It’s finally fall, and birds are coming back

Some people get excited about fall because pumpkin spice lattes return, but I’m more excited about birds coming back here for autumn.

A lot of returning birds have been popping up across Central Florida, from the Orlando Wetlands to Merritt Island to Lake Apopka to Osceola County. While some of these birds are migrating through, others are back to spend winter here. Still others are natives who went missing over the hot summer.

The temperatures may be cooling but birding is starting to heat up, and I couldn’t be more excited.

Here are a few of the birds I’ve spotted lately…