Dry Tortugas National Park: April 8-12, 2009

Once again I had an amazing spring journey to Dry Tortugas National Park. Bird migration was fairly slow compared to years past, but I always find subjects to photograph in the tortugas! Enjoy!!

The dock at Loggerhead Key

The full moon rises over Bush Key

female Magnificent Frigatebird hovering over her nest

Loggerhead Lighthouse

Magnificent Frigatebird chick

The Edge

Magnificent Frigatebird male displaying

Fort Jefferson at dusk

Sooty Terns are known for not returning to land for years at a time,

so it's unique to photograph one of these guys with an island for a background!

Dawn tiptoes in with a palette of pastels set against the Fort Jefferson harbor light

Life and Death: Merlin devours a Pectoral Sandpiper

Caught at the perfect moment, Loggerhead Lighthouse stands before the sunset

Prothonotary Warbler

the elegant plumage of the Brown Noddy

Fort Jefferson, a truly unique and wonderful spot

Magnificent Frigatebird (female)

Buttonwoods frame the Fort Jefferson Harbor Light

A bird of the wide open prairies of North and South America, the Upland Sandpiper

seems a bit out of place on a subtropical island! I hope he made it to Kansas or wherever he was headed...

Want to view more? Check out my trips in 2008 and 2006.

Spotlight photographs can be purchased as fine-art prints or notecards.

Please send me an email if you would like to discuss details.

Are you interested in receiving occasional email notices with information on my most recent trips?

It's quick and easy to sign-up for my email newsletter (no spam, I promise).

Spotlight Archive