Tag: Roseate Spoonbills

Roseates are building excitement at Orlando Wetlands

Roger Simmons, February 22, 2025February 22, 2025

Many of the Roseates’ nests are located just off the Cypress Boardwalk, giving observers an up-close view of home-improvement projects.

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St. Augustine birding trip is quite an adventure

Roger Simmons, February 18, 2025February 19, 2025

St. Augustine can be a great place to go birding, with miles of beaches, a great state park and one very bird-friendly alligator attraction.

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Roseate Spoonbills start nesting at Orlando Wetlands

Roger Simmons, January 28, 2025January 28, 2025

On a recent sunset trip to the Orlando Wetlands, I saw many of the big pink birds gathering their nesting material.

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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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My Top 25 favorite photos of 2024

Roger Simmons, January 1, 2025December 31, 2024

As I completed my second year of birding in 2024, I added 76 new species. Some even made it into my top 25 favorite photographs of the year.

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Pelicans, terns mark change of seasons on Merritt Island

Roger Simmons, December 26, 2024December 26, 2024

I took trip to MINWR a few days before Christmas, and the place was teeming with many different birds who arrived 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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Merritt Island becomes a mecca for birds

Roger Simmons, December 6, 2024December 6, 2024

The sheer amount and different species of birds that have returned to the area for migration is impressive.

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Visiting Viera and the ‘other’ wetlands

Roger Simmons, July 18, 2024July 21, 2024

The small part that I did see was impressive – a great pond with lots of wading birds and a rookery for egrets and other birds. An adult and juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron flew overhead, and a pair of Roseate Spoonbills were hanging around.

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Kids (and adults) are doing just fine at Orlando Wetlands

Roger Simmons, May 19, 2024May 20, 2024

It’s been a fantastic spring season at Orlando Wetlands watching so many different birds nest and successfully raise their young.