Birds -- Central Florida, March 2012 Photo Gallery by Tom Grey at pbase.com

Birds -- Central Florida, March 2012

I came to Central Florida for bird photography March 6-13. I visited Joe Overstreet Road and Three Lakes WMA in Osceola County on the 6th and 7th, Circle B Bar Preserve in Lakeland on the 8th, 10th, and morning of the 11th, Gatorland and Orlando's Greenwood Cemetery on the 9th, Merritt Island NWR on the morning of the 12th, and Viera Wetlands on the afternoon of the 12th and morning of the 13th. What a great time! Special thanks to Susan Schermer for her guidance and her company at several shoots; thanks also to Steve Zamek for advice about where to go. This gallery shows some of my favorite shots from the trip; a second gallery shows still more images at https://pbase.com/tgrey/florida2012_more . This gallery shows five images of Great Blue Herons in a courting and mating sequence; the sequence with more images is at https://pbase.com/tgrey/seq_herons_greatblue_mating .

American Alligator	Anhinga, male, with fish	Anhinga, male, with perch	Anhinga, nestling
Anhingas, adult female and nestling	Anhingas, pair at nest	Anhingas, pair at nest	Anhingas, pair at nest
Anhingas, two at nest, female perched on male	American Bittern	Bachman's Sparrow, singing male	Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle	Bald Eagles	Bald Eagles, nestlings	Barred Owl
Barred Owl	Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks	Boat-tailed Grackle, with fish	Cattle Egret, why so named
Cattle Egret, with snake	Cattle Egrets, pair, with eggs	Crested Caracara	Eastern Meadowlark, singing
Great Blue Heron	Great Blue Herons, adult with two nestlings	Great Blue Herons, courting	Great Blue Herons, bill clapping
Great Blue Herons, twig pass, male offering twig	Great Blue Herons, male mounting	Great Blue Herons, mating	Great Egret, breeding plumage
Great Egret, breeding plumage	Great Egrets, adult with three nestlings	Great Egrets, adult with two nestlings	Great Egrets, adult feeding hatchling
Great Horned Owl	Limpkin	Little Blue Heron	Pine Warbler
Purple Gallinule	Red-cockaded Woodpecker, male	Red-shouldered Hawk	Roseate Spoonbill, landing
Sandhill Cranes, adult feeding chick	Sandhill Cranes, adult with two chicks	Tricolored Heron	Tricolored Heron
White Ibises	White Ibises, flying	Wood Stork	Wood Storks, pair mating
gallery: More Birds -- Florida, March 2012

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David R. Moore		30-Mar-2012 02:30
A fine representative set of Florida highlights, each one a gem.

nicolebouglouan		23-Mar-2012 07:10
Fabulous pictures Tom! All birds in breeding plumage, with chicks or catching preys, you have there numerous treasures! Well done! V

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