Category: Across Florida

Across Florida

Colorful Nanday Parakeets at Celery Fields

Roger Simmons, February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

While these colorful and chatty birds are found in many parts of the state, they’re not native to Florida.

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Picking out my favorite photos of 2025

Roger Simmons, January 16, 2026January 16, 2026

Here are my favorite photographs that I took in 2025, based on the subjects or the lighting or the location.

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St. Augustine birding trip is quite an adventure

Roger Simmons, February 18, 2025February 19, 2025

St. Augustine can be a great place to go birding, with miles of beaches, a great state park and one very bird-friendly alligator attraction.

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Key West is for the birds, and that’s great

Roger Simmons, November 6, 2024November 7, 2024

In the continental U.S.’ southern-most city, there many great places to go birding – including conventional and unconventional places.

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Double dose of Great Horned Owl owlets

Roger Simmons, February 28, 2024February 28, 2024

I came across two sets of Great Horned Owl owlets about 100 miles apart, in Pinellas and Osceola counties.

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Cranes, cranes everywhere (and other birds too) at Joe Overstreet

Roger Simmons, February 15, 2024February 16, 2024

Several weeks before I saw a group of about 20 Sandhill Cranes there. This time there were 10 times that number. Yes, around 200 cranes.

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My red, white and blue birds on Memorial Day

Roger Simmons, May 29, 2023June 13, 2023

I spent Memorial Day morning at Fish Hawk Creek Preserve South in Hillsborough County, and I was able to photograph a very patriotic trio of new-to-me birds.