Birds, Words, Pics + TV
St. Augustine Beach and adjacent Anastasia State Park are great places to see shore birds.
On a recent sunrise visit, I came across a large group of terns, Royal and Forester’s, mixing in with a group of adult and juvenile Ring-billed Gulls. And Black Skimmers, of course.
The terns, and others in their family, nest regularly along the beach in St. Augustine. I’m looking forward to go back and hopefully seeing some of the new generation of these birds later in the year.
In addition to seeing some familiar birds, I was able to find eight new-to-me birds in Iceland and Italy to add to my birding catalog.
These pink prehistoric-looking birds appear so elegant when resting or perching but are downright ungainly when taking off, flying or landing.
As the temperatures start soaring, the number of migrating birds in our area starts dropping.