Bird watching at Rookery, Venice
May Twenty fifteen. Watching birds nesting in the little sanctuary island in Venice with family.
Birds they have their own uniqueness too just like everyone of us.
Pluming Heron from the Birding trail of Florida: Venice Rookery
It was such a pleasure to travel through the Birding trail in Florida in January of this year. Uncanny beauty of Mother nature awes
The quote below is from 1913 and even hundred years later the threat continues to multiply by the day....
“From the trackless jungles of New Guinea, round the world both ways to the snow-capped peaks of the Andes, no unprotected bird is safe. The humming-birds of Brazil, the egrets of the world at large, the rare birds of paradise, the toucan, the eagle, the condor and the emu, all are being exterminated to swell the annual profits of the millinery trade. The case is far more serious than the world at large knows, or even suspects. But for the profits, the birds would be safe; and no unprotected wild species can long escape the hounds of Commerce. “ (W. T. Hornaday 1913) [1]
t the height of the “Plume Boom” in the early part of the 20th century the business of killing birds for the millinery trade was practiced on a large scale, involving the deaths of hundreds of millions of birds in many parts of the world as W. T. Hornaday’s quote above, taken from his opus Our Vanishing Wildlife, underlines.
London was the centre for trade in exotic feathers, however in North America the Heron family was favoured due to its indigenous abundance. By the turn of the 20th century, this trade had nearly eliminated egrets in the US, and populations of numerous other bird species around the globe were also approaching extinction.
Reports of these atrocities led to the formation of the first Audubon and conservation societies, who sought to ban the trade and persuade ladies not to use plumage for their own adornment. Campaigns against ‘murderous millinery’ by the Audubon Society in the US and the RSPB in the UK initiated wildlife protection acts which eventually prohibited both national and international commerce in protected bird species.
This section of the exhibition seeks to outline the extent of the business of killing birds for the millinery trade and to evidence the efforts of various individuals and groups to bring an end to the international plumage trade.
Source: fashioningfeathers.com
The Venice Rookery
Every year between December and April photographers and birders come here to observe and photograph a variety of birds in breeding plumage flying, roosting, and tending their young, The rookery is easy to get to and is close enough to the shore line for great images and viewing.
Pluming Heron from the Birding Trail in Venice, Florida
Happy Earth Day!
The uncanny beauty of Mother nature awes me every day of my life. The blue sky, sun and stars, the green grass under my feet, the beautiful living planet all around and here I am, thankful and honored to be part of it….
আকাশভরা সূর্য-তারা, বিশ্বভরা প্রাণ,
তাহারি মাঝখানে আমি পেয়েছি মোর স্থান,
বিস্ময়ে তাই জাগে আমার গান॥
It was such a pleasure traveling through the Birding Trail in Florida in January of this year. The beauty of the birds in the region was mesmerizing and the history heartbreaking.
A clip of the beautiful bird and a snippet of the Pluming history to share on this significant day…
The quote below is from 1913 and even hundred years later the threat continues to multiply by the day....
“From the trackless jungles of New Guinea, round the world both ways to the snow-capped peaks of the Andes, no unprotected bird is safe. The humming-birds of Brazil, the egrets of the world at large, the rare birds of paradise, the toucan, the eagle, the condor and the emu, all are being exterminated to swell the annual profits of the millinery trade. The case is far more serious than the world at large knows, or even suspects. But for the profits, the birds would be safe; and no unprotected wild species can long escape the hounds of Commerce. “ (W. T. Hornaday 1913) [1]
At the height of the “Plume Boom” in the early part of the 20th century the business of killing birds for the millinery trade was practiced on a large scale, involving the deaths of hundreds of millions of birds in many parts of the world as W. T. Hornaday’s quote above, taken from his opus Our Vanishing Wildlife, underlines.
London was the centre for trade in exotic feathers, however in North America the Heron family was favoured due to its indigenous abundance. By the turn of the 20th century, this trade had nearly eliminated egrets in the US, and populations of numerous other bird species around the globe were also approaching extinction.
Reports of these atrocities led to the formation of the first Audubon and conservation societies, who sought to ban the trade and persuade ladies not to use plumage for their own adornment. Campaigns against ‘murderous millinery’ by the Audubon Society in the US and the RSPB in the UK initiated wildlife protection acts which eventually prohibited both national and international commerce in protected bird species.
This section of the exhibition seeks to outline the extent of the business of killing birds for the millinery trade and to evidence the efforts of various individuals and groups to bring an end to the international plumage trade.
Source: fashioningfeathers.com
Osprey Nest at Venice Rookery
Osprey Nest at Audobon Rookery
Venice in Southwest Florida
Nest in satellite tower (usually used by a Great Horned Owl)
MYAKA RIVER MORE ALLIGATORS IN SOUTH VENICE FLORIDA
Red-shouldered Hawk (banded) hunting from a balcony rail.
Recorded at San Benito, Texas 2013-01-14
Buteo lineatus,
Aguililla Pecho Rojo, busardo hombrorrojo, (Spanish)
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BIRDING IN FLORIDA
Kurt Zuelsdorf visits a rookery loaded with herons, egrets, pelicans, spoonbills, ibis, cormorants and more! Kayak Nature Adventures give you access to this and more of the REAL Florida!
Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise.
Tommy Douglas
Audubon Florida Protects the Everglades
The Florida Legislature declared Everglades Day to be April 7, and all month the local PBS station WLRN is celebrating with video profiles of Everglades Guardians rotating throughout the day. Audubon Florida and other groups work tirelessly all year to protect and restore the Everglades, and this is just one recognition of their important work this spring.
Bird Rookery at the Naples Zoo
For years, herons, egrets, ibis, anhingas, and other birds have nested at Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens - drawn by the natural protection against tree-climbing predators provided by the giant reptiles of Alligator Bay. This rookery is active in the spring and early summer. Over half a dozen species nest around the bay with an average of around 80 nests.
Save up to $3 per person when you buy your admission tickets online. To learn more about the Naples Zoo, visit: httop://napleszoo.org
Florida Panther at Corkscrew Swamp
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egret rookery
The egret rookery in Salisbury, MA off Rt 1. A great blue heron (I think?) was also hanging out there - he's in the blurry zoom-in.
Red Shouldered Hawks
Watching Like A Hawk! - I wonder where that expression came from? A collection of regal Red-Shouldered Hawks I've filmed over the past few months doing what they do best - Watching! Red Shouldered Hawks in Florida are generally pretty approachable and tolerant of annoying people when they are trying to hunt.
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
The Red-shouldered Hawk is one of the most beautiful and
distinctively marked hawks in North America. Adults are
barred with rusty-red on the underparts and have bright
rufous shoulders. Their underparts are dark brown, and
the tail is black with 4 or 5 narrow white bands. When in
flight, pale crescents in the wings are visible from below.
They breed from northern California south to Baja, in the
Midwestern United States east to New Brunswick; and
south to the Florida Keys and Texas.
Habitat. In Florida, Red-Shouldered Hawks nest in a
wide variety of woodland habitats, but they are
particularly identified with cypress swamps and river
bottomlands. It most frequently still-hunts from a
relatively low, inconspicuous perch but may also forage
from a low, coursing flight . Its diet is characterized by sluggish, easily captured animals, such as toads, frogs, snakes, rodents,
and small birds and their nestlings. Typical nest sites are located in large mature trees with good canopy cover. A bulky well-built nest is usually placed a little more than halfway up the tree in a major fork. Usually two whitish eggs marked with brown are laid and incubated for
approximately 33 days. The young birds fledge at 40 to 45 days of age.
Seasonal Occurrence. In Florida, Red-shouldered Hawks breed from January through May. Most birds reside in Florida, but the states' population is augmented in September and October by fall migrants from northern states.
Status. Two of the 5 subspecies of the Red-shouldered Hawk breed in Florida: B. l. alleni of the Panhandle and
peninsula south to Lake Okeechobee, and the smaller and paler B. l. extimus of south Florida and the Keys.
The Red-shouldered Hawk is probably the most numerous and widely distributed breeding hawk in Florida. Pair
are quite noticeable as they circle above their territories, incessantly crying kee-yar kee-yar, and intermittent
performing undulating sky-dances.
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2012 Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival
Florida's Space Coast (Brevard County) natural areas have the distinction of being the home of the largest collection of endangered wildlife and plants in the continental United States. Join us January 25 through January 30th, 2012 as we explore and learn about the birds and wildlife of the area through field trips, classroom instruction, keynote presentations, exhibits, and much more.
Red Shouldered Hawk with 'flyby' from Laughing Gull mpg
It is simply among the rarest of the rare Nature experiences when a distinguished member of an avian species listed as Threatened in the State of New Jersey comes down to candidly share his breakfast (a small Muskrat), apparently oblivious to the astonished stares of three homo sapiens a few feet away. Then, after consuming all but a few scraps of fur and bone, he lifts up and, after dropping these items on a convenient brushpile, he perches right on the railing of one of the three observation platforms on the shoes of the small lake in our little marsh preserve. As if this were not amazing enough, the video we were making of him was punctuated by the casual 'flyby' of the Laughing Gull, a species rarely observed as far inland as we are. I hope we all appreciate the meaningfulness of the remarkable coincidences Nature parades before all of us. We celebrate the intelligence of Life!
Florida Birds 2009 HQ.wmv
Arrived in Florida during Thanksgiving weekend. Visited some of my favorite birding sites. Here is the result.
Comments welcome. Thanks for looking........
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Great Birding and Wildlife Trail (Mid-Sized)
Watch this fun video as Florida kids talk about the Sunshine State’s amazing birds and where you can go to find them! Did you know a Bald Eagle’s nest is as big as a car? Florida plays host to about 350 kinds of birds each year including the Osprey and Brown Pelican. During the state’s long history over 500 different kinds have been spotted here! The Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail provides people with access and information to over 500 trail sites around the state, all selected for their excellent bird watching and wildlife viewing opportunities. So, go explore the trail and have fun with your friends and family in the great outdoors.
More info at floridabirdingtrail.com
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Thanks to Brett Wellman and the Stone Cold Blues Band for use of their original music!
Thanks to Dick Pritchett Real Estate for allowing use some of their eagle cam photos!
How To Share a Hiking Trail with Alligators
This took place at CREW Bird Rookery Swamp. Naples, FL towards Corkscrew Sanctuary. It is a trail that is in the middle of a swamp. This footage was on a 12 mile hike. These alligators sun on the trail and some don't seem to be bothered much by passers by. This was taken in the summer when the water is up high close to the trail. I would suspect that there are many gators in the winter time, when the water becomes more scarce. We will just have to see. The old logging trams and spurs were turned into a hiking trail. These trams were used to log the cypress out of the swamps in this area many years ago.
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Skagit Valley Birds 2012.wmv
This is a collection of photographic images of the migratory birds of the Skagit Valley. Birds shown in this video are Snow Geese, Tundra Swans, Trumpeter Swans, Bald Eagles, Great Blue Heron and Snowy Owls. All photographs are by Karen Ulvestad.
Also, this is a sneak-peak at some of what will be shown at my presentation for the 2012 Skagit Valley Eagle Festival on January 28th.
Goose & Great Blue Heron Sighting!
Paddle Boat Riding @Shelby Farms Park :-)
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