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No trip to Florida would be complete (for me) without a bird list upon return. I didn’t exactly go down to Florida last week for birding, but it happens that my aunt is also a birder, so opportunities for bird watching were more than encouraged around family events.
I won’t bore you with my whole bird list (which I’m delighted to report includes over 30 species), but here are some highlights (in no particular order):
Bald Eagle
Osprey
Tri-colored Heron (life bird for me)
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Swallow-tailed Kite (another life bird)
Great Horned Owl
Boat-tailed Grackle
Yellow-rumped Warbler
White Ibis
American Coot
Obo went to town with photos from the 1/2 hour birding session we scraped together on our last day; we went to the marshy area of the large pond in my aunt’s condo community to view the ibis and egret nesting areas. The cattails and reeds were so thick with white birds, that they looked like tufts of cotton among the vegetation. Of all the photos he took, this one, of a coot scuttling over the water’s surface was a favorite (you can see a few egrets lurking in the background):
It’s such a joy to walk around and see birds everywhere you look that aren’t common at home.
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The last edition of Windows on Wildlife, featured a trip log from Stuart Monckton, skirting the wildfires in Australia and landing in the Hazard mountain range. Beautiful photos of a Wallaby included!
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Great pics! I had fun seeing all the birds when we visited FL last May. I just had no idea what many of them were!
Yeah, there’s an amazing variety, particularly on the coasts…
i love that photo of “lift off”… or then again, I suppose they could be landing:-)
Thanks Laura! It was indeed lift off, but you’re right – could have been either!
Wonderful habitat…hope that some of it is being preserved. Must have been nice to get away especially from the rotten weather…Michelle
It was lovely to get away, even if the circumstances weren’t the happiest. I’m amazed at all the open space that’s preserved in central FL. It’s a wonderful place to explore and learn. Since I have family there, I’m hoping to get back in a few years and really be able to spend some time getting to know ‘native’ Florida.