Went out this morning with the main goal of photographing the St Pete Pier at sunrise as I hadn’t done that in awhile and it looked like the conditions would be good. The conditions cooperated, but the whole area I wanted to shoot from to line up the sunrise was blocked off. I ended up only taking 2-3 shots and then just headed to my default park, Roosevelt Wetlands. Had a decent morning there to salvage the outing.
St Pete Pier Sunrise with Christmas Decorations and a pelican.
Juvenile Bald Eagle being chased by small bird at sunrise.
Pied-billed Grebe in sunrise light. The bird is called the “Pied-billed Grebe” because it’s a grebe (a diving bird with legs far back) that has a two-toned (pied) bill during mating season.
Redhead in flight.
Northern Mockingbird closeup-This bird let me get so close I decided to just go for a detail shot.
River Otter checking me out.
Tricolored Heron with reflection.
Redhead Duck
Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron and Anhinga hanging out together.
Redhead
Double-crested Cormorant in flight.
Brown Thrasher eating a berry from Brazilian Pepper tree.
Brown Thrasher eating a berry from Brazilian Pepper tree.
Brown Thrasher eating a berry from Brazilian Pepper tree.
Indian Blanket (with tiny spider).
Little Blue Heron in flight.
Tonya…