Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Tri-Colored Heron to close out the year, like the light in this one, seen at the Circle B in Polk County which is probably my favorite park. Fort Desoto is great but I've been there at least 1,000 time. #birds 0160
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 12/12/2025A flock of them drew a crowd in Gainesville, FL, unusual bird around here 030
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher actually held still for a few seconds #birds 0211
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Best Belted Kingfisher photo from the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, let me get very close #birds 0200
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Red-shouldered hawk from the Circle B Ranch in Polk County, FL, which is absolutely reliable these if the trails are open. Celery Fields in Sarasota is good too but you won't get as close, the ones at Circle B have no fear of humans. #bird 0250
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Anhinga with a bluegill at Eagle Lake Park in Clearwater, FL #birds 3160
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Duck and a coot at Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive (I would stick with the drive, hiking the rest of the park was a bad experience): 1110
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Little Blue Heron at Eagle Lake in Largo, they are used to people 040
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Got a lot of my best photos on Alligator Alley along Lake Hancock including this beauty 120
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Caught the female in perfect light few weeks ago at east beach, take the inside trail to the beach and then turn left to continue on the inside trail, she is in the tall sticks on the left. The male spends the day in deep brush on the dead end first trail which tends to be an ordeal. 150
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Saw the same female Great Horned Owl at Fort Desoto this morning, light was perfect 0150
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Wood duck taken at Celery Fields in Sarasota on the southeast boardwalk 0130
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Bald Eagle photo from Fort De Soto. In this one three Ospreys were taking turns circling above and then pretending to attack the Eagle one by one, and the Eagle wasn't having it. It was too chaotic to photograph anything but the Eagle. 0100
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Not birds but I ran across this Bobcat with a kitten on the Black Point Wildlife Drive in Merritt Island 060
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 31/12/2024I appreciate that she brought Jon Snow back to life but in the end it was time for her to go. 030
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Snail Kite at Paines Prairie, FL. Dry trails are full of ticks and horse flies, wet trails risk of Water Moccasin, would not recommend. 160
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 10/12/2024This is an Eastern Meadowlark photo at the Celery Fields east of Sarasota 150
