Daily Archives: February 10, 2025
Thinks he is a Scrub Jay??
Red-bellied Woodpecker: Helen and Allen Cruickshank Sanctuary, Rockledge, Florida, USA, January 2026 — We have Red-bellied Woodpeckers who come to suet on our back deck. If I even look at them through the glass of back deck door they are off and way. Yet in Florida, this one flew down and fed with the Scrub Jays right at my feet. I think he must was maybe a founding…raised in a Jay nest…or maybe he has just learned his habits from the Jays. Anyway I really appreciated his cooperation. 🙂 Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Great Green
Great Green Macaw: Pierella Ecology Gardens, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, December 2024 — I have seen Great Green Macaws before in Costa Rica…though they are still rare after years of effort to reestablish a viable population in what was once their native range, but I have never seen them this close in the wild. A small flock settled in a Mountain Almond tree right at the entrance to Pierella Gardens and one of the guides alerted us all to their presence. What a treat. We watched them feeing actively for close to a half hour, before they moved on. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.