Vacation pics Florida Panhandle

We're back from our Florida vacation were we saw tons of birds that are new to us (which isn't tough since we just started watching this fall)

Most were taken at Wakulla Springs State Park, which has a lodge to stay in, and an hour long boat tour of the springs. I highly recommend this place! Loved it, wish we were still there!

I initially had 36 pictures that I was going to post but I pared down and broke them up into this thread and an upcoming ID me thread. I hope you enjoy them. Please feel free to correct any of my mistakes. (grammar and spelling excluded:)

Here is a Royal Tern (new), taken at Fort Walton Beach.

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Here he is again

A Double Crested Cormorant swimming underwater.

A Pie-billed Grebe (new)

This little Eastern Towhee (new) was scratching around under a palm tree. Couldn't get a good shot of him.

Bald Eagle at St. Marks Island

Red-Breasted Merganser (New) These guys are very busy! Unfortunately I coudn't time him being up with the Dolphin that swam by.

Pileated Woodpeckers (New!)

Osprey

Female Hooded Merganser (new)

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Male Hooded Merganser (new)

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Wow looks like you had a great time Shan!

Very nice pics!

A shy Yellow Crowned Night Heron

How wonderful! The pic of the cormorant was awsome. How /where did you take it.

American Coots

Thanks Pelle & Nan. We had a great time!

The Cormorant pic was taken standing on the Diving Platform at the Springs with BF's good camera.


Not a bird, but a cool close up of a Manatee from the tour boat

A Great Blue Heron and an Anhinga

Three other Birds that are new to us that I didn't get a picture of:

American Bittern
Belted Kingfisher
We heard a Barred Owl (Who cooks for you...)
I think I saw a few Kinglets but not sure...

It was a great Vacation but the weather was overcast an chilly. Not good photo weather.
Wakulla Springs is so peaceful (of course, we went in January) I wish you could all go there and see for yourselves. here's the link http://www.wakullasprings.org/index.htm

~Shannon

Now I'm of to post the ID me's...