Whether it’s the slow season or time for migration, the expansive national wildlife refuge offers a lot of birds to photograph.
Tag: White Ibis
The Big Picture: Photographing birds as part of the landscape
Lately I’ve noticed that some of my pictures look better when I am not too zoomed in on the birds I was photographing.
A new bird, an unusual bird and some familiar birds at Lake Apopka
I closed out August by coming across a new-to-me bird and an interesting looking bird during a morning trip to Lake Apopka.
Busy birding during slow summer season
Among the locations I visited in June for these photos were Osceola County, Merritt Island, Lake Apopka, UCF and the Orlando Wetlands.
Brown Pelicans’ fishing highlight trip to MINWR
Brown Pelicans are here all the time, so I rarely bother to photograph them unless I see something special.
Birding at St. Augustine Alligator Farm rookery
On our long weekend in St. Augustine earlier this month, I spent one morning at the Alligator Farm’s rookery area.
White Pelicans are our true snow birds
A group of American White Pelicans visited Black Point Wildlife Drive as part of their Florida winter vacation.
Spoonbills, Shovelers and more at Merritt Island
Among the returning birds are pretty-in-pink Roseate Spoonbills, funny-looking Northern Shovelers and white-and-black Forster’s Terns.
Merritt Island abounds with Northern Flickers
I came across more of these colorful little woodpeckers than ever before, spotting them along the Black Point Wildlife Drive and the Scrub Ridge Trail at MINWR.
Summer birding season isn’t so slow after all
Yes, most of the migratory birds have left but there is still an entertaining cast of native birds to be seen.
