Category: Birds

Pictures of the birds I have encountered during my photography adventure.

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Merritt Island becomes a mecca for birds

Roger Simmons, December 6, 2024December 6, 2024

The sheer amount and different species of birds that have returned to the area for migration is impressive.

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Snow Bunting a true snowbird visitor to Florida

Roger Simmons, December 5, 2024December 5, 2024

This beautiful little bird is typically spends its summers in the arctic areas and winters in southern Canada or northern U.S. states.

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A little time for the little birds

Roger Simmons, December 5, 2024December 5, 2024

It’s the time of the year when little birds – warblers, wrens, sparrows and others – seem to be just about everywhere.

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Thanksgiving with Vermilion Flycatcher

Roger Simmons, December 3, 2024December 3, 2024

This little lost bird has become quite the attraction – no doubt due to his fearlessness and his location.

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On the coast: Birds back after the storm

Roger Simmons, November 19, 2024November 19, 2024

It wasn’t until fairly recently that Black Point Wildlife Drive and Bio Lab Road re-opened. Some other areas still remain closed because of high water or flooding damage.

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Circle of life: Breakfast with Peregrine Falcon

Roger Simmons, November 18, 2024November 18, 2024

Yards in front of my car, a Peregrine Falcon swooped down and grabbed a Common Gallinule, taking the bird to the top of a power pole for breakfast.

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Lost Vermilion Flycatcher now a big celebrity

Roger Simmons, November 15, 2024November 15, 2024

A wayward male Vermilion Flycatcher has become quite the attraction at the Orlando Wetlands after possibly being brought to the area by a recent hurricane..

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Five raptors in one day at Orlando Wetlands

Roger Simmons, November 9, 2024November 8, 2024

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

Roger Simmons, November 8, 2024November 7, 2024

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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