Category: Orlando Wetlands

Remembering Roseate Spoonbills this season

Roger Simmons, May 21, 2023June 13, 2023

Back in January, the park was teaming with Roseate Spoonbills who were settling in for the winter. Now it’s May, and only a few Roseate youngsters are hanging around the park.

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Photographing my 100th bird – who would it be?

Roger Simmons, May 20, 2023June 13, 2023

The other day I realized I was approaching 100 different birds photographed. After a recount, it turned out I was very, very close – just one bird away from the century mark.

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Victory vs. little nemesis: Northern Parula

Roger Simmons, May 16, 2023June 13, 2023

I have found there are just some birds that are harder to photograph than others. I call them my nemesis birds, and the Northern Parula was one of them.

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‘Who’ are you? Barred Owl says hello

Roger Simmons, May 7, 2023June 13, 2023

On every trip out to photograph birds, I hope for at least one special moment. On a recent trip, I had not one, but two special moments — and they both involved the same bird.

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Time to visit the Little Bird Dept.

Roger Simmons, May 7, 2023August 11, 2023

For the past several outdoor outings I’ve been trying to find and photograph some little birds. They’re tough to spot and don’t hang around long for a picture.

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For Snowy Egret, it’s lunch on the boardwalk

Roger Simmons, March 23, 2023June 13, 2023

A Snowy Egret stopped by to grab a little lunch at the Cypress Boardwalk at the Orlando Wetlands Park. Fortunately for me, I got photograph the whole thing.

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Shy guy likes to blend in: American Bittern

Roger Simmons, March 18, 2023June 20, 2023

They’re really shy birds – not sure if it’s because they have a really interesting call. To me it sounds like an amplified version of water dripping.

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Little Green Heron grabs a little lunch

Roger Simmons, March 17, 2023June 13, 2023

The Green Heron is one of the smallest of the different herons we see in Central Florida, but that small size just makes them more stealthy.

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A Great Egret looks harried as she attends to the babies in her nest at Orlando Wetlands Park.

Checking in on the babies at wetlands park

Roger Simmons, March 15, 2023June 13, 2023

I visited near sunset on Tuesday and ended up seeing three sets of youngsters – baby Roseate Spoonbills, baby Great Egrets and, of course, Sandhill Crane colts.

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Evening puts Wetlands Park in new light

Roger Simmons, March 12, 2023

It wasn’t until this past Saturday that I visited Orlando Wetlands Park in the evening, and what a difference there was.