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Roger Simmons
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Birds, Words, Pics + TV

Tricolored Herons, others in St. Augustine

Roger Simmons, May 10, 2025May 9, 2025

Rounding out the birds I saw at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm rookery back in mid-April are some birds that, I’m sorry to say, I don’t always stop to photograph.

Tricolored Herons, Snowy Egrets and Eurasian Collared Doves can be found just about everywhere in Florida, and there were plenty of them at the rookery. But I have never seen tricolors nesting before, and that was a real treat.

The wind whipped the feathers of the snowies in photogenic shapes. And there was some nice lighting for the doves, too.

I hope to make another trip to the rookery soon, and who knows what I might end up photographing.

Tricolored Heron, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, April 2025.
Tricolored Heron, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, April 2025.
Tricolored Heron, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, April 2025.
Tricolored Heron, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, April 2025.
Snowy Egret, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, April 2025.
Snowy Egret, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, April 2025.
Snowy Egret, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, April 2025.
Snowy Egret, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, April 2025.
Eurasian Collared Dove, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, April 2025.
Eurasian Collared Dove, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, April 2025.
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