Dark morph are more common than light morphs in Florida. When hunting, they often turn into the wind to hover before diving steeply to take birds from their perches. Hey, hawks gotta eat too🤷🏻♀️ Short tailed hawk Dark Morph
Key Largo, Fl #hawks#raptors#birds#birdsofprey
Fun fact: These smart birds can remember every flower and feeder they’ve visited, as well as how long it takes for a certain flower to refill-even though their brain is the only about the size of a grain of rice.
Young Male Ruby throated hummingbird #hummingbird#hummingbirds
I love how the background colors of this photo came out of this ruby throated hummingbird. Almost looks like a painting. This photo was not even retouched! No need I love how it came out. 💙🩵💚❤️ #hummingbirds#BirdsOfTwitter#birding
Happy Monarch Monday🦋
Fun fact: the gold spots on the monarch chrysalis are due to carotenoid pigments from their milkweed diet! #monarchbuttterfly#Butterflies
More hummingbird acrobatics-feeding on candlestick cassia. Ruby throated hummingbirds stay in the keys until around April, and return to us around November each year. #hummingbirds#pollinators#plants#BirdsOfTwitter
Monarchs are always in season in the Florida Keys🌴🦋 They start year round in our area, but definitely increase in fall and spring. Always having some giant milkweed on hand is a must just in case you get egg bombed! #Butterflies#monarchbutterfly#floridakeys
An American redstart (female or young male) devouring a dragonfly! I’ve gotten a few shots of this over the years. Always amazing to see every time! Insects are a large portion of their diet. Interesting to watching them swoop down and grab them almost like a flycatcher would.
Baltimore Oriole seen in a fruiting strangler fig late October during fall migration. We don’t always get these but it’s a treat when we do! #BirdsOfTwitter#birding#birdphotography
Check out the new mini doc just posted about the Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher! Find out why they show up in south Florida which is out of their normal range.
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