I took this photo a few weeks ago in anticipation of today’s theme, #BirdButt!
This juvenile great blue heron flashed his fluffy derrière towards me at the wonderful #Wakodahatchee Wetlands in #Florida. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin
A snowy egret perched on a wooden railing on a sunny day with white feathers blown by the wind from behind. This bird has a black beak, black legs, yellow feet, and yellow around its eyes.
Snowy egret on the boardwalk railing at #Wakodahatchee #Florida. I urge you to search on line to listen to the gobbling/gurgling sounds snowy egrets make - I heard it for the first time this week at a rookery. 🤪 #ManMadePerch theme for #BirdOfTheDay. #EastCoastKin #birds
This juvenile tricolor heron is displaying the intricacies of his #Feathers in this debonair pose. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #Wakodahatchee #Stunday #birds
Male #Anhinga 🪶 (Anhinga anhinga)
minding the kids
#Wakodahatchee #Wetlands
#DelrayBeach #Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
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#Tricolored #heron 🪶 (Egretta tricolor)
in #breeding #plumage having a bad feather day
#Wakodahatchee #Wetlands
#DelrayBeach #Florida
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#birds #birding #birdwatching #animals #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #theotherpages #herons
My #BestOfTheMonth photo is still in my camera, so I’m posting an iPhone photo instead. This is a great egret preening at dawn at the awe inspiring #Wakodahatchee Wetlands, #Florida, a few weeks ago. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birds
Tricolor Heron standing guard over her ravenous baby dinosaurs, for the #AdultsWithChicks theme of #BirdOfTheDay. I took this photo in the ever amazing #Wakodahatchee Wetlands in South #Florida. #EastCoastKin #birds
A male Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis). Photographed on March 15, 2026 at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida, USA. #birds #nature #photography #naturephotography #florida #wakodahatchee #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #OMSYSTEM #OM1MarkII
Personal grooming helps keep the feathers shiny and free of parasites. This glossy ibis fits the #Preeners&Scratchers theme of #BirdOfTheDay. #EastCoastKin From one of my favorite places, #Wakodahatchee Wetlands, #Florida. #birds
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata). Photographed on March 15, 2026 at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida, USA. #birds #nature #photography #naturephotography #florida #wakodahatchee #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #OMSYSTEM #OM1MarkII
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). Photographed on March 15, 2026 at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida, USA. #birds #nature #naturephotography #florida #wakodahatchee #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #floridabirds #OMSYSTEM #OM1MarkII
Gray-Headed Swamp Hens 🪶 (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
at #Wakodahatchee #Wetlands
#DelrayBeach #Florida
photos by Steve Spanoudis
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#birds #birding #rails #wildlife #animals #photography #birdatching #wildlifephotography #theotherpages #trails #hiking #birdsky
So many birds are #Photogenic, it is hard to choose my favorite. But I feel compelled to pick a great egret in breeding plumage, because they are so consistently stunning. #BirdOfTheDay
#EastCoastKin #Wakodahatchee #birds
This pretty purple gallinule is #StandingInWater so shallow you can see his enormous yellow feet, which are useful when walking on aquatic plants. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #Wakodahatchee Wetlands #birds
#ShoutItOut! A wood stork chick noisily begs its parents for food. In April and May, the cacophony of hundreds of wood stork chicks at #Wakodahatchee Wetlands is a wonder to behold. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birds #Florida
Except that one wayward twig, everything came together for this photo - #PerfectLighting, dark background, great poses by all three tricolor herons, eye-level nest, and the adorable cuddles of the chicks. I was glued to the spot. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #Wakodahatchee #birds
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BestOfTheMonth. I haven’t had time to process my Canon photos from February yet, so I’m going with this iPhone image of a great blue heron from #Wakodahatchee Wetlands last week. #EastCoastKin #birds #Florida
The theme today for #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdsInTheirElement - birds in their natural environment. Yesterday, #Wakodahatchee Wetlands was bird wonderland. This gorgeous great blue #heron was in its happy place, and so was I. Too close for my long lens, I used my iPhone. #EastCoastKin #birds #Florida
Rock #Pigeon 🪶(Columba livia)
Showing off their colors in bright sun
at #Wakodahatchee #Wetlands, #DelrayBeach #Florida
photos by Steve Spanoudis
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#birds #birding #pigeons #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #animals #photography #theotherpages #naturelovers #wildlifephotography
Sigh. Even an #Apex #Predator gets used as target practice. Some of those #birds can aim!
#American #Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
#Wakodahatchee #Wetlands
#DelrayBeach #Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
#nature #wildlife #photography #animals #wildlifephotography #reptiles #alligators
#Nesting #Season #BeautyPageant for #Dinosaurs with #Feathers
#WoodStorks🪶 (Mycteria americana)
#Wakodahatchee #Wetlands
#Delray #Florida
photos by Steve Spanoudis
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#birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #theotherpages #birdwatching #animals #hiking
First Toss
#Anhinga🪶 Female (Anhinga anhinga)
#Wakodahatchee #Wetlands
#Delray #Florida
photo - Steve Spanoudis
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#hike #birds #birding #birdwatching #animals #nature #photography #naturelovers #wildlife #trails #feathers #wildlifephotography #theotherpages #hiking
I’m not sure this juvenile anhinga qualifies as a beauty, but it is certainly backlit so much you can see the veins in its gular sac, which is used for thermoregulation. For the #BackLitBeauty theme of #BirdOfTheDay. This image is from #Wakodahatchee Wetlands, #Florida. #EastCoastKin #birds
This glamorous glossy ibis was hiding in the shadows of #Wakodahatchee Wetlands, so I needed to overexpose to show the #Iridescent gleam of her feathers. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birds
#Tricolored #Heron 🪶 (Egretta tricolor)
#Wakodahatchee #Wetlands
#DelrayBeach #Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
One of my favorite fishermen to watch
#birds #birding #birdwatching #hiking #trails #nature #wildlife #animals #hunters #wading #photography #theotherpages #naturelovers #photos #outdoor
There are two themes for #BirdOfTheDay: #BirdsYouLove and #WinterLight. This stunning roseate spoonbill fulfills both. Although we don’t experience winter weather in South Florida, we still get the lower sunlight in February. And I adore these birds. #Wakodahatchee #EastCoastKin #birds
The wood storks’ #LongBeaks make feeding their young a logistical challenge in a tree crowded with other nests. #Wakodahatchee #Florida #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birds
Rock #Dove / #Pigeon 🪶 (Columba livia)
In the right #light their #colors are awesome.
#Wakodahatchee #Wetlands
#DelrayBeach #Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
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#bird #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #animals #birdwatching #photography #theotherpages
Yellow-Crowned Night Heron 🪶(Nyctanassa violacea)
#Wakodahatchee #Wetlands
#DelrayBeach #Florida
#photos by Steve Spanoudis
from the #collections at theotherpages.org
You ever try sleeping while standing on one leg?
#bird #birds #birding #theotherpages #birdwatcing #nature #photography #wildlife
