Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Ring-billed Gull (Ft. De Soto Park)
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Laughing Gull juvenile (Ft. De Soto Park, St. Petersburg)

Taken during a season of very bad red tide -- the juvenile gulls often picked up skeleton remains that proved to be inedible. Adult birds seemed to know better.
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Tri-colored Heron with catch (Ft. De Soto Park)
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Wood Stork (Ft. De Soto Park, St. Petersburg)

The only stork that breeds in North America.  Due to precipitous declines in their numbers, these birds have been listed as endangered under the ESA since 1984.  The recent  Fish and Wildlife 5-year Status Review indicates that Wood Storks have expanded their breeding range northward and recommends its federal status be upgraded to Threatened.  Some experts feel such an upgrade would be premature, since the stork colonies are very sensitive to drought conditions.
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Snowy Plover (banded juvenile, Ft. De Soto Park, St. Petersburg)
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Shorebirds in Tidal Pool (Ft. De Soto Park)
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Long-billed Curlew (Ft. De Soto Park, St. Petersburg)
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Juvenile American Oystercatcher (Ft. De Soto Park, St. Petersburg)
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > American Oystercatcher calling (St. Petersburg)
Ring-billed Gull (Ft. De Soto Park)
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Ring-billed Gull (Ft. De Soto Park)
Ring-billed Gull (Ft. De Soto Park)
See photo in gallery

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