Shepherding the New Year 2020
by terranovabay
Brown Pelican over Port Canaveral.
Categories: Nature • Tags: 2020, Brown Pelican, New Year, Pelecanus occidentalis, Port Canaveral
Category Archives: Nature
The Loges
by terranovabay
Brown Pelicans at Port Canaveral.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Brown Pelicans, Pelecanus occidentalis, Port Canaveral
Passing Royalty
by terranovabay
An airborne Royal Tern over the Banana River.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Banana River, Royal Tern, Thalasseus maximus
Sleepy Head
by terranovabay
A juvenile Wood Stork looks like it just got out of bed in this early morning shot taken at St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Mycteria americana, St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Wood Stork
Altitude Unusual
by terranovabay
In a switch, a Brown Pelican passes below the photographer looking down from atop Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Brown Pelican, Exploration Tower, Pelecanus occidentalis, Port Canaveral
Sphinx
by terranovabay
The enigmatic Sphinx Moth waiting out the daylight hours on an old light post. This nocturnal species is found throughout the eastern United States and is attracted to sweet edibles.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Sphingidae, Sphinx Moth
Underwater Hunter
by terranovabay
A Bottlenose Dolphin in the Banana River chases fish just below the surface of the water.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Banana River, Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Waterborne Cormorant
by terranovabay
A Cormorant swims in the Banana River.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Banana River, Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Airborne Cormorant
by terranovabay
A Cormorant flies overhead on the Banana River.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Banana River, Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Stern Gaze
by terranovabay
An Osprey atop the ruins of a fish meal turns its stern gaze to the photographer aboard a passing boat along the Banana River.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Banana River, Fish Hawk, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
