Orlando Wetlands’ babies have harrowing weekend

Things were really buzzing at the Orlando Wetlands last weekend when a pair of wayward paragliders flew into the park.

They flew around the cypress dome near the boardwalk, upsetting visitors as well as the large number of nesting birds there. One apologized, saying he didn’t know it was a wetlands area for birds – but that did little to placate the birders upset with the chaos the flight caused with the birds.

The Orlando Sentinel decided to do a story about the incident, and I went to get some pictures of the young birds who were still at the cypress dome, including Wood Storks, Roseate Spoonbills, Great Egrets and others.