Peregrine Falcons, Bald Eagles, American Kestrels and Northern Harriers returning to the area for winter have joined the year-round raptor residents, the Red-shouldered Hawks.
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Catching a Belted Kingfisher with a camera is a challenge
These little grey-and-white birds never seem to sit still for very long – preferring to flit about as they look for a fish or shrimp to catch from a pond, river or lagoon.
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Hawks, herons, cranes and more at Orlando Wetlands
These birds are so common that sometimes it’s easy to take for granted their residency at the Orlando Wetlands.
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Spotlighting sparrows, wrens and other little birds at Orlando Wetlands
Wrens and sparrows that return in the fall are House, Marsh and Sedge wrens as well as Savannah and Swamp sparrows.
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Spending time with Key Deer on Big Pine Key
This subspecies of the White-Tail deer has been living in the Keys for hundreds of years, with the first known documentation coming from Spanish explorers in the 1550s.
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Seeing Great White Heron was thrilling surprise
For 140 years after John Audubon first cataloged this bird, the Great White Heron was considered a species separate from the Great Blue Heron.
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Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West delivers on birding promise
I spent more than an hour walking around the park and coming across many birds, including lots of warblers plus some birds of prey.
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Exploring, birding at Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas
Overall, there were shore birds I expected to see and some other birds that I was a bit surprised to find so far away from the mainland.
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Why Central Florida is a birding paradise
With some much geographic diversity, no wonder there’s so much birding diversity in our region.
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Egrets, eagles and other birds at Merritt Island
I really enjoy visiting the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge for birding, especially early in the morning.