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Florida Gulf Coast Birding, Discount Days & 10th Anniversary of this newsletter

Welcome to the Paul Rebmann Nature Photography Newsletter November 2024 edition.

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This marks the 10th anniversary of the Paul Rebmann Nature Photography newsletter. Following an initial October newsletter promoting my (then) upcoming presence at the Halifax Art Festival, the follow up newsletter in November 2014 was Photography from a Kayak.

Five years ago last month I spent a week on Lido Key on the Gulf Coast near Sarasota, Florida. In addition to visiting the Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, i did some bicycling, botanizing & birding, the last of these activities was mainly along the beach.

Some of the first birds I photographed on Lido Key were sandwich terns. The subspecies typically found in Florida is also called Cabot's Tern. I caught a very nice photo of one in flight and also a group standing on the beach.
Cabot's tern in flight Cabot's tern in flight
Cabot's terns on the beach Cabot's terns on the beach

Next up, the ubiquitous laughing gulls, both non-breeding adults and juveniles were present.

Laughing gull - non-breeding adult Laughing gull - non-breeding adult
Juvenile laughing gull Juvenile laughing gull

And of course brown pelicans, including one I caught in flight above the surf.
Brown pelican in flight Brown pelican in flight

Both immature and adult black skimmers were hanging out with the many other shorebirds.
Adult black skimmer Adult black skimmer - breeding plumage
Immature black skimmer Immature black skimmer

Some more terns, royal terns this time, with both non-breeding adults and juveniles photographed.
Non-breeding adult royal tern Non-breeding adult royal tern
Juvenile and non-breeding adult royal terns Juvenile (left) and non-breeding adult (right) royal terns

Last - but not least (maybe in size but not in name) - a cute little semipalmated plover was walking around on the beach and in a shallow tidal pool. FYI, semipalmated in the name refers to partial webbing between the front-facing toes of birds.
Semipalmated plover Semipalmated plover
Semipalmated plover Semipalmated plover

For some more birds photographed on Lido Key (availble for purchase online) - including black-bellied plover, snowy and reddish egrets, a great blue heron and even a rock pigeon - visit the Paul Rebmann Nature Photography Florida Gulf Coast Birding blog post.

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Paul Rebmann
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