Category Archives: Birds

A few days at Longboat Key

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Wes Cowley

 Recently spent a few days at Longboat Key with our daughters and grandkids.    We stayed at the Silver Sands on Longboat Key. http://www.silversandsgulfbeachresort.com/ I can recommend it.  Nice pool and great beach.   A few non-family shots from the weekend. Absolutely … Continue reading →

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Big Birds

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Wes Cowley

Sandhill Cranes.  Magnificent birds.  

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Swans for your Pleasure

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Wes Cowley

Lakeland, whose lakes had been home to a varying number of graceful birds since at least 1923, saw its last swan fall victim to an alligator in 1954. Mrs. Robert Pickhardt, a Lakeland native living in England at the time, … Continue reading →

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Some Inhabitants of Lake Hollingsworth

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Wes Cowley

Some of the birds from around our beautiful centerpiece in Lakeland, Lake Hollingsworth.   Purple Gallinule   Great Egret Great Blue Heron – king of the hill Great Blue with dinner Limpkin – one of the most ungainly looking birds … Continue reading →

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Pedernales Falls State Park

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Wes Cowley

A trip to Pedernales Falls State Park near Johnson City, Tx in September, 2010.  Not much water in the river.     Western Scrub Jay Two Male Ladderback Woodpecker Female Laddeback Rock Hopefully going back to Pedernales in two weeks. … Continue reading →

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