Some local birds ...updated with new photos

Andy Avram · Post by **Andy Avram** » April 10th, 2014, 6:42 pm

In April you have already posted 3 would-be life birds for me, made even worse by the fact we aren't going to Floirda like originally planned next week.

Good stuff.

Your last set of pcitures didn't go through though and I want to see the Indigo Bunting Blue Grobeak shot.

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 11th, 2014, 7:32 pm

hmm. I'm having problems with hosts for pix. See if I can fix it. I can see the photos I post, wonder why others cannot. I need to find a site where I can resize them too.
Anyway, added rose breasted grosbeak, Baltimore oriole, orchard orioles,summer tanagers,eastern kingbird today.

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 14th, 2014, 1:45 am

e. kingbird

:Mark

Tamara D. McConnell · Post by **Tamara D. McConnell** » April 16th, 2014, 5:21 am

I love, love, LOVE your bird shots!

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 16th, 2014, 12:01 pm

Thanks I have lots to download after the migration here...
:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 16th, 2014, 12:13 pm

least terns

sanderlings

great crested flycatcher

western kingbird

black throated blue warbler

rose breasted grosbeak

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 16th, 2014, 12:31 pm

wood duck

juvy red headed woodpecker

summer tanager

scarlet tanager

a 1st year orchard oriole male

Baltimore oriole

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 16th, 2014, 12:33 pm

gray kingbird

:Mark

Tamara D. McConnell · Post by **Tamara D. McConnell** » April 17th, 2014, 7:11 am

Wow! The tanagers melt my heart. I only have ever seen flashes of them flitting through foliage. Probably a dumb question, but do you have to do much hunkering down and waiting to get the shots you get? Or do you have some kind of mystical avian aura that calls the birds to you?

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 17th, 2014, 9:51 am

not much hunkering here, Tamara...

I guess just being at the right place and time is just a lucky thing. During migration you can literally sit in one spot and see many of the most recent I've posted, including the tanangers, orioles, buntings, and warblers. Dozens of hummingbirds arrived on the beach about 2 weeks ago and they are still putting on a display.
:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 23rd, 2014, 2:59 am

yellow warbler

Cape May warbler

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 27th, 2014, 2:49 am

Baltimore oriole

orchard oriole, female n. cardinal, and indigo bunting sharing a bath

blackpoll warbler

black whiskered vireo

bay breasted warbler

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 28th, 2014, 6:22 pm

whimbrel

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 30th, 2014, 1:16 am

reddish egret, white morph

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 30th, 2014, 9:33 am

roseate spoonbill taking a bath...

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » May 14th, 2014, 1:59 pm

swallow tailed kite and chick were just too damn far back in the woods for a really nice photo

here, dad brings in a treat

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » May 15th, 2014, 2:02 pm

the black bellied plovers finally showed their colors this year..

:Mark

Tamara D. McConnell · Post by **Tamara D. McConnell** » May 15th, 2014, 5:46 pm

Man, do you ever have a gift. Thank you for sharing it.

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » May 25th, 2014, 12:50 pm

burrowing owl

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » May 30th, 2014, 1:37 am

black necked stilt and chicks

:Mark

Tamara D. McConnell · Post by **Tamara D. McConnell** » June 1st, 2014, 6:10 am

Wonderfulness!

pete · Post by **pete** » June 5th, 2014, 1:50 am

Love em all! I don't comment enough,but you are sharing some great shots!

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » July 17th, 2014, 4:45 pm

black skimmers

black and least terns

least bitterns

least terns

Tamara D. McConnell · Post by **Tamara D. McConnell** » July 17th, 2014, 9:23 pm

Omigosh, the baby birds melt my heart.
I love your bird shots. Just beautiful.

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » July 21st, 2014, 5:22 pm

great black backed gull

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » October 22nd, 2014, 3:33 pm

I haven't put much up lately....I better get at it....
lesser black backed gull

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » October 22nd, 2014, 3:54 pm

loggerhead shrike

starling

anhinga

black crowned night heron

greater yellowlegs

spotted sandpiper

tricolored heron

red shouldered hawk with watersnake

...

as always, more to come....

:Mark

BillMcGighan · Post by **BillMcGighan** » October 23rd, 2014, 2:58 pm

Mark,
You are just killing this!

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » October 26th, 2014, 3:13 am

a friend, William Steele and I were able to spot and photo a rare visitor to Pinellas county....A groove billed ani..... Made our day!

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » November 22nd, 2014, 6:57 pm

there were 4 in this tree but I only got this pair...

:Mark

rtdunham · Post by **rtdunham** » November 22nd, 2014, 8:04 pm

Fantastic picture, mark, those eagles look almost alive.

But seriously, buddy, a fantastic two-year run of incredible photos. I'd be proud to have taken just one of them. Beautiful work.

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » December 5th, 2014, 2:54 am

Thanks Terry!
I just added a few new ones to my list, although not the best shots......

juvy scissor tailed flycatcher

and ducks are starting to arrive, like this bufflehead

...got this multi species shot the other day
ring necked, canvasbacked, redhead ducks and Am. coot

:Mark

BillMcGighan · Post by **BillMcGighan** » December 5th, 2014, 8:11 am

Another good one, Mark.
I'm assuming the scissor tailed flycatcher was in FL.
Truely a good find.

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » December 5th, 2014, 1:40 pm

Thanks Bill! All of these are in FL.

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » December 9th, 2014, 2:32 am

...added a pair of adult scissor tailed flycatchers, including this one, along with the juvy......

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » December 10th, 2014, 2:09 pm

got some drake canvasbacks today, including this guy...

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » December 13th, 2014, 5:06 am

northern pintail

ruddy duck

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » December 31st, 2014, 11:20 am

green winged teal

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » February 2nd, 2015, 7:16 pm

rufous hummingbird

s . bald eagle

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » February 5th, 2015, 6:59 pm

yellow bellied sapsucker

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » February 16th, 2015, 7:37 pm

got 4 lifers Sat.
great white heron

purple swamphen

tropical kingbird

peregrine falcon

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » February 27th, 2015, 3:13 pm

wood stork

great egret

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » March 4th, 2015, 1:33 pm

.....got this cinnamon teal today among the blue winged teal.....

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 9th, 2015, 6:25 pm

sleepy li'l gremlin...

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 9th, 2015, 6:27 pm

great horned owlets

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 9th, 2015, 6:29 pm

Louisiana waterthrush

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » April 27th, 2015, 6:29 pm

dickcissel

chestnut sided warbler

leucistic red bellied woodpecker

:Mark

Crimson King · Post by **Crimson King** » May 4th, 2015, 7:01 pm

yellow billed cuckoo

:Mark

Noah M · Post by **Noah M** » May 5th, 2015, 10:17 am

the call of the cuckoo is one of my favorites.

Thanks for the pics!

MCHerper · Post by **MCHerper** » May 8th, 2015, 8:22 am

Every shot is beautiful! I'm really stuck on that leucistic red-bellied woodpecker, amazing.