In short, I am proud to announce that Steven Bird Photography has been awarded the Best of Tampa Award in the photographer category!! Also, read this post to see which Spoonbill image was published in Ranger Rick Jr. this Summer.
This is a common question from the Spoonbill connoisseurs! In truth, I cannot recall a time that I witnessed a Spoonbill bathing outside of the proximity of an actual rookery. During the photography tours at the Tampa Bay Spoonbills rookery, there are usually a couple of sightings of bathing Spoonbills per season 🙂
There was a very decent size Least Terns colony neighboring the Black Skimmers colony this year. Among the smallest Terns, those little guys are very interesting to observe and their pre-mating ritual is one of the funniest! See the short video on this blog 🙂
For those of you waiting for the 2024 Tampa Bay Spoonbill tour dates, here they are: January 13-14, February 10-11 and March 23-24 🙂 Send me an email at steven@stevenbirdphotography.com to book your spot!
The first Black Skimmers colony tour just ended and I am adding a new date for July 22-23! If you like the pictures from this blog post, try to register to the July session to create your own images of the same theme 🙂
