Playing catch-up. Highlights from some recent outings

While the weather in February was less than ideal on most weekends for birding, I still did my best to get out and take pictures.

Taking photographs is the easy part. Reviewing, editing and posting is the harder part.

So, now I am playing catch-up to get my recent birds photos up to date from recent trips to Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Orlando Wetlands, Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County and Merritt Island Wildlife Drive.

While you can find a lot of the same birds at each location, all of them also offer some specific types of birds somewhat unique to each spot. Like some amazing raptors at Lake Apopka, 2-day-old Sandhill Crane colts at the Wetlands, lots of Bald Eagles on Joe Overstreet, and Black Skimmers and Reddish Egrets at Merritt Island.

Here’s are some of my favorite photos from my February visits to these four locations.