FLORIDA ALBUM
Enjoy these photographs taken on our visit to Florida in December 2010.
Wood Stork, Everglades (Paul Willoughby)
Willet, Florida Keys (Paul Willoughby)
West Indian Manatees, Crystal River (Paul Willoughby). There were 128 that day!
Tri-coloured Heron, Everglades (Paul Willoughby)
Sandhill Crane, Lake Kissimmee (Paul Willoughby)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Homestead (Paul Willoughby)
Adult Roseate Spoonbill, Everglades (Paul Willoughby)
Young Roseate Spoonbill, Everglades (Paul Willoughby)
Red-winged Blackbird, Green Cay (Paul Willoughby)
Young Red-tailed Hawk, Everglades (Paul Willoughby)
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Everglades (Paul Willoughby)
Raccoon, Green Cay (Paul Willoughby)
Pied-billed Grebe, Green Cay (Paul Willoughby)
Male Painted Bunting, Green Cay (Paul Willoughby). This male was in the shade when he was photographed.
You should have seen the colours when he sat in the sun!
Female Painted Bunting, Green Cay (Paul Willoughby)
Nine-banded Armadillo, Merrett Island (Paul Willoughby)
Lubber (or is it Lover?) Grasshoppers, Everglades (Paul Willoughby)
Green Heron, Everglades (Paul Willoughby)
Green Heron, Everglades (Paul Willoughby)
Florida's only endemic bird, the Florida Scrub Jay, Merrett Island (Paul Willoughby)
.... and another
Eastern Phoebe, Everglades (Paul Willoughby)
Common Cooter, Green Cay (Paul Willoughby)
Cave Swallows trying to keep warm! It was unusually chilly in the Everglades this year. (Paul Willoughby)
Burrowing Owls are always a favourite at Cape Coral (Paul Willoughby)
If you can't get a decent shot of a Brown Pelican in Florida you might as well throw your camera away! Florida Keys (Paul Willoughby)
Broad-winged Hawks were seen in good numbers this year, Everglades (Paul Willoughby)
Blue-winged Teal male, Green Cay (Paul Willoughby)
Barred Owl, Everglades (Paul Willoughby)
Anhinga, Green Cay (Paul Willoughby)
American Purple Gallinule, Everglades (Paul Willoughby)
Alligator, Green Cay (Paul Willoughby)
FLORIDA 2008
Here's a selection of photographs taken on our Florida trip in December 2008. Florida is a one of the best places in the world for bird photography. The birds are so tame, as the close-ups below show.
The fine Bald Eagle shot was taken by Geoff Tweddle. For more of his pictures click here
