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Rewarding mid-morning visit to Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive

Roger Simmons, September 20, 2024September 20, 2024

This visit was going to be much later than my usual early morning trips to LAWD. I wasn’t sure what I might find there at mid-morning.

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Black-bellied Whistling Ducks at Orlando Wetlands

Roger Simmons, September 17, 2024September 17, 2024

These strange-looking brown, black and white ducks with pink feet have a special place in my heart.

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Appreciating Lake Apopka’s road to recovery

Roger Simmons, September 12, 2024September 13, 2024

The variety of birds and other wildlife that you can see at Lake Apopka is pretty amazing, especially considering its sorry state just a few years ago.

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Barn Swallows stop by on their way home

Roger Simmons, September 3, 2024September 3, 2024

I was surprised to find so many Barn Swallows along Joe Overstreet Road, but their early migration let me see just how different their appearance can be.

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A wetlands double-header to close out August

Roger Simmons, September 2, 2024September 2, 2024

I spent the last full weekend of August at Orlando Wetlands and Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands but saw fewer birds than expected.

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Fiddling around with Fiddler Crabs

Roger Simmons, September 2, 2024September 2, 2024

After my Ghost Crab sighting at Playalinda Beach, I found hundreds of Fiddler Crabs at Eddy Creek on Merritt Island.

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Watching 2 generations of Reddish Egrets

Roger Simmons, September 2, 2024September 10, 2024

I’ve seen plenty of adult ones before, but it wasn’t until August along Black Point Wildlife Drive in Merritt Island that I came across a juvenile Reddish Egret. And I got to see both generations together.

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Different focus: White Ibis with mangrove

Roger Simmons, September 2, 2024September 2, 2024

Instead of focusing on the White Ibis in this crop, I decided to show more of the surrounding area, include the blue water and the mangrove.

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Expected and unexpected birds and more at Merritt Island

Roger Simmons, August 26, 2024August 25, 2024

A couple of trips to different spots at Merritt Island — Gator Creek Road, Black Point Wildlife Drive and Scrub Ridge Trail — gave me some expected and unexpected subjects to photograph this month.

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