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Sanibel Bird Watch

Submitted by robert d on Sun, 02/12/2006 - 5:50pm.
Chuck and Anne invited us to join them for a bird watching outing last Thursday. We arrived at Ding Darling National Wild Life Refuge at dawn. Chuck and Anne spotted 34 different species and shared lots of interesting information about them. One highlight was observing two eagles in hot pursuit of an Osprey attempting to steal his fish. The Osprey’s evasive maneuvers were successful. Attached are pictures of several birds. Resolution for some shots is less than satisfactory because of distance and telephoto limitations. But hopefully, it will give you some idea of the amazing variety at Ding Darling. It was a really fun experience. Picture identification: 1) Snowy and Great (larger bird) Egret Snowy & Great Egret













2) Yellow Crown Night Heron Yellow Crown Night Heron













3) Roseate Spoon Bill Roseate Spoon Bill













4) Immature Ibis Immature Ibis













5) American White Pelican American White Pelican













6) Red breasted Merganser Red breasted Merganser













7) Cormorants Cormorants













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Submitted by woodstrehl on Tue, 02/21/2006 - 12:56pm.

I really like the way you put the photos in. How did you do it?

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Great pictures

Submitted by Tom on Mon, 02/13/2006 - 4:58pm.

Thanks for posting the pictures. Have you finished "1776"? I began reading "Parting the Waters: America during the King Years 1954-1963", by Taylor Branch, which is volume 1 of a 3 volume work [he just published volume 3 which brought this to my attention]. A very compelling account of the significance of the black churches and black colleges from Reconstruction until the Civil Rights movement. The first 150 pages are worth it just for preserving that history; can't be sure what the rest will be like.

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