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Feb 2023 Florida Trip, Day 1, 2/12

Day 1: We flew into Tampa, then drove to Orlando, stopping at two parks in Lakeland along the way, Parker Lake Park and Saddle Creek Park. before arriving at Jan's house.
Palm Warbler
We stopped at Parker Lake Park in Lakeland
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Palm Warbler
We stopped at Parker Lake Park in Lakeland

Adult and juvenile White Ibis
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Adult and juvenile White Ibis

Juvenile White Ibis
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Juvenile White Ibis

Juvenile White Ibis
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Juvenile White Ibis

Osprey
We thought we'd found a tropicbird, but it was just an Osprey trailing Spanish moss, taking it to a nest, we presume.
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Osprey
We thought we'd found a tropicbird, but it was just an Osprey trailing Spanish moss, taking it to a nest, we presume.

Limpkin with a snail
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Limpkin with a snail

Pale (juvenile) Osprey
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Pale (juvenile) Osprey

White Ibis
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White Ibis

Wood Stork
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Wood Stork

Tricolored Heron
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Tricolored Heron

Common Gallinule
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Common Gallinule

Tricolored Heron
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Tricolored Heron

Wood Stork
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Wood Stork

Wood Stork
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Wood Stork

Wood Stork
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Wood Stork

Wood Stork
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Wood Stork

Wood Stork in flight
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Wood Stork in flight

Ring-billed Gull
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Ring-billed Gull

Royal Tern
No dusky tip to bill
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Royal Tern
No dusky tip to bill

The White Ibis didn't seem to mind the dogs the grandmother was holding at bay while her granddaughter fed the birds.
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The White Ibis didn't seem to mind the dogs the grandmother was holding at bay while her granddaughter fed the birds.

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
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Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
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Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

Wood Stork taking a rest
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Wood Stork taking a rest

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Purple Gallinule
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Purple Gallinule

Purple Gallinule
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Purple Gallinule

Glossy Ibis
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Glossy Ibis

Purple Gallinule
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Purple Gallinule

Glossy Ibis
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Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis 
Blue around the eye
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Glossy Ibis
Blue around the eye

Small alligator
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Small alligator

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Eastern Phoebe
In a tree at the edge of the parking lot, just before we left
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Eastern Phoebe
In a tree at the edge of the parking lot, just before we left

Black Vulture
We drove the short distance from Parker Lake to Saddle Creek Park. Along the way we must have passed garbage dump; there were 100s of Turkey and Black Vultures circling.
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Black Vulture
We drove the short distance from Parker Lake to Saddle Creek Park. Along the way we must have passed garbage dump; there were 100s of Turkey and Black Vultures circling.

Black Vultures
There were many of both species at Saddle Creek as well.
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Black Vultures
There were many of both species at Saddle Creek as well.

Brown Pelicans and Cattle Egrets roosting in trees across the lake
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Brown Pelicans and Cattle Egrets roosting in trees across the lake

Anhinga
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Anhinga