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cpwm17

(3,829 posts)
Wed May 28, 2014, 10:03 AM May 2014

South Florida Birding

I just spent an extra long birding weekend in south Florida. I mostly visited Everglades National Park and the Keys.

The following birds were photographed at Everglades National Park:

This young Barred Owl was easy to photograph since it hadn't yet learn to fear humans:
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Barred Owl

I finally got some good pictures of Swallow-tailed Kite. I saw it flying over a field in Flamingo in far southern Everglades National Park:
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Swallow-tailed Kite

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Swallow-tailed Kite

White-crowned Pigeons were easy to find in flight in Flamingo in far southern Everglades National Park, but they weren't approachable:
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White-crowned Pigeon

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Great White Heron (Great Blue Heron)

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Anhinga

The following birds were photographed in the Keys:

The best place that I know of to get Roseate Terns is on and around the Government Building in Marathon, Florida. Marathon is 1/2 way across the Florida Keys. I photographed this Roseate Tern behind the Government Building:
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Roseate Tern

No Name Key:
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Gray Kingbird

No Name Key:
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Black-whiskered Vireo

These miniature White-tailed Deer (the size of a dog) live on just a couple of the Keys, including No Name Key:
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Key Deer

And the best place to get Cave Swallows in Florida is in Cutler Ridge in south Florida. A colony nests under a bridge across a canal:
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Cave Swallow

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South Florida Birding (Original Post) cpwm17 May 2014 OP
I am impressed by the photos. Curmudgeoness May 2014 #1
Thank you cpwm17 May 2014 #3
That certainly is the truth. Curmudgeoness May 2014 #4
Awww...... Thanks for taking the time to post these! NCarolinawoman May 2014 #2
 

cpwm17

(3,829 posts)
3. Thank you
Thu May 29, 2014, 05:50 AM
May 2014

The great thing about cameras these days is you can take a lot of pictures quickly and there's a good chance that some might be decent.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
4. That certainly is the truth.
Thu May 29, 2014, 06:48 PM
May 2014

I remember all the film that I wasted, including the processing of it, for photos that sucked. You were more careful about whether you bothered. Birds in flight----forget about it. I never was able to catch one in frame, by the time I found it and clicked, it had moved on.

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