Sanibel 2010

For over twenty years, my wife and I have headed south to Sanibel Island, FL looking for warm weather and birds. Well we haven't found the warm weather yet but the birds are still here. This is a great place to see and photograph unusual birds. For whatever reason, they are more easily approached which makes taking pictures easier. The immature Bald Eagle was sitting in a tree less than a hundred feet from me and my camera. He perched there (Lighthouse Park at the east end of the island) for over an hour. The Roseate Spoonbill photo was captured at Ding Darling NWR. The bird was feeding and fortunately for me was again less than a hundred feet from me. The first bird pictured is a Limpkin which is a fairly rare bird and to catch it in flight was fun.