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Roger Simmons
Roger Simmons

Birds, Words, Pics + TV

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Six months later, a return to UCF Arboretum

Roger Simmons, May 19, 2024May 20, 2024

I hadn’t been to the UCF Arboretum in six months, and with the birds I saw this time, it won’t be that long between visits again.

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Nothing could be finer than these Carolina birds

Roger Simmons, January 4, 2024January 5, 2024

Winter birding: A quick trip to western North Carolina gave me a handful of new-to-me birds plus some other familiar ones.

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Discovering Prairie Warblers, other birds at Hal Scott Preserve

Roger Simmons, September 17, 2023September 17, 2023

I decided to visit the Hal Scott Regional Preserve and Park to look for endangered Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers. I didn’t find any, but did come across some other cool birds.

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Colorful trip to UCF: Bluebirds and red-headed Pileated Woodpeckers

Roger Simmons, September 4, 2023September 4, 2023

On a recent visit to UCF’s Arboretum just before sunset. I was rewarded with sightings of daddy and baby Eastern Bluebirds, and red-headed male and female Pileated Woodpeckers.

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UCF’s Arboretum is their neighborhood

Roger Simmons, July 30, 2023August 5, 2023

At a time when many birds have left the area for summer, it’s good to visit the year-round residents at the UCF Arboretum.

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Meeting an Eastern Bluebird family at UCF Arboretum

Roger Simmons, June 22, 2023August 5, 2023

I drove almost 2 hours to a preserve in Hillsborough County to see my Eastern Bluebird. Little did I realize there was a family of Eastern Bluebirds about 15 minutes from my house at the UCF Arboretum.

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Pictures: Birds of Fish Hawk Creek Preserve South

Roger Simmons, June 2, 2023June 13, 2023

Over Memorial Day weekend, I visited the Fish Hawk Creek Preserve South in Hillsborough County, hoping to get some pictures of Eastern Bluebirds that had been seen there. Not only was I able to photograph them, but also several other different birds – include two that were new-to-me.

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My red, white and blue birds on Memorial Day

Roger Simmons, May 29, 2023June 13, 2023

I spent Memorial Day morning at Fish Hawk Creek Preserve South in Hillsborough County, and I was able to photograph a very patriotic trio of new-to-me birds.

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