This blog features shorebirds from a morning kayaking trip in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida. 

Pensacola Photography WildlifeJuvenile brown pelican in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida

This immature brown pelican was preening while perched on a piling.

Pensacola Photography WildlifeA pair of osprey in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Photography WildlifeAn osprey catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Photography WildlifeAn osprey catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Photography WildlifeAn osprey catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida

There were a few osprey that flew overhead. I managed to capture one of them catching a fish.

Pensacola Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA great blue heron in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA great blue heron in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida

This great blue heron made itself at home on an anchored boat in the bayou.

Pensacola Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron gets pestered by a barn swallow in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Green Heron Photography Wildlife Bayou ChicoA green heron catches a fish in Bayou Chico near downtown Pensacola, Florida

​​​​​​​This series of photographs are a green heron catching a fish around docked boat. They like to perch on low hanging branches and ropes so they can ambush the fish from above. This one also had a barn swallow pestering it while it was fishing.