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Last Saturday I decided to visit Lake Apopka for the morning. I'm participating in a competition this year called a Twelve Day BigYear. It's a pretty fun competition--the idea is that you pick one day each month in a county (I chose Orange Co), and then find as many birds as you can in those twelve days. It takes some planning, and to some extent the key is to find as many rarities as you can and hope the more common birds will be seen as well. I'd love to get 200 species on the year, but that might be a bit over reaching. We'll see. I started my January day with 92 species, mostly around Lake Apopka.
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Ash-throated Flycatcher
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The biggest rarity was a White-faced Ibis. It was found during the CBC in December, and thankfully it was still there. I chose Lake Apopka just so that I could find that bird again. It also fun to find an Ash-throated Flycatcher. They were my best photos of the morning.
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| Cattle Egret with Frog |
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| White-faced Ibis |
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| White-eyed Vireo |
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| Forster's Tern |
Other highlights were Fulvous and Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, Northern Waterthrush, Least Flycatcher, Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, Vesper Sparrow, and White-crowned Sparrow
That's a fun challenge. Great to see you back at the blog Scott.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm trying to get back into the habit. Life got very busy for me last year, and I fell out of it. The challenge is a lot of fun. Last year I did it state wide. This year, I'm just doing one county.
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