Here's more of the birds I saw in Florida! Above is a tri-colored heron and glossy ibis. Love the tri's reflection in the water.
Anhinga and great blue heron.
Juvenile great blue heron and pied-billed grebe.
Cattle egret
Green heron (photo taken on the boardwalk looking down)
American bittern
Osprey
sandhill crane
Lesser black-backed gull
White ibis were probably the most common large bird we saw. They were all over the place; at the wetlands, along the roadsides, front lawns and the cemetery!
adult and juvenile white ibis
Burrowing owls at a ball park! We saw 5 owls and lots of their burrows.
We visited Wakodahatchee wetlands, Loxahatchee NWR, Plantation Preserve, Evergreen Cemetery, Green Cay, Brian Piccolo Park, SW Regional Library Trail, Chapel Trail Nature Preserve, Okeeheelee, Hugh Taylor Birch Park, Deerfield Island, Mills Pond Park, Snyder Park and the Fort Lauderdale Beach! Plus the accidentals we saw at other various locations around the area!! The best bird (and a lifer) was the spot-breasted oriole we saw as we were walking back to the condo!
Looking at your blogs about Florida it sounds like you had a very productive trip, bird-wise. Nice photos, brought back memories from my own trip a year ago. I guess you didn't have your camera when you saw the spot-breasted oriole. The best birds happen when you are not ready :-)
ReplyDeleteWow - anybody would be really really lucky to have a friend like Ron, willing to take you to so many places to see so many new birds. What a guy he must be!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots of the Bittern. Never been able to get a close up. So many awesome birds so little time. Nice photos
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