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Successful Spoonbill photography workshop in Alafia Banks, Florida!

March 13, 2014Steven BlandinBird, Uncategorized, Wildlife Photography Tour600 mm, alafia banks, breeding, canon, course, feathers, flight, Florida, photography workshop, pink, roseate spoonbill, spoonbill, tour, travel1 Comment

I just lead a very successful Spoonbill photography workshop at Alafia Banks, Florida! With three boat rides over the weekend, including one to Dit Dot Dash rookery, everybody went back home with amazing Spoonbill with breeding colors photographs. Alafia Banks is currently hosting a very sizeable colony of Roseate Spoonbills nesting in the mangrove trees.

Danger from the sky? Fort Desoto Raptors

Many raptors can be seen at Fort Desoto Park, the Yellow Stone of Florida. Let’s have a look at a couple of them… I often find that the easiest way to spot birds of prey is to be attentive to their squawking. Ospreys and Red-shouldered Hawks have very distinctive calls for instance. Then follow them