Ponce Inlet, 12/1/2012

Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug
Forster's Tern
I took my daughter to the lighthouse park at Ponce Inlet for an afternoon at the beach today.  I went as a dad, not a photographer, but that didn't stop me from taking my camera with me.  There was a flock of gulls and terns there, and my daughter thought it would be fun to go see them.  So I photographed Forster's Terns, Sandwich Terns and Royal Terns.  There were also several Brown Pelicans there, and lots of Sanderlings.  But the biggest birding moment was finding three Northern Gannets. I set a goal at the beginning of the year to find 250 birds in Florida this year, and the Northern Gannet was my 250th find this year.  So that was a pretty great moment for me.

Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug
Sandwich Tern
Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug
Sandwich Tern
Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug
Royal Tern
Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug
Brown Pelican
Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug
Snowy Egret
Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug
Northern Gannet
Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug
Osprey
Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug
Sanderling

Comments

  1. Awesome bird photography as always. Interesting to see that Royal Tern is banded.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thanks for Tern ID refresher..super Osprey w/ fish & congrats on reaching your 250 goal in the last month of the year!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Congrats Scott! It always feels good to connect with a birding goal.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Thanks! I think my goal next year will be to get my FL life list over 300, so anything else I find in Dec will help me with next year's goal.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Yea, I've been trying to read the band, but I can only make out two characters.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Congrats on reaching your goal of 250.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Feel free to comment to leave feedback.