Lake Lotus Park, 5/19/2012
Swallow-tailed Kite After spending a little bit of time at Mead Gardens, I decided to go up to Lake Lotus Park. Easily my favorite moment was seeing two Swallow-tailed Kites. At first I saw them in the distance, but then they flew low over the trees, and at times they were so close I couldn't fit one in the frame. Swallow-tailed Kite I also saw a Red-tailed Hawk Fledgling. It was branching on a tree near the "octagon" on the boardwalk with an adult nearby. Red-shouldered Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk I also found my first Red-eyed Vireo of the year. Two of them were in the park singing up a storm. Often it takes me forever to locate these birds when I hear them, but these were actually pretty easy to find. Red-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo