It seemed too late in the summer for the Swallow-tailed Kite to be here and too early for the Yellow Warbler to arrive.
Category: Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive
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Finding some very colorful characters at Lake Apopka
The Lake Apopka area is definitely a not-so-hidden gem for birders and nature lovers.
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Barn Swallows return to Lake Apopka for summer
It just wouldn’t seem like summer without having little Barn Swallows darting and diving around Lake Apopka.
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Black-neck Stilts bring babies, summer fun
They’re only here for breeding season but are seen year-round across Cuba, the Caribbean, and parts of Mexico and South America.
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Eagles, hawks and more at Lake Apopka
Seeing a little Bald Eagle eaglet and a Red-tailed Hawk were two of the highlights of my recent trip to Lake Apopka.
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Peregrine Falcon in flight at Lake Apopka
The falcon decided to swoop down from a powerline in search of a meal from the ducks and coots in one of the ponds.
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Circle of life: Breakfast with Peregrine Falcon
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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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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Rewarding mid-morning visit to Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive
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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Appreciating Lake Apopka’s road to recovery
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.