Category: Orlando Wetlands

It’s Roseate Spoonbill season at Orlando Wetlands

Roger Simmons, January 14, 2025January 14, 2025

The Orlando Wetlands is one of the best places to see Roseates since many of their nests are easily viewed from the Cypress Boardwalk.

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Robins are roaming through Central Florida

Roger Simmons, December 27, 2024December 26, 2024

This is the time of year that huge flocks of American Robins can be spotted flying around Central Florida as they settle in for the winter.

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Orlando Wetlands is a bit more colorful

Roger Simmons, December 15, 2024December 15, 2024

It’s more colorful at the Orlando Wetlands with the return of pink Roseate Spoonbills and the arrival of blue-and-white Tree Swallows

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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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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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