Vero Beach, FL ~ West Regional WTF ~ And more Birds

Painted Bunting - Male

Painted Bunting - Female

Mottled Ducks

Green-winged Teal

Limpkins

Least Sandpipers

Viera Wetlands, FL

My favorite bird of the day ~ Wilson Snipe

Everybody's just hanging out

Nesting time for the Sandhill Cranes

Limpkin

Savannah Sparrow having some lunch

Nesting Great Blue Herons

Anhinga - male

Osprey

Christmas, FL ~ Orlando Wetlands

American Alligator

Limpkin

Purple Gallinule & Tricolored Heron

Best looks of a Sora I have had ever!

Black-bellied Whistling Duck surrounded by young American Alligators

Western Palm Warbler

Shingle Creek, FL ~ Nature Trail

Our conference is being held at the Rosen Shingle Creek which is actually where the head of the Everglades starts. Driving in this AM Bernie spotted some White Ibis feeding along the greens. There is a nature trail that is about a mile long that starts by the 8th Tee of the golf course.  During break this morning I went out to the beginning of the trail where to my delight I saw 4 Limpkins feeding. There were 2 adults and 2 chicks.  Nearby was a Common Gallinule who was taking nest building materials to the nest.

Limpkin

Common Gallinule with nesting materials