Florida Birding - Part One

With the temperature in Minnesota dropping into the subzero range we took the opportunity to head off to Florida for a week of hiking and birding in the sub-tropical sun. I’ll show off a few highlights of our trip…..Upon arrival in our hotel in St. Petersburg, I looked out the second story window of our hotel to see a perfectly tropical scene.

And wouldn't you know it in the courtyard garden below a little blue heron was going about his business.

I quickly ran downstairs to take a picure and then headed across the lawn towards the beach a few steps away.

 

 There I found a Great White Egret and a White Ibis checking out the tennis court, while overhead on the lightpole an Osprey kept watch.

 

Off to an auspicious birding start we headed back into the hotel for dinner. I had a local craft beer and something called Drunken Coconut Scallops. It was really really good. Tommorow we start taking in area wildlife refuges north of Tampa.....