Over the past several weeks I have come across a lot of Hooded Mergansers in different locations – some totally unexpected.
Category: Birds
Pictures of the birds I have encountered during my photography adventure.

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.

Pelicans, terns mark change of seasons on Merritt Island
I took trip to MINWR a few days before Christmas, and the place was teeming with many different birds who arrived for the winter.

Hooded Mergansers return to Oviedo
It took several visits to the same pond I saw them in last year before I came across these little ducks again, but the effort was worth it.

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

Merritt Island becomes a mecca for birds
The sheer amount and different species of birds that have returned to the area for migration is impressive.

Snow Bunting a true snowbird visitor to Florida
This beautiful little bird is typically spends its summers in the arctic areas and winters in southern Canada or northern U.S. states.

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

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

On the coast: Birds back after the storm
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.