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Beyond the Backyard

Glorious Day at the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive

Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2018Friday, January 12, 2018
Vermilion Flycatcher

Fantastic photography at the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive (LAWD) on a sunny winter morning. Ash-throated Flycatcher, Vermilion Flycatcher, Horned Grebe, and more!

Beyond the Backyard

Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive Reopens in Time for Christmas!

Posted on Thursday, December 28, 2017
Merlin

The Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive reopened just before Christmas. Even a foggy day there is a good day, complete with Merlin, Gadwall, American Wigeon, and a Vermilion Flycatcher!

Beyond the Backyard

I Found My Nemesis Bird: Merlin!

Posted on Friday, February 10, 2017Saturday, February 11, 2017
My Nemesis Bird: The Merlin!

A nice morning at the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive yielded my lifer Merlin and a Vesper Sparrow

My blog started as a daily record of wildlife and plants in my backyard garden, plus snapshots of our cats and Rich's favorite turtles. Then I discovered bird photography, and now the birds outnumber the cats and turtles! Browse the links below to see birds and other critters photographed around Central Florida.

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  • Gardening for the Birds
  • Rose Identification

Backyard Photography

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Central Florida Photography Locations

  • Alligator Farm
  • Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
  • Black Skimmer Colony
  • Blue Cypress Lake
  • Brian Piccolo Park
  • Bok Tower
  • Brevard Zoo
  • Callaway Gardens
  • Circle B Bar Reserve
  • Coral Cove Park
  • Fort De Soto
  • Gatorland Rookery
  • Greenwood Cemetery Eagle Nest
  • Holloway Park
  • Joe Overstreet Road
  • Lake County Backroads
  • Lake Apopka
  • Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands
  • Lake Mirror
  • Lake Morton
  • Lake Parker Park
  • Leu Gardens
  • Loggerhead Park
  • Lowry Park Zoo
  • Lukas Butterfly Encounter
  • Maine Trip – July 2013
  • Marineland Beach
  • Matanzas Tern Colony
  • Mead Gardens
  • Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
  • Moccasin Island Tract
  • Oakland Nature Preserve
  • Orlando Wetlands Park
  • Polk Rookery
  • Sandhill Crane Nest
  • Sandhill Crane Nest #2
  • Silver Springs
  • Viera Wetlands
  • Winter Park Osprey Nest
  • Other Places

Other

  • Cats
  • Turtles
  • Macro
  • Flower Photography
  • Digital Art

Nature and Photography References

  • badbirdz Migration Radar
  • Biosphere Nursery
  • Birdbrain listserv
  • Canon Rumors
  • Circle B Flickr Page
  • Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Ebird
  • Florida Birds listserv
  • Floridata.com
  • Garden Web
  • Lukas Nursery
  • Painted Bunting Observer Team
  • Rosemania
  • The Hummingbird Forum
  • What Bird?
  • What's that Bug?
  • Wild Birds Unlimited

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