among the world’s smartest birds. These include ravens, crows, jays and magpies. In fact, the American crow can not only recognize and remember a human’s face, but can teach other crows to recognize a specific person they haven’t seen...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 20, 2018 | Birds, Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Natural History
The only raptor in North America that dives into the water after fish, the osprey is the sole bird of prey to feed only on fish. Weighing only 3 pounds, this strong flyer with a 6 foot wingspan can carry a trout of 2 or 3 pounds. The osprey’s only natural enemy,...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 29, 2017 | Birds, Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography
The anhinga is one of the most strange, beautiful and ancient birds of The Gulf Coast region of the Southeastern United States. When North America was split in half roughly 100 to 40 million years ago by a great inland sea called the Western Interior Seaway (...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 24, 2017 | Birds, Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography
Quick post for today. I’ve been sitting on this photo of a trio of black-necked stilts for a while because I saw something in it, but it just didn’t look right. Then I had one of those “a-ha!” moments and cropped it from a horizontal...
by Rich Leighton | May 5, 2015 | Birds, Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography
Quick post for today on some of the more common birds of Southwest Florida, such as anhingas, herons, egrets and hawks. These species are most often found near or on the water. Anhinga Also known as the snakebird, the anhinga is a common fish-eating bird found along...
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