While I was in the Tampa area to photograph Roseate Spoonbills at the Alafia Banks, I made a couple side trips to see the bird activity at the Harley Davidson rookery. This is a cool spot, behind the Harley Davidson store with a couple large trees situated in the middle of a small pond providing great nesting territory. The most prevalent species I saw were Wood Stork, Blue Heron, White Egret and Anhinga. Nobody was around and I could sit in the shade with my rolled tacos and enjoy the activity of birds arriving with nesting material, preening and socializing with their chicks. I will definitely return to this rookery if I visit Tampa in March again. Cheers, and thanks for looking!
Great egret, White Egret, Ardea alba, Florida.
Image ID: 40561
Species: Great egret, Ardea alba
Location: Harley Davidson Rookery, Brandon, Florida
Wood Stork in flight carrying nesting material, Mycteria americana.
Image ID: 40566
Species: Wood Stork, Mycteria americana
Location: Harley Davidson Rookery, Brandon, Florida
Wood Stork, mated pair courting at the nest, Mycteria americana.
Image ID: 40555
Species: Wood Stork, Mycteria americana
Location: Harley Davidson Rookery, Brandon, Florida
Wood Stork in flight, Mycteria americana.
Image ID: 40562
Species: Wood Stork, Mycteria americana
Location: Harley Davidson Rookery, Brandon, Florida
Wood Stork, Mycteria americana.
Image ID: 40557
Species: Wood Stork, Mycteria americana
Location: Harley Davidson Rookery, Brandon, Florida
Double-Crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, Florida.
Image ID: 40563
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: Harley Davidson Rookery, Brandon, Florida
Great Blue Heron.
Image ID: 40564
Species: Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias
Location: Harley Davidson Rookery, Brandon, Florida
Great egret, White Egret, Ardea alba, Florida.
Image ID: 40565
Species: Great egret, Ardea alba
Location: Harley Davidson Rookery, Brandon, Florida
Wood Stork in flight carrying nesting material, Mycteria americana.
Image ID: 40567
Species: Wood Stork, Mycteria americana
Location: Harley Davidson Rookery, Brandon, Florida
Great egret, White Egret, Ardea alba, Florida.
Image ID: 40556
Species: Great egret, Ardea alba
Location: Harley Davidson Rookery, Brandon, Florida
Wood Stork, mated pair courting at the nest, Mycteria americana.
Image ID: 40558
Species: Wood Stork, Mycteria americana
Location: Harley Davidson Rookery, Brandon, Florida
