Marcus’ Bird Gallery

Mead Garden – 08/20/2010

Aug 20th, 2010 by Marcus

Northern Parula

Photographed in Mead Garden, Winter Park, Florida on August 20, 2010.

Red-shouldered Hawk eating a Turtle

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Mead Garden 08/19/2010

Aug 19th, 2010 by Marcus

Prothonotary Warbler

Photographed in Mead Garden, Winter Park, Florida on August 19, 2010. A big thanks to Ellen, Barbara, Larry, and Aimee for showing me this beautiful bird.

Prothonotary Warbler

White Ibis eating a Southern Water Snake

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Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 08/17/2010

Aug 18th, 2010 by Marcus

Biolab Road Storm

Photographed at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida on August 17, 2010. The day started out with a Thunderstorm. This photo was taken on Biolab Road looking North.

Juvenile Eastern Kingbirds

Sanderling

Ruddy Turnstone

Banana Spider

If you are bitten by a Banana Spider, you should seek immediate emergency treatment as the venom could possibly be life threatening. The Phoneutria not only has a potent neurotoxin, but is said to have one of the most excruciatingly painful spider bites of all spiders due to its high concentration of serotonin.

Despite the Banana Spider’s reputation as the world’s deadliest spider, there are multiple studies that dispute the ability for the spider to actually kill a human and one study suggested that a little over 2% of these spider bites (mostly in children) were serious enough to require antivenom.

Playlinda Beach Umbrella

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Mead Garden 07/29/2010

Jul 29th, 2010 by Marcus

I saw my FOS Louisiana Waterthrush in Mead Garden, Winter Park, Florida today. I spotted the bird at 1:30 PM. The bird flew from the ground and perched in a tree about 25 feet away.

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Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge – July 14, 2010

Jul 15th, 2010 by Marcus

Snowy Egrets

Photographed at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida on July 14, 2010. All photographs were taken on Black Point Drive.

Black Point Wildlife Drive is open.

Juvie White Ibis, Adult White Ibis, & Snowy Egrets

Roseate Spoonbill, Snowy Egrets, & a Tri-colored Heron

Roseate Spoonbill

Snowy Egret & Lesser Yellowlegs

Shorebird Migration has started. I saw numerous Lesser Yellowlegs and Least Sandpipers.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Least Sandpipers

Tri-colored Heron

Reddish Egret

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Viera Wetlands, Florida – June 25, 2010

Jun 26th, 2010 by Marcus

Sandhill Crane

Photographed at the Viera Wetlands, Florida on June 25, 2010.

White Ibis

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Crested Caracara

A tropical falcon version of a vulture, the Crested Caracara reaches the United States only in Arizona, Texas, and Florida. It is a bird of open country, where it often is seen at carrion with vultures.

Crested Caracara

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Merritt Island NWR – June 10, 2010

Jun 11th, 2010 by Marcus

Black-necked Stilt in Nest

Photographed at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida on June 10, 2010. Some of the oil-cleaned birds from the Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster are being released at Merritt Island NWR. Rangers say they are very concerned the Oil will impact the MINWR and the adjoining Canaveral National Seashore.