Top Locations for Bird Photography in Everglades National Park
Everglades National Park in southern Florida is a huge 1.5 million acre area of diverse wilderness. The Everglades is famous for its wildlife, especially birds. In this blog, we’ll explore bird photography in the Everglades. I spent several days scouting…
Capturing the Beauty of Birds at Fort De Soto: A Bird Photography Guide
Fort De Soto is a bird photography gem located on the Gulf of Mexico, just south of St. Petersburg, Florida. This park offers a variety of habitats, such as beaches, mangroves, marshes and hardwood hammocks, that are home to a…
Reddish Egret Fishing Sequence
While photographing birds at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, I captured a sequence of photographs of this Reddish Egret fishing in the shallows. Photographing a Reddish Egret while fishing is a real treat. Reddish Egrets have very animated behavior…
Birds in Flight Photography at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge is one of my favorite places to photograph birds. I especially like to practice birds in flight photography at Ding Darling. What makes the Ding Darling so good for photographing birds in flight? One…
Hot Spots for Bird Photography in Southwest Florida
Southwest Florida is a known hot spot for bird photography. It’s an especially good place to photograph birds during the winter and spring migrations. Florida is a terrific location for wading birds, shore birds, migrating song birds, raptors, and even…
Double-crested Cormorant Water Splashing Sequence
While photographing birds at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge, I noticed a Double-crested Cormorant splashing wildly about in the water. The cormorant would travel about 20 – 30 feet while splashing its wings in the water. This must be some kind…
Photographing Shore Birds at Bunche Beach Preserve, Florida
Bunche Beach Preserve is located just off of Sanibel Island at the end of John Morris Road in Fort Myers, Florida. Bunche Beach Preserve is well known for its shore birds. Ruddy Turnstone Like many of the birding locations in…