Orlando Wetlands Park, 2/11/2012

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Crested Caracara
I went to Orlando Wetlands Park this morning, partly to see the Vermilion Flycatcher, but I was also planning to tour the park.  The biggest highlight for me, other than the flycatcher, was seeing a Crested Caracara.  There were two of them at the park, and they both made loops around the wetlands, terrifying the Blue-winged Teal into flight.  Then a Bald Eagle came by, and one Caracara left and the other went back to a perch.

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Crested Caracara Approaching Blue-winged Teal
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Crested Caracara
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Crested Caracara with Something he Caught

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Crested Caracara
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Crested Caracara
Here are the species that I saw this morning at Orlando Wetlands Park between 8am and 12:30pm today:

Mottled Duck 3
Blue-winged Teal X
Northern Shoveler 5
Hooded Merganser 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Wood Stork 1
Double-crested Cormorant X
Anhinga 1
Great Blue Heron X
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 1
Little Blue Heron 8
Tricolored Heron 3
Cattle Egret 3
White Ibis 15
Glossy Ibis 3
Black Vulture X
Turkey Vulture X
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Harrier 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Crested Caracara 2
Purple Gallinule 1
Common Gallinule X
American Coot X
Sandhill Crane 5
Wilson's Snipe 3
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 2
Common Ground-Dove 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Vermilion Flycatcher 2
White-eyed Vireo 3
Tree Swallow X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Common Yellowthroat 2
Palm Warbler X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Savannah Sparrow X
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Boat-tailed Grackle X

Comments

  1. You rock!! Hope you are on my team for the Cocoa CBC again this year

    Jason

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    1. Thanks, Jason! The Cocoa CBC was a lot of fun last year

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  2. Beautiful shots! I was there last week because of you..Blog post coming. I saw the VFlycatcher through no fault of my own..it streaked right in front if me..Thanks for these posts or I would never have found OWP!

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    1. Thanks, Cindy! I'm so glad you saw the flycatcher. OWP is such a fantastic place!

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