Shot caught in that amazing straight posture.
Red-breasted Merganser, Fort De Soto Park_93E6948
The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a diving duck, one of the sawbills. Red-breasted mergansers dive and swim underwater. They mainly eat small fish, but also aquatic insects, crustaceans, and frogs. Males and females look totally different from each other.
Gray Catbird, Fort De Soto Park_93E6938
This species is named for its cat-like call. This bird loves to hide in the bushes, where it is obscured from view by the foliage.
Snowy Egret & Laughing Gull, Fort De Soto Park_93E6806
Look, I am bigger than you. Stay away.
Laughing Gull with a Fish, Fort De Soto Park_93E6802
At first sight, I thought they were sharing the catch, but at the end it wasn’t. Winner gets all.
More Black-bellied Plover, Fort De Soto Park_93E6734
Black-bellied Plovers winter on sandy beaches and estuarine mud flats around the world.
Black-bellied Plover with a catch, Fort De Soto Park_93E6597
Part of their diet, on their wintering grounds, Black-bellied Plovers feed on polychaete worms, bivalves, and crustaceans. On their breeding grounds, they primarily eat insects.
Little Blue Heron, Fort De Soto Park_93E6830
The little blue heron is a small heron. It is about two feet tall with a wingspan of about 40 inches. It has slate-blue feathers with a maroon neck and head. Its bill is gray with a black tip, and it has gray to blue legs and feet. Males and females look alike.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Fort De Soto_93E6914
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge or more casually the Skyway, is a bridge spanning Tampa Bay, Florida, with a cable-stayed main span, and a total length of 21,877 feet. The Travel Channel rated the Sunshine Skyway number 3 in its special on the “Top 10 Bridges” in the World. The bridge is considered the “flag bridge” of Florida.
The southbound span (opened in 1971) of the original bridge was destroyed at 7:33 a.m. on May 9, 1980, when the freighter MV Summit Venture collided with a pier (support column) during a blinding thunderstorm, sending over 1,200 feet (370 m) of the bridge plummeting into Tampa Bay. The collision caused six cars, a truck, and a Greyhound bus to fall 150 feet (46 m) into the water, killing 35 people.
This view is from the east beach of the Fort De Soto Park on a sunny afternoon.
Egret IF & Landing, Fort De Soto_93E6861
So gracious in their flight and landing.
