Last Updated on August 1, 2019 by Kevin B Agar
Have just returned from 2 weeks in Florida and the Bahamas for my wife’s 60th birthday. There was a group of 6 that have all celebrated each other’s 60th birthdays and this was the last. As this is a photography blog I’ll only mention the photography rather than the excellent holiday we had. The first 4 days we spent at South Beach Miami and here I managed to get some shots of Royal Tern, Brown Pelicans, Laughing Gulls and a new lifer, Black Skimmer.
Royal Tern, Thalasseus maximus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/5000 s. f/6.3 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Royal Tern, Thalasseus maximus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/5000 s. f/6.3 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/1000 s. f/11 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/800 s. f/11 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/2500 s. f/9 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/2000 s. f/11 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/2000 s. f/11 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/6400 s. f/5.6 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
As well as the beach we also took a trip to the Miami Botanical Gardens where we saw Cardinal, Northern Waterthrush and Blue-crowned Parakeet.
Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/400 s. f/5 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Northern Waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/1600 s. f/5 iso800 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Blue-crowned Parakeet, Thectocercus acuticaudatus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/1250 s. f/5 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
On Sandra’s birthday we went to Bill Baggs National Park in Key Biscayne, walked some trails, had a picnic and a great time. Not very productive for birds but we did manage to see a distant Red-bellied Woodpecker, Gray Kingbird, Common Yellowthroat, Black and White Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Palm Warbler, American Redstart, Mourning Dove, White Ibis, Brown Pelican and a high flying Red-shouldered Hawk with it’s Iguana catch. There was also Iguanas, butterflies and Raccoons hoping for picnic handouts.
Gray Kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/5000 s. f/5.6 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/3200 s. f/5.6 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
White Ibis, Eudocimus albus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/1600 s. f/5.6 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/640 s. f/5.6 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Raccoon, Procyon lotor
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/1000 s. f/5.6 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Raccoon, Procyon lotor
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/500 s. f/5.6 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Butterfly
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/640 s. f/5.6 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Next it’s off on a 3 day cruise to the Bahamas which will be posted as ‘A Trip to Florida and the Bahamas part 2’
Amazing shots Kevin. Well done
Thank you Lyneatta, got a few good shots amongst the rubbish 😉