Your images are phenomenal! You definitely know how to capture birds. I am happy to hear that you were able to check out some of the places earlier. A new puppy, we expect to see puppy images soon.

Flatwoods Park is dog friendly, so you will be able to take your dog with you. I cannot remember about Lettuce Lake Park. My apologies, I am so accustomed to seeing dogs everywhere, I cannot remember which parks allow them and which do not.

My apologies for the delay in responding. Our internet has been down and I was unable to get this out before this.

In the Tampa area, there are a couple parks, Lettuce Lake Park and Flatwoods Park are two right in Tampa. You should see a very large number of species of birds in Lettuce Lake Park. Flatwoods Park permits dogs and bicycles. In Lakeland, you will find the Circle B Bar Reserve is a terrific area for photographs of birds and also landscape. It was previously a functioning cattle ranch, so you will be able to see some barns and cattle pens. If you like butterflies, this is a terrific area for them. Fort De Soto Park is located in Tierra Verde and this is wonderful bird area with a large species of birds. Riverhills Park is another terrific area for birds. This park is located in Temple Terrace. John Chestnut Park in Tampa is another terrific location. My first two recommendations would be start with the Circle B Bar Reserve and Fort De Soto Park, as I have been very happy with the amount and varieties of birds in both locations. Some of the parks charge an entrance fee, but it is well worth it. When I last was there, Fort De Soto Park and Lettuce Lake had entry fees under ten dollars, but Circle B Bar Reserve and John Chestnut were free.

There is also the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, the Passage Key National Wildlife Refuge, the Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge and Shell Key Preserve in your area.

In Florida there is a program called the Great Florida Birding Trail which you might want to take a look at when you get a chance. https://floridabirdingtrail.com

I will absolutely look at your images. There are a number of places that you should visit whilst you are around the Tampa area. There is one very interesting location around Orlando, called Gatorland. There are numerous bird opportunities plus more. If you are taking I-75 and are able to make a side trip, it is well worth it. I will find my Tampa recommendations and post them tomorrow.

What a magnificent photograph! I love it. It is unfortunate that you could only make those very small sharp prints from it.

We are in Cocoa, on the Indian River. I turned our backyard into a nature feeding area, with a small bog that has lots of pitcher plants, protea, a bromeliad and plumeria section, a variety of frogs and a million more mosquitoes. It is pretty to look at, but it is not so enjoyable during mosquito season. We do have bat houses and flying squirrels, so I am working on attempting to photograph those.

I recommend to everyone to take a trip to the Merritt Island National Wildlife Area. Now through spring are terrific times for bird photography.

By the way, you are welcome in my backyard anytime.

These are beautiful! Thank you for this set. I believe you have accomplished a difficult task;

Although, it appears that you are in my backyard. We have a bunch of pitcher plants and protea growing.

I applaud you for continuing in photography. I exercised thoroughbreds in Aiken, South Carolina when I was younger. My desire was to become a veterinarian. The veterinarian that I worked for was nice enough to allow me to purchase his old Nikon and a few lenses back for a great price and over time. I have been a devout Nikon fan ever since.

You are so very right. But this does apply to almost all artists and painters. My mother and sister were artists, and they had their favourite tools of their trade. And, only they were permitted to touch those various things, such as paints, brushes, pens, canvas and more.

You are a very fortunate person to have the knowledge between want and need. Unfortunately, there are some wants that I can very easily turn into a need when it comes to technology. In my case, the only thing holding me back is the bank account.

If this is the case, it simply could be that more Nikon users just happened to be here. I really like my Nikon Z-9, but still will not part with my D-850 or D-6.

Perhaps that might have been an interesting discussion. I wonder what brand of paint he did use? Hmmmmm.

With Great Falls, Billings, Bozeman, Helena, and Kalispell all near by, I thing you need to look much further to the west... to Montana.

Excellent!

We are still looking. Hoping that the photographer is still alive and we can make a contact of some sort.

You have captured this Robin with perfect lighting. Very nice.