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A Bird’s Life on Siesta Key

June 16, 2009

By David McRee of BlogTheBeach.com
These pelicans on Siesta Key were having a hard time eating the fish they caught. As soon as they caught a fish, a gull would land on their head and try to make them drop it. I guess the pelicans are used to this because they seemed not to be terribly [...]

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Snowy Egret Table Etiquette

January 2, 2009

I shot some video of this beautiful snowy egret on Upham beach while it was stalking fish in the shallow water. Snowy egrets are such beautiful birds. Their bright yellow feet are striking in contrast to their jet black legs and snow-white body.
This bird suddenly interrupted its fishing expedition and took a very purposeful hike [...]

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Snowy Egret photo

April 30, 2008

One of the most beautiful birds in Florida is the snowy egret. They are pure white. Several other egrets in Florida are also pure white: American egret, cattle egret, great white heron, the white ibis, and the rare white phase of the reddish egret. So how can you tell a snowy egret apart from the [...]

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