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| White Ibis and Glossy Ibis, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Jan 20, 2020 |
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| Black Vultures, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Jan 20, 2020 |
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| Prairie Warbler, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Jan 20, 2020 |
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| Palm Warbler 'western', Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Jan 20, 2020 |
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| Northern Parula, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Jan 20, 2020 |
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| Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Jan 20, 2020 |
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| Sunrise, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Jan 20, 2020 |
During our brief stop in Florida I had just one full day and some of the morning of a second day but I still managed to find some birds. On Monday I was out before dawn on my way to the Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas. After a bit of a snafu with directions I eventually made it there right around dawn but missed some of the morning flight taking off. Although sunny it was cool to start (around 50) with a fairly strong northerly wind. Once I made it to an area to the north of the park the wind subsided enough to make it comfortable to be out and allowed me to focus on the warblers and other small passerines I was trying to find. Right away found a few species of warblers and others and continued to find them as I walked the northern edge of the park...more on the warblers for the day can be found here:
Florida warblers.
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| Sandhill Cranes, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Jan 20, 2020 |
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| Limpkin, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Jan 20, 2020 |
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| Common Gallinule, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Jan 20, 2020 |
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| Painted Bunting, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Jan 20, 2020 |
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| River Otter, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Jan 20, 2020 |
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| Purple Gallinule, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Jan 20, 2020 |
Once I left the northern part of the park I had to contend with the wind once again but the many waterbirds present were not really bothered and they were still easy to check out. I also had a close encounter with a River Otter that ran right out in front of me. I stayed at the park until late morning and then headed over briefly to the nearby Savage-Christmas Creek Preserve before taking a break for lunch. The wind stayed up all day but at least the temperature climbed into the low 60’s...much nicer than home but a far cry from the temps down in Costa Rica.
With limited time on Tuesday morning and the temperatures even cooler than the day before and with a strong north wind I stayed fairly close to the hotel and made just a couple brief stops at small bodies of water but didn’t find anything unexpected. Overall for the brief stop in Florida I found a total of 84 species.
Full album photos here:
Florida Jan 2020
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