America celebrates 250 years during a steamy heatwave.
The birds are less plentiful during the end of June and beginning of July. However, the shorebirds are beginning to populate the marshes. Ospreys are fishing. Fledgelings are making their presence known as they leave their nests during their awkward first flights.
Angel or Demon? (Great Blue Heron) Z8070426_6982
Blue on Blue (Great Blue Heron) Z8070426_7282
Hot Tipped (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070226_0889
Green Fuzz (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070226_0894
The Good Side (Clapper Rail) Z8070426_9436
Crabby Passenger (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070226_1378
I Can't Believe It (Red Fox) Z8070226_2382
Swan Imitation (Great Egret) Z8070226_9835
Angelic Arrival (Great Egret) Z8070226_9840
Peep Hole (Great Egret) Z8070226_1443
Who's Tern Is It? (Least Tern) Z8070526_2682
Elbow Inspection (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070226_8672
Bolting (Clapper Rail) Z8070426_9632
Eye on the Sun (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070226_8927
Limped Pools (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070226_9175
Eeek! (Red Fox) Z8070226_2378
Sunrise at Dawn (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070326_2728
I'm Here! (Marsh Wren) Z8070326_3228
Getting to Know You (Fish Crow) Z8070326_3251
Look at My Tonsils! (Barn Swallow) Z8070326_3890
Isosceles (Snowy Egret) Z8070326_4867
Prancing (Snowy Egret) Z8070326_4928
Perfect Posture (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070326_5031
Mirror Mirror in the Tire (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070326_5283
Don't Just Stand There (Black-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070426_0271
Runway Model (Great Blue Heron) Z8070426_6992
Victoria (Great Blue Heron) Z8070426_7039
Gunmetal Head (Great Blue Heron) Z8070426_7538
Please Give Me a Hand (Clapper Rail) Z8070426_8993
In-di-gest-shun (Clapper Rail) Z8070426_9052.jpg
Balance Beam (Clapper Rail) Z8070426_9506
Turkey-like (Clapper Rail) Z8070426_9555
A Quick Dip (Clapper Rail) Z8070426_9618
Testing the Waters (Clapper Rail) Z8070426_9620
My Name is NOT Peter, Dammit! (Eastern Cottontail) Z8070526_0627
Radioactive (Barn Swallow) Z8070526_0736
Easy Steps (Clapper Rail) Z8070526_1533
Calipers (Clapper Rail) Z8070526_1539
Dashing (Clapper Rail) Z8070526_1533.jpg
Unexpected Arrival (Red Fox) Z8070226_2375
Reflections of Earth (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070526_1750
Air Guitar Hero (Black-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070526_1954
Tight Fisted (Black-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070526_2150
So Freaking Done with You (Black-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070526_2308
Ticked Off Bunny (Cottontail Rabbit) Z8070826_2834
Bent Out of Shape (Marsh Wren) Z8070826_2863
A Fine Line (Great Egret) Z8070826_2971
Slamming Fish (Snowy Egret) Z8070826_3389
Eyes On Fire (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070826_3568
Vegging Out (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070826_3934
Quit Staring At My Butt!!! (Baltimore Oriole) Z8070826_4480
Wrong Side of the Tracks (Black-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070826_4726-Edit
Raising a Stink (Marsh Wren) Z8070826_4960
Simply Glowing (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070826_5056
Golden Yellow (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) Z8070826_5258
Transparency (Great Egret) Z8070826_2981
Chewy Knob (Green Heron) 20260711_0260
Tucked (Green Heron) 20260711_0234
I Fledge Allegiance (Green Heron) 20260711_0268
Just Peachy (Green Heron) 20260711_0244
Early Intent (Green Heron) 20260711_0202
Deep Blue (Some kind of Dragonfly) 20260711_0233
Electric Fuzz (Green Heron) 20260711_0190
Early Yoga Lessons (Green Heron) 20260711_0226
Gaining Confidence (Green Heron) 20260711_0187
Cotton Puff (Green Heron) 20260711_0208
Head Scratcher (Green Heron) 20260711_0194
Things are Looking Up (Green Heron) 20260711_0211
One Step at a Time (Green Heron) 20260711_0184
Taking Notes (Green Heron) 20260711_0185
Knitted Hair (Green Heron) 20260711_0188
Strange White Growths (Green Heron) 20260711_0174
Dandruff (Green Heron) 20260711_0159
The Blacksheep (Green Heron) 20260711_0137
Eye on the Prize (Green Heron) 20260711_0172
Fuzzy Bottom Blues (Green Heron) 20260711_0129
This is MY Space! (Green Heron) 20260711_0149
Superiority Complex (Green Heron) 20260711_0121
Top of the World, Ma! (Green Heron) 20260711_0117
Toddler (Green Heron) 20260711_0096
Hey Mo! (Green Heron) 20260711_0103
Underbite (Green Heron) 20260711_0090
To the Point (Green Heron) 20260711_0072
Hands in Pockets (Green Heron) 20260711_0086
Green Haze All In My Brain (Green Heron) 20260711_0074
Motion Detector (Green Heron) 20260711_0071
Illuminated Fuzz (Green Heron) 20260711_0059
Backed Into a Corner (Green Heron) 20260711_0054
Green on Green (Green Heron) 20260711_0028
Get the Flock Out of Here (Green Herons) 20260711_0005
Green On White (Green Heron) 20260711_0017
The Shadow Knows (Snowy Egret) 071226_4724
Starry Night 1 (Snowy Egret) 071226_4963
Starry Night 2 (Snowy Egret) 071226_4971
Starry Night 3 (Snowy Egret) 071226_4998
Starry Night 4 (Snowy Egret) 071226_5030
(Some Type of Dragonfly) 071226_6109
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) _0Z87524
A Bitter Pill (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) _0Z87590
Tossed Crab (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) _0Z87637
Caught Red-Chested (Orchard Oriole) _0Z88080
Try a Bib Next Time (Orchard Oriole) _0Z88088
Slasher (Orchard Oriole) _0Z88095
Hippy on the Corner (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 071426_9293
Sailing Away (Monarch) 071626_1732
Hazy Shade of Summer 071626_2185
Nosy (Oystercatcher) 071726_3801
You Stick Your Nose in Everything! (Oystercatcher) 071726_3780
My Left Foot (Oystercatcher) 071726_3781
Gingerly (Oystercatcher) 071726_3801
Nice Tongue Action! (Willow Flycatcher) 071726_4532
Lone Soldier (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 071726_4937
On Golden Railing (Forster's Tern) 071726_5037
I'm Effing Tired, Okay? (Forster's Terns) 071826_0885
Big Gulp (Green Heron) 071826_6173
Snakehead (Green Heron) 071826_6374
Isolationist (Green Heron) 071826_7688
Grumpus (Green Heron) 071826_7860
Perturbed (Green Heron) 071826_7872
Modern Art (Black Skimmer) 071826_8258
Feed Me! (Forster's Tern) _0Z83283
Deception by Color (Little Blue Heron) _0Z83644
Beaks Bearing Gifts (Forster's Tern) _0Z83801
Barrel Roll (Forster's Tern)_0Z83851
Here I Come to Save the Day (Forster's Tern) _0Z83854
Bow-Legged (Little Blue Heron) 20260723_0008
Staunch Opponent (Forster's Tern) 20260723_0029
Look Upon a Star (Orchard Oriole) 20260723_0046
The Color Purple (Orchard Oriole) 20260723_0048
Mercury Rising (Forster's Tern) 20260723_0062
The Feds (Forster's Tern) 20260723_0065
Play Misty for Me (Forster's Tern) 20260723_0082
Bowed In Prayer (Dragonfly) 20260723_0091
Golf Anyone? (Willow Flycatcher) 20260724_0001
Fallback Position (Black-Crowned Night Heron) 20260724_0004
Just Waiting on a Rail (Forster's Tern) 20260724_0018
Standing on my own... (Forster's Tern) 20260724_0021
Probing (Monarch) 20260724_0026
Probe in White (Monarch) 20260724_0029
Seeing the Sunset (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 20260724_0034
Blue Chopper (Some type of Dragonfly) 072526_8329
Tiny Hexagons (Some Kind of Dragonfly) 072526_8460
Sticky Seeds (American Goldfinch) _0Z80065
Dig In! (American Goldfinch) _0Z80079
A Slight Pause (American Goldfinch) _0Z80437
Meet the Parents (Green Heron) _0Z80552
Get Bent (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail)_0Z81250
Not Gullible (American Herring Gull) _0Z82237
Surrounded (American Goldfinch) _0Z88800
On the Dark Side (Green Heron) _0Z89252
Open Sesame (American Goldfinch) _0Z89793
Cloaked (American Goldfinch) _0Z89840
Javelin (Black-Crowned Night Heron) 072726_2538
Ya Big Chicken! (Black-Crowned Night Heron) 072726_2578
Not So Early at 6:30 pm (American Robin) 072726_2608
Everyone! Calm the Hell Down! (Great Egret) 072926_2738
Tarred and Feathered (Snowy Egret) 072926_2775
Between Green and Brown (Great Blue Heron) 072926_2982
Treading Lightly (Black-Crowned Night Heron) _0Z85903
Channeling (Snowy Egret) 20260731_0003
Flippant (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 20260731_0011
A Close Call (Green Heron) 20260731_0037
A Better View (Green Heron) 20260731_0041
All the Way to the Bank (Laughing Gull) 20260731_0030
Moody Yellows (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 20260731_0042
Toxic Avenger (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 20260731_0047
Mullet (Snowy Egret) 20260731_0053
Crunch Wrap (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 20260731_0063
Krispy (Yellow-Crowned Night Heron) 20260731_0070