Birds, Words, Pics + TV
Among the nesting birds I saw at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm’s rookery in my mid-April visit were Great Egrets.
There were several nests that had babies in them of different ages – ranging from what looked like newly hatched to some that had hatched weeks ago and were already in their juvenile stages.
I was able to photograph the egrets in the morning after sunrise and in the evening before sunset. I think it gave me a good variety of photos of these regal white birds.
On a trip to the wildlife preserve, I came across some old favorites as well as three new-to-me birds: A female American Redstart, an Eastern Phoebe and a Least Flycatcher.
With the temperatures in Central Florida starting to rise as the birding season cooling down, I decided to make a Saturday morning trek to the nearby UCF Arboretum to look for some little birds.
I came across more of these colorful little woodpeckers than ever before, spotting them along the Black Point Wildlife Drive and the Scrub Ridge Trail at MINWR.