@mikellherrick.bsky.social
Photographer … retired Canadian transplanted to Florida… for the weather not the politics.
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28.09.2025 20:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mallard hens have beautiful detail and colour in their plumage...especially the butt view. #birds #duck #mallardduck #hen #birdbutt #plumage #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #DunedinFlorida #naturephotography #feathers
27.09.2025 00:19 — 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
This image made me laugh…it looks like Ms. Cardinal stood with her wings on her hips…looking at me as if to say… “Is this all you have to offer?” #birds #cardinal #attitude #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #funny
26.09.2025 23:55 — 👍 467 🔁 27 💬 15 📌 1
A beautiful pollinator in my Dunedin, Florida garden...the metallic green Sweat Bee/Orchid Bee. #bees #insects #sweatbee #orchidbee #pollinator #DunedinFlorida #naturephotography #metallicgreen
20.08.2025 23:32 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
One of the most beautiful native Florida bees...this metallic green Sweat Bee (or perhaps similar Orchid Bee) was attracted to plants in my Dunedin, Florida garden. #bees #insects #pollinator #sweatbee #orchidbee #metallicgreen #naturephotography #DunedinFlorida
20.08.2025 23:14 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Awesome. We vacationed here too… until we made our wish come true and moved here… 11 years ago. 😁
18.08.2025 20:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Easy to see how a Red-shouldered Hawk got its name...when you see it spread its wings above you in flight. #bird #raptor #hawk #redshoulderedhawk #birdsofprey #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography #birdflight #wings
18.08.2025 00:55 — 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
The beauty of a Mallard Duck when it spreads its wings and flies. #bird #duck #mallardduck #mallard #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #birdflight #wings #naturephotography
18.08.2025 00:53 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Great Egret swoops gracefully over the surface of our Dunedin, Florida pond in the morning light. #bird #egret #greategret #wadingbird #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphography #naturephotography
18.08.2025 00:48 — 👍 224 🔁 13 💬 3 📌 2
A tiny Tufted Titmouse looks very happy to have discovered a big piece of peanut in my Dunedin, Florida backyard. #bird #tuftedtitmouse #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography #littlebirds
18.08.2025 00:45 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A Wood Stork stands on a sunlit shore to dry his enormous wings and all feathers after stalking the shallow shoreline for food, on our Dunedin, Florida pond. #bird #stork #woodstork #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #wadingbirds #bigbirds
18.08.2025 00:43 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A colourful mosaic bird feeder is a perfect and pretty frame for a Common Grackle...in my Dunedin, Florida backyard. #bird #grackle #commongrackle #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #birdfeeder #mosaic
14.08.2025 00:46 — 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Got an itch? A Common Grackle stops to scratch in my Dunedin, Florida backyard. #commongrackle #bird #grackle #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #DunedinFlorida #birdphotography #naturephotography
13.08.2025 23:03 — 👍 99 🔁 3 💬 5 📌 0
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird, likely a juvenile male, hovers before heading into the Firebush blossoms in my Dunedin, Florida front yard. #birds #hummingbird #rubythroatedhummingbird #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #DunedinFlorida #birdphotography #naturephotography
13.08.2025 22:13 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you for the nice compliment. 🙂
29.07.2025 15:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Snowy Egrets are showy birds...with wispy feathers that always need attention. This one stayed to preen her plumes on a dock on our Dunedin, Florida pond. #birds #egret #snowyegret #preening #feathers #wadingbird #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #DunedinFlorida #birdphotography #naturephotography
29.07.2025 00:25 — 👍 24 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A wispy plume getting attention from a Snowy Egret as she preens her feathers on our pond in Dunedin, Florida. #birds #egret #snowyegret #preening #feathers #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #DunedinFlorida #wadingbirds #naturephotography
29.07.2025 00:19 — 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
A White Ibis glides in for a landing with wings spread wide in perfect symmetry...over a pond in my Dunedin, Florida backyard. #birds #ibis #whiteibis #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #DunedinFlorida #naturephotography #flight #symmetry
29.07.2025 00:09 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A female Cardinal checks me out to see if I'm checking out her pretty bird butt...in my Dunedin, Florida yard. #birds #cardinal #birdbutt #birdsofFlorida #DunedinFlorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography #redbird
29.07.2025 00:05 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A female Anhinga perches to dry her wings in the warm morning light over our Dunedin, Florida pond. #birds #anhinga #snakebird #waterbirds #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography
06.07.2025 22:31 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
A BIG score for a little Downy Woodpecker...at our Dunedin, Florida feeder. #woodpecker #downywoodpecker #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography #feederbirds
06.07.2025 22:29 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Sunday morning Quack Quack Choir...on our Dunedin, Florida dock. #birds #ducks #Mallardducks #Mallardhens #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography
06.07.2025 22:27 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Love birds...look at the heart this Wood Duck couple made! They are regular visitors to our Dunedin, Florida pond. #birds #ducks #woodducks #lovebirds #DunedinFlorida #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography #heartsinnature
06.07.2025 22:23 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A single sunflower seed is a big meal for a tiny Carolina Chickadee...at a feeder in our Dunedin, Florida backyard. #birds #chickadee #carolinachickadee #feederbirds #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography #DunedinFlorida
21.06.2025 00:33 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Fish Crow lands in the canopy of a Live Oak over our Dunedin, Florida pond. #birds #crows #fishcrow #corvid #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography #DunedinFlorida
21.06.2025 00:30 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hungry Grackle fledglings are quite noisy when they call for mom or dad to come bring some food...in my Dunedin, Florida backyard. #birds #grackles #commongrackle #fledgling #juvenile #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturephotography #DunedinFlorida
21.06.2025 00:25 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Zebra Longwing Butterfly is Florida's State Butterfly...and they visit the Firebush in my Dunedin, Florida yard frequently. #insects #butterflies #ZebraLongwingButterfly #FloridaStateButterfly #DunedinFlorida #naturephotography
21.06.2025 00:22 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
One of the smallest birds to visit our Dunedin, Florida backyard every day is the Tufted Titmouse...also one of the friendliest. #birds #titmouse #tuftedtitmouse #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #DunedinFlorida #naturephotography
21.06.2025 00:18 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A male Cardinal preens his gorgeous breeding plumes on a tree in our Dunedin, Florida backyard. #birds #cardinal #northerncardinal #songbird #birdsofbluesky #birdsofflorida #birdphotography #red #DunedinFlorida #preening
20.06.2025 21:01 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mr. Bluebird is a great provider for his newly hatched chicks in our Dunedin, Florida backyard nesting box....a big meal being delivered. #birds #bluebird #easternbluebird #insect #wasp #songbird #birdsofflorida #birdsofbluesky #DunedinFlorida #birdphotography #naturephotography
20.06.2025 20:58 — 👍 69 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
