Two lifers today

Hunter58 · Nov 28, 2014

I finally got a American Bittern. This darn bird did not want to come out in the open for me. It's a lifer so I had to keep these shots.

On the way home today I stopped at McDonald's to get something to eat. I noticed some parrot like birds flying low and seemed to head to some trees on the other side of McD's. I drove to the other side and got out of the car to listen and sure enough I could here them in a tree next to the Drive Thru. I'm sure everyone in the Drive Thru was wondering what the heck I was doing.

Nanday Conure, aka Nanday Parakeets.

They were eating some type of nut in the tree, similar to an acorn

tirediron · Nov 28, 2014

Cool - it looks like it's wearing a fur coat.

Rick50 · Nov 28, 2014

Nice, I didn't know there were wild Parakeets. These came out pretty good too.

WesternGuy · Nov 29, 2014

Hunter, very nice. I was unaware that there were wild parakeets in Florida. I will definitely keep my eyes open on future trips.

WesternGuy

dannylightning · Nov 29, 2014

it might not have came out in the open but those are still nice shots

Hunter58 · Nov 29, 2014

tirediron said:
Cool - it looks like it's wearing a fur coat.

Thanks. It was a pretty cold morning (for Florida) and I think it was trying to keep warm.

Rick50 said:
Nice, I didn't know there were wild Parakeets. These came out pretty good too.

WesternGuy said:
Hunter, very nice. I was unaware that there were wild parakeets in Florida. I will definitely keep my eyes out on future trips.

WesternGuy

dannylightning said:
it might not have came out in the open but those are still nice shots

Thanks Rick, WG & Danny. I should have mentioned that the Parakeets are a feral population and are not native to Florida. There are several different types and populations in different areas of the state.