I’m Surprised It Took So Long But We Had The First Squirrel Visit The Bird Buddy Today! It Looks Like

The first tomato harvest of the year! These are actually from a volunteer plant that popped up next to the house that has somehow been thriving in the sandy soil since the cooler months.

An incredible sighting: a crested caracara vying for roadkill with a few black vultures, alongside Roseland Road in Sebastian.

This was my first time seeing the caracara and since it was just on the side of the road, we did a u-turn to come back and get some more drive by photos. Such a cool experience!

Another lovely surprise at the bird buddy this morning, a male painted bunting!

Bird buddy behind the scenes!

Northern cardinal on the bird buddy.

A rush at the buffet today! Two cardinals showed up at the same time! How nice!

Snowy egret striking poses in the Black Point Wildlife Drive on 3/11/23.

BOTD: Black-Crowned Night Heron

^Image credit: Chuck Homler

Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Black-Crowned Night Herons, as their name suggests, are mainly nocturnal, feeding at night or in the early morning. When hunting, they stand still at the water's edge, waiting to ambush prey, which includes a wide variety of aquatic and non-aquatic creatures. They are one of several heron species to have been observed engaging in 'fish baiting', tossing objects into the water to distract fish and striking when they get close.

Cedar waxwings congregated in the pine tree before diving down to the berries.

“posture,” gouache on paper, 2022