Molly and I have reached Florida, and I am enjoying time away from all the craziness the Northeast Minnesota owl irruption has caused. Instead of hiking while the temperature hovers around 3F, I am bicycling in 75F heat. It is a pleasing change. As I have noted many times before in this blog I always take my camera with me while cycling. If you only have your camera with you when out on a formal birding outing, invariably you will miss many photogenic birding opportunities. One does not need a HUGE lens. Yesterday I had my Sony A6300 and its 350 mm lens (525 mm full sized sensor equivalent) in my pannier. Obviously a full sized DSLR or Mirrorless with a huge lens would not be practical to take on a bike ride.

I was super excited when I spotted this pair of wood storks in the late afternoon light. While not rare, these birds seen harder to find down here in photogenic spots.

Wood Storks by Bike

Coming soon … Monk Parakeets building a nest in a palm tree! This nest building was by far more exciting to me this morning than watching local Burrowing Owls which were only 100 yards distant. Remember, I am escaping the owl madness at home!