Birds Photographed in Central Florida by Marcus Sharpe
Posted in Birds, Mead Garden Birds on Oct 30th, 2009
Photographed in Mead Garden, Winter Park, Florida on October 28, 2009. The same bird is in both photos. A Red-shouldered Hawk was watching him from a nearby tree. The Hawk flew away before I left. Pileated Woodpeckers are Mead Garden Year-Round Residents. Click on Photo to Enlarge.
Posted in Birds, Mead Garden Birds on Oct 29th, 2009
Photographed in Mead Garden, Winter Park, Florida on October 29, 2009. This is the first Loggerhead Shrike I have ever seen in Mead Garden. About a month ago other birders reported seeing one. Today I was looking at a group of Mockingbirds in a dead tree and almost missed seeing the bird. A closer view […]
Posted in Birds, Mead Garden Birds on Oct 28th, 2009
Photographed in Mead Garden, Winter Park, Florida on October 28, 2009. Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are medium-sized woodpeckers that Winter in Mead Garden. Whatbird: Breeds across Canada east of the Rockies to southern Labrador and Newfoundland south to the northern U.S. from North Dakota to New York and Connecticut and south through the Appalachians to northwest Georgia. […]
Posted in Birds, Mead Garden Birds on Oct 25th, 2009
Photographed in Mead Garden, Winter Park, Florida on October 25, 2009. A Mead Garden Year-Round Resident. Click on Photo to Enlarge.
Posted in Birds on Oct 24th, 2009
Photographed in Mead Garden, Winter Park, Florida on October 21, 2009. A Mead Garden Winter Resident. Click on Photo to Enlarge.
Posted in Birds, Mead Garden on Oct 23rd, 2009
Photographed in Mead Garden, Winter Park, Florida on October 22, 2009. Whatbird: Brown Thrashers have the largest repertoire of songs of all the North American birds and are able to vocalize 3000 distinct songs. Feeds on insects, small amphibians, fruits, and some grain. Runs quickly on the ground when foraging, turning leaves over with bill […]
Posted in Birds, Mead Garden on Oct 22nd, 2009
Photographed in Mead Garden, Winter Park, Florida on October 22, 2009. This little bird was making a lot of noise. I don’t think it liked me walking on the Boardwalk, obviously in part of its Winter territory. Whatbird: House Wrens are fiercely territorial, they have been known to destroy bluebird and other cavity nester’s eggs […]
Posted in Mead Garden, Moths on Oct 21st, 2009
Polyphemus Moth – Male Photographed in Mead Garden, Winter Park, Florida on October 18, 2009. Wikipedia: The Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus) is a North American member of the family Saturniidae, the giant silk moths.[1] It is a tan colored moth, with an average wingspan of 15 cm (6 inches). The most notable feature of the […]
Posted in Birds, Mead Garden Birds, Warblers on Oct 18th, 2009
Photographed in Mead Garden, Winter Park, Florida on October 17, 2009. Click on Photo to Enlarge.
Posted in Birds, Mead Garden Birds, Warblers on Oct 17th, 2009
Photographed in Mead Garden, Winter Park, Florida on October 17, 2009. Whatbird: Medium-sized, ground walking warbler with olive-brown upperparts and heavily spotted white underparts. Head has a dull orange central crown stripe, bold white eye-ring, and black eyebrows. Wings and tail are olive-green. Legs are pink, stout, and long. Sexes are similar. Juvenile is duller […]