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Roger Simmons
Roger Simmons

Birds, Words, Pics + TV

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Merritt Island is definitely for the birds – any time of year

Roger Simmons, September 23, 2026September 23, 2026

Whether it’s the slow season or time for migration, the expansive national wildlife refuge offers a lot of birds to photograph.

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The Big Picture: Photographing birds as part of the landscape

Roger Simmons, September 21, 2026September 21, 2026

Lately I’ve noticed that some of my pictures look better when I am not too zoomed in on the birds I was photographing.

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A new bird, an unusual bird and some familiar birds at Lake Apopka

Roger Simmons, September 15, 2026September 15, 2026

I closed out August by coming across a new-to-me bird and an interesting looking bird during a morning trip to Lake Apopka.

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Busy birding during slow summer season

Roger Simmons, July 11, 2026July 10, 2026

Among the locations I visited in June for these photos were Osceola County, Merritt Island, Lake Apopka, UCF and the Orlando Wetlands.

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Brown Pelicans’ fishing highlight trip to MINWR

Roger Simmons, March 7, 2026March 6, 2026

Brown Pelicans are here all the time, so I rarely bother to photograph them unless I see something special.

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Birding at St. Augustine Alligator Farm rookery

Roger Simmons, January 28, 2026January 28, 2026

On our long weekend in St. Augustine earlier this month, I spent one morning at the Alligator Farm’s rookery area.

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White Pelicans are our true snow birds

Roger Simmons, January 24, 2026January 24, 2026

A group of American White Pelicans visited Black Point Wildlife Drive as part of their Florida winter vacation.

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Spoonbills, Shovelers and more at Merritt Island

Roger Simmons, December 22, 2025December 22, 2025

Among the returning birds are pretty-in-pink Roseate Spoonbills, funny-looking Northern Shovelers and white-and-black Forster’s Terns.

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Merritt Island abounds with Northern Flickers

Roger Simmons, November 20, 2025November 20, 2025

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.

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Summer birding season isn’t so slow after all

Roger Simmons, June 27, 2025June 27, 2025

Yes, most of the migratory birds have left but there is still an entertaining cast of native birds to be seen.

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