Orlando Wetlands Park, 9/10/2011

Red-Shouldered Hawk

Today was a beautiful day at Orlando Wetlands Park [gallery].  The day began slightly foggy, but by the time I left at about 11am, it partly cloudy and beautiful.  A couple of paragliders flew into the park while I was there.  Their parachutes were powered by fans, so they flew around the park for a while before leaving.  Other than that, I didn't see anything too out of the ordinary today.  But photographically speaking, I think it was one of my better days.  I did see two species I hadn't seen before in the park: a Bald Eagle a Spotted Sandpiper.  They just flooded another section of the park, and it's very shallow, so I wonder if that will attract shorebirds.  It would be great to see more there.

Great Blue Heron with Fish

Gulf Fritillary Butterfly

Clouded Sulphur Butterfly

White Peacock Butterfly

Red-Capped Paraglider

Little Blue Heron

Little Blue Heron

Orlando Wetlands Park

Orlando Wetlands Park

Here's my species count for the day:

Sandhill Cranes

NonBirds
American Alligator X

Racoon 1
Pig Frog X
Viceroy Butterfly 2
Gulf Fritillary Butterfly 2
White Peacock Butterfly 3
Clouded Sulphur Butterfly X
Various Dragonflies X

Birds
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck X
Wood Stork 2
Anhinga X
Least Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron X
Great Egret X
Snowy Egret X
Little Blue Heron X
Tricolored Heron X
Cattle Egret X
Green Heron X
White Ibis X
Glossy Ibis X
Black Vulture X
Turkey Vulture X
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Common Gallinule X
Sandhill Crane 4
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Common Ground-Dove X
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker X
White-eyed Vireo X
Carolina Wren X
European Starling X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Boat-tailed Grackle X