RON DICKEY PHOTOGRAPHY

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Ronald Dickey > This beautiful bird was photographed in Saint George Island State Park in Florida. Great blue herons are the largest herons in North America. They stand approximately 60 inches tall and are 38 to 54 inches long. They weigh 4.50 to 5.5 lbs. They have long, rounded wings, long bills that taper to a point at the end, and short tails. They also have very long necks and legs. The bills are a yellowish color and the legs are green. Great blue herons have gray upper bodies, and their necks are streaked with white, black and rust-brown. They have grey feathers on the back of their necks with chestnut colored feathers on their thighs. The males have a puffy plume of feathers behind their heads and also tend to be slightly larger than females.
Ronald Dickey > This female osprey was nesting on St. George Island. An Osprey's diet is almost exclusively live fish, and includes a wide variety of fish species. The Osprey uses low, slow flights over water, and occasionally hovers to search for prey. When a fish is spotted, Osprey make dramatic dives from heights of 30 - 120 feet to plunge feet first into the water after their prey.
Ronald Dickey > The New River originates in the far north of the Apalachicola National Forest, draining a wide region of Liberty County bordered by the Apalachicola River on the west and the Wakulla River to the east. The dark Gulf-bound waterway begins to widen within Tate's Hell State Forest and become tidally influenced before leaving the state forest and reaching Carrabelle and opening into the Gulf at Dog Island.
Ronald Dickey > Bald Eagle landing in nest on Saint George Island.
Ronald Dickey > Oyster skiffs anchored in Apalachicola Bay off Saint George Island. More than 90 percent of all the oysters sold in Florida, and 10 percent of the nation’s supply come from Apalachicola Bay. Together with other salt water treats such as shrimp, crab and finfish, Franklin County produces more than $11 million worth of seafood annually. Hurricanes in 2004 and 2005 impacted the oyster beds, but the industry has made a strong comeback.
Ronald Dickey > The Willet (catoptrophorus semipalmatus) is a large sandpiper with mottled gray-brown upperparts, white rump and lightly streaked and barred white underparts. Broad white stripes on black wings are visible in flight. Tail is white with dark brown tip. Legs are blue-gray. Flight is short and low, alternates rapid wing beats with glides. The Willet is known by its piercing calls and bright black-and-white flashing wings. It is the only North American sandpiper whose breeding range extends southward into the tropics.
Ronald Dickey > As of February 2008, there were four pairs of Bald Eagles on St. George Island. One pair is nesting in St. George Plantation.
Ronald Dickey > This Willet was photographed in early February on the St. George Island, Florida, beach. The Willet is a large, chunky shorebird with drab plumage. It is similar in height to a Greater Yellowlegs, but heavier and with a shorter neck. Its bill is long and fairly thick for a shorebird, and its legs are gray. It is mottled gray all over, with heavier barring in breeding plumage than in winter. The rump is white, and most of the tail is barred gray. The wing-linings are dark, resulting in a bold black-and-white wing pattern. Willets are strongly migratory. Wintering grounds include the West Coast of the United States to the north coast of South America and the West Indies. The birds wintering in Washington breed in the northern Great Plains, usually beginning by late April. Many adults depart the breeding grounds in June and July, with juveniles following soon after.
Ronald Dickey > Sunset on Apalachicola Bay viewed from Saint George Island.
Bald Eagle landing in nest on Saint George Island.
Ronald Dickey > Bald Eagle landing in nest on Saint George Island.
Bald Eagle landing in nest on Saint George Island.
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