Photographing the wading birds at Bunche Beach Preserve in Florida provided so many unique viewpoints even though I didn't cover muc...

A little blue heron intently searching the shoreline of a title pool for a meal at Bunche Beach Preserve in Fort Myers, Florida.

A snowy egret staring intently through the rising tide for prey below the surface at Bunche Beach Preserve in Florida.

For someone who typically photographs small shorebirds that feed on tiny prey, it was pretty amazing to watch waders pull all kinds of l...

The white ibis looks like it should be awkward with that elongated bill, but this one kept a stately posture as it moved back and forth ...

It was fun to work some shorebird reflections in the rapidly rising water of this tidal pool at Bunche Beach Preserve in Florida a few y...

Willets are a really fun shorebird to watch and photograph. What they lack in interesting plumage patterns and elegance, they more than...

With no recent trips to pull from, here are two frames from a fantastic trip to southwest Florida I had a few years ago. I spent two mor...

Little blue herons have such a great "personality" and this one put on a show for me last spring at Bunche Beach Preserve. I s...

I had only a handful of chances to get outside with my camera this year, but thankfully they were pretty productive. This snowy egret is...

On my trip to southwest Florida in March, one of the most exciting species to see, other than the roseate spoonbill I've previously ...

Warm morning light, still water, and the slow gait of this willet through the shallow tidal pool combine to transport me to a serene set...

I've been posting a series of photographs lately of tiny juvenile piping plovers, so I thought I'd mix it up with a substantiall...

This little blue heron ( Egretta caerulea ) put on quite a show for me as a watched it hunt for a half-hour at Bunche Beach Preserve in ...

The reflections were really fun to work with as the tide was rising in these quiescent tidal pools at Bunche Beach Preserve in Florida. ...

The smooth surface of the shallow tidal pools at Bunche Beach Preserve made for some nice reflections all morning. It was surprising to ...

On this morning last March, I had enjoyed photographing wading birds in the warm sunrise light further up the beach at Bunche Beach Pres...

It was such an awesome experience to be able to watch this young roseate spoonbill at close range in a tidal pool at Bunche Beach Preser...

Herons have such amazing eyes, and they seem to move with such focus. As this one prowled the shallow waters of a tidal pool, I certainl...

On my trip to Florida in March, I enjoyed the chance to photograph a variety of bird species that we don't get to see up here in the...