Fall Walk at Orlando Wetlands Park
A fall walk at Orlando Wetlands Park gave me a chance to photograph our returning winter birds
White-Eyed Vireo
Chasing Warblers at Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive
A Labor Day photo outing at Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive yielded fall migrants: Yellow Warblers, Prairie Warblers, and the entertaining Belted Kingfisher
A Walk Around the Marshall Hampton Reserve
Exploring the Marshall Hampton Reserve: hiking and coots and a singing Vireo
Tip for Photographing Little Birds in Leafy Trees
I photographed this White-Eyed Vireo this weekend on the Alligator Alley trail of the Circle B Bar Reserve. I used fill flash to illuminate him deep within a tree. I recently started training myself to use a new technique for focusing on these little birds who love to flit in and out of small trees. […]
Beautiful Morning at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
After hearing time after time about how great the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is, Dyeyo decided that he wanted to go with me and see it. It was a pretty foggy morning, but the sun burned off the fog just as we arrived at the refuge around 8:30. The Birdbrains have been saying that […]
Frosty Morning at the Circle B Bar Reserve
It was probably not a good morning to be a bird at the Circle B Bar Reserve. The temperature was around 28 when I arrived at 7:30 in the morning. The ground was covered in frost. Skies normally covered in American White Pelicans were empty. But it was pretty in an eerie way, and by […]
Cold Sunset at Oakland Nature Preserve
I couldn’t resist the itch to try out my 500mm lens any more! It was pretty windy today, so rather than going to Circle B, Rich and I went up to Oakland Nature Preserve at sunset. Maybe I’m just very spoiled by Circle B, but Oakland doesn’t seem to have as many birds as it […]
Chased by an Otter at the Circle B Bar Reserve
I’ve been called the Birdie Paparazzi. But today I was the one being followed! An otter came bounding up the path after me at least twice. He was cute! This morning I decided to hike Alligator Alley, since it was foggy and I felt like taking sunrise pictures. It’s also been a while since I’ve […]
Circle B Migrants
I felt like playing with Photoshop today, so I made another warbler and migrant bird collage. These little birds are usually high in the oak canopies, and it’s hard to get great pictures of them. They also hop around really fast. You come home with a stiff neck and then squint at your pictures, asking […]
Springtime at Bok Tower
Last year Rich and I went to Bok Tower a few weeks after the azaleas bloomed, and I was mad to have missed the blooms. So this year we went while the azaleas were in bloom. They were pretty, but not as dramatic as what we expect to see at Callaway Gardens in a few […]