A River Otter in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida...after rolling in sand on the shore...and after catching and eating a fish in Lake Suemar. #animals #otter #RiverOtter #DunedinFlorida #HammockPark #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

A River Otter glides through the spotlight from a rising sun on a creek in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. #animals #otters #riverotter #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #morninglight

The morning sunshine dries her wings and colours them with warmth in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. (Female Anhinga) #birds #anhinga #snakebird #waterbird #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography #morninglight

A River Otter... Ruler of the River... sits on his throne in the morning light...in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. #animals #RiverOtter #otters #wildlifephotography #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #naturephotography #morninglight

A little Palm Warbler...one of the winter visitors to Hammock Park in Dunedin, Florida. #birds #warblers #palmwarbler #snowbird #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

A Tricolored Heron stalks the shallow creek along the trail in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. #birds #heron #tricoloredheron #wadingbirds #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

A tiny Blue-gray Gnatcatcher lands on a slim vine stem in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida #birds #bluegraygnatcatcher #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

A female Anhinga appears to be trying to catch tiny flies that dance in morning light around her as she perches on a branch over Lake Suemar in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. #birds #anhinga #snakebird #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

A Limpkin finds clams in shallow shoreline waters of Lake Suemar in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida.Their bill is especially designed to remove the meat from these shells. #birds #limpkin #wadingbirds #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsobbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

A Tricolored Heron struts through the sparkling water ...fishing for breakfast, as the sun rises over Lake Suemar in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. #birds #heron #tricoloredheron #wadingbirds #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

A Great Egret takes flight from a tree over Lake Suemar in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. #birds #egret #greategret #wadingbirds #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

In the morning light, an Osprey lands at the top of a tree over Lake Suemar in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. #birds #osprey #birdsofprey #raptor #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

Young Tri-Color Heron on an overspill retaining wall. Pic was taken at Hammock Park in Dunedin FL. Dunedin sits on the St Joseph Sound in the Tampa Bay area of the Gulf of Mexico. The water was unusually high yesterday. He had to hop around to find a rock suitable to fish from for his breakfast.

Dunedin FL
Hammock Park
St Joseph on the
Gulf of Mexico in
Tampa Bay
Young Tri-Color
Heron

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Tri-Color Heron fishing in a Tidal stream in Hammock Park in Dunedin FL. Dunedin is in the Tampa Bay area of FL on St Joseph Sound in the Gulf of Mexico.

Dunedin FL
Hammock Park
Tri-Colored Heron
Fishing for dinner

#birds #🪶 #blueskyphotography #herons #blueskybirds #birding #photography #photos #wildlife #florida #wadingbirds #wadingbirds #gulfofmexico #dunedinfl #hammockpark #flwildlife

Hammock Park Tidal pond. The park is located in Dunedin FL in SW FL, near Tampa. It is on the St Joseph Sound on the Gulf of Mexico. This picture shows an Anhinga Bird resting on a branch in the morning sun. Hammock park is home to many water birds, song birds, rabbits, turtles, otters, raccoons, snakes, bats, gators, and a myriad of other FL wildlife.

Dunedin FL
Hammock Park
Tidal Pond
Anhinga relaxing
In the early morning sun

#birds #🪶 #blueskybirds #Blueskyphotography #birding
#naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #waterbirds #floridawildlife #dunedinfl #nature #wildflorida #gulfofmexico #stjosephsound #hammockpark

Bright Blue Tri-color Heron about to take flight from a shallow tidal creek in Hammock Park in Dunedin FL located on the St Joseph Sound on the Gulf of Mexico. This picture was taken in a very sunny day.

Dunedin FL
Hammock Park
Tri-Color Heron
Ready to fly

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#wadingbirds #blueskyphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #herons #wildlifephotography
#nature #gulfofmexico #flbirds #floridawldlife #birdphotos #stjosephsound #dunedinfl #hammockpark #wildflorida

Hammock Park in Dunedin FL Male wood duck

Dunedin, FL
Hammock Park
Wood Duck
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#birdsofbluesky #ducks #bird #birds #floridawildlife #wildlife #nature #blueskyphotography #wildducks #naturephotography #hammockpark #florida

Dunedin, FL
Hammock Park
Juvenile Otters
Having Breakfast
One small Turtle was determined to steal

#otters #naturephotography #blueskyphotography #nature #wildlife #florida #floridawildlife #turtles #photography #dunedinfl
#wildlifephotography
#hammockpark #floridaparks

An Osprey on a tall snag over Lake Suemar in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida spots a fish below...and off he goes into a dive. #birds #raptors #osprey #birdsofprey #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography

A Great Blue Heron stalking the creek waters in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. #birds #herons #greatblueheron #wadingbirds #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

A Cape May Warbler...in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida...on his migration route north for the summer. #birds #songbirds #warbler #CapeMayWarbler #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

A Great Blue Heron sticks his tongue out...maybe licking his lips after swallowing a fish...in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. #birds #heron #greatblueheron #wadingbirds #DunedinFlorida #HammockPark #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

A Snowy Egret and a Tricolored Heron meet up in the shallows of Lake Suemar in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. #birds #egret #heron #wadingbirds #snowyegret #tricoloredheron #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida

A Black-crowned Night-heron stands in the creek watching for passing fish in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. #birds #herons #wadingbirds #blackcrownednightheron #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

Not a tiny bird...but this Snowy Egret is dwarfed by the huge log in the shallows of Lake Suemar in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. #birds #egret #wadingbird #snowyegret #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #naturephotography

A well-camouflaged Red-shouldered Hawk surveys the shore of the creek in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida, for a potential breakfast meal. #birds #birdsofprey #hawk #redshoulderedhawk #raptor #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

A fish snack for a Tricolored Heron in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. #birds #herons #tricoloredheron #fish #fisher #wadingbirds #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography

A Snowy Egret adeptly catches a little fish from the waters below the falls in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida. #birds #egrets #snowyegret #wadingbirds #fishers #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofbluesky #birdsofflorida #birdphotography #naturephotography

A pair of Black-crowned Night-herons watch a River Otter family eating freshly caught fish in a creek in Hammock Park, Dunedin, Florida...hoping for leftovers. #birds #herons #blackcrownednightheron #HammockPark #DunedinFlorida #birdsofbluesky #birdsofflorida #birdphotography #wadingbirds

A River Otter mom with one of her two pups ...in the creek at Hammock Park in Dunedin, Florida. #otter #riverotter #otterpup #animal #DunedinFlorida #HammockPark #naturephotography