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Sanibel Island

Sanibel Island
Description

Sanibel Island is a fun place to vacation and bird-watch.  During spring migration, check out the lighthouse area that is a hotspot for visiting warblers and songbirds.  The beaches play host to terns and gulls during the summer breeding season.  Wading birds can be found year-round in Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge.  End your day with a gorgeous sunset over the Gulf of Mexico.

Photography Advice

Take as many lenses as you can carry!

When to GoYear Round
Species Photographed (7)Least Tern, Painted Bunting, Prothonotary Warbler, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Yellow Warbler
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eBirdhttps://ebird.org/hotspot/L481080
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Prothonotary Warbler

Migrant-Hunting at the Sanibel Lighthouse

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May 8, 2019 - A stop at the Sanibel Lighthouse yielded a handful of migrant songbirds - Yellow Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, and Painted Bunting

Least Tern Fish Exchange

Seashells and Shorebirds at Sanibel Beach

Home > Beyond the Backyard > Sanibel Island > Seashells and Shorebirds at Sanibel Beach

May 5, 2019 - Sanibel shorebirds and seashells - the Least Tern colony is active and I photographed lots of fishy courtship behaviors!

Jess My blog started as a daily record of wildlife and plants in my backyard garden, plus snapshots of our cats and Rich's favorite turtles. Then I discovered bird photography, and now the birds outnumber the cats and turtles! Browse the links below to see birds and other critters photographed around Central Florida.

My Reference Pages

  • Backyard Bird Identification
  • Central Florida Bird Photography Locations
  • Gardening for the Birds
  • Rose Identification

Backyard Photography

  • Birds
  • Roses
  • Butterflies
  • Garden

Central Florida Photography Locations

  • Alligator Farm
  • Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
  • Black Skimmer Colonies
  • Blue Cypress Lake
  • Blue Springs State Park
  • Bok Tower
  • Brevard Zoo
  • Brian Piccolo Park
  • Callaway Gardens
  • Cape Coral Burrowing Owls
  • Chinsegut
  • Circle B Bar Reserve
  • Cockroach Bay Preserve
  • Coral Cove Park
  • Cox Road Kingbird Roost (Polk)
  • Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area
  • Fort De Soto
  • Gatorland Rookery
  • Greenwood Cemetery Eagle Nest
  • Holloway Park
  • Huguenot Memorial Park
  • Joe Overstreet Road
  • Lake Apopka
  • Lake County Backroads
  • Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands
  • Lake Jesup
  • Lake Louisa State Park
  • Lake Mirror
  • Lake Morton
  • Lake Parker Park
  • Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
  • Leu Gardens
  • Little Estero Critical Wildlife Area
  • Loggerhead Park
  • Lowry Park Zoo
  • Lukas Butterfly Encounter
  • Maine Trip – July 2013
  • Marineland Beach
  • Marshall Hampton Reserve
  • Matanzas Tern Colony
  • Mead Gardens
  • Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
  • Moccasin Island Tract
  • Oakland Nature Preserve
  • Orlando Wetlands Park
  • PEAR Park
  • Polk Rookery
  • Sandhill Crane Nest
  • Sandhill Crane Nest #2
  • Sanibel Island
  • Seminole Towne Center Pond
  • Silver Springs
  • Tibet-Butler Nature Preserve
  • Venice Rookery
  • Viera Wetlands
  • Wekiva Springs State Park
  • Winter Park Osprey Nest
  • Other Places

Other

  • Cats
  • Macro
  • Flower Photography
  • Digital Art

Nature and Photography References

  • badbirdz Migration Radar
  • Biosphere Nursery
  • Bird Migration Forecast
  • Birdbrain listserv
  • Canon Rumors
  • Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Ebird
  • Garden Web
  • Great Florida Birding Trail
  • Lukas Nursery
  • Sunset Forecast
  • The Hummingbird Forum
  • What Bird?
  • What's that Bug?
  • Wild Birds Unlimited

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