South Florida specialty Butterflies!
South Florida has some unique subtropical butterflies that are awesome to see. Unlike birds, butterflies can be very tricky to find as it depends on the time of year, weather, [...]
Double-crested Cormorants feeding in a flock
Double-crested Cormorants often feed in large flocks. They will swim in a groups to herd fish in front of them to feed on. It is a pretty neat feeding style [...]
Early migration here in Florida!
In Florida migration gets started in July usually with shorebirds soon followed by passerines. Now that we are in the month of August, we will start getting more warblers as [...]
PELAGIC BIRDS!
This video is from May of this year, we had an awesome pelagic trip off Homestead Florida. We had an excellent variety of species in this all day trip. The [...]
BARRED OWL!
The Barred Owl is one of the most common owls in the eastern part of the United States. They have been moving to western states in recent years where Northern [...]
A new species, Scopoli’s Shearwater!
What used to be called Cory's Shearwater has now been split into two species. Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris borealis) and Scopoli’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) Both species can be found off the [...]
Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
The Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly is pretty common in the Big Cypress Swamp and the Fakahatchee area of South Florida. I've only ever seen one in the Miami area in a [...]
Yellow-green Vireo an unexpected rarity!
It is always a beautiful thing when you are slowly driving and hear a rare bird singing. That was the case today on a construction site that I'm currently working [...]
Black-capped Petrel
On a fairly recent pelagic birding trip, we had some great pelagic species. The highlight for me and all of the other participants, was a Black-capped Petrel! This was first [...]
Common Nighthawk babies are growing!
I've been watching a Common Nighthawk from when it laid eggs to now with almost-fledged young! This is always exciting as I believe I have watched the same female bird [...]
