Matheson Hammock Park, 12/28/2015

Beautiful Hammock

While on my trip to South Florida, my father and I visited Matheson Hammock Park in Miami-Dade County.  It's a beautiful park.  We visited once in the morning and once in the afternoon.  One of our target birds was a White-crowned Pigeon, and this seemed to be the best place to find one, but we struck out.  However, we did see our first Yellow-chevroned Parakeets (perhaps soon to be countable) in the morning, and in the afternoon, I was able to get some of my best photos of Least Sandpipers and Semipalmated Plovers.

Least Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Semipalmated Plover

Semipalmated Plover

The shorebirds were in an asphalt parking lot in a shallow pool of water, but when I got down low enough the reflections on the water made the setting look more natural.

Matheson Hammock Park

Matheson Hammock Park

It's a very pretty park, though, and I'd love to return again.  I spent a little time exercising my Canon Powershot G7X and took a few scenic shots. I'm still impressed with the quality of the photos you can now get with a point and shoot camera.

Yellow-chevroned Parakeets

Magnificent Frigatebird