Here are some pictures of shore birds, from our vacation on Longboat Key, FL (West coast on the Gulf of Mexico, near Sarasota). Hope you enjoy!
Blue Heron - He was our companion all week.
Same blue heron - this guy caught a small fish, and threw it back, but the heron grabbed it before it could get away. Smart heron, this seems to be a much more efficient way to eat
The ever-present Ibis
The next three are gulls of some kind, possibly Laughing Gulls (?)
Pelican and White Heron
Ruddy Turnstone
A sea turtle nesting!!
White Heron
Willets
Red Bellied Woodpecker nesting in a totem pole
At the Tampa Aquarium:
Gallinule
Green Heron
Ruddy Duck - the flash washed it out a bit, but the beak is actually blue!
Yellow Crowned Night Heron
Roseate Spoonbills