The morning of February 10th was warm and breezy. 23 bird folks gathered at Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive for a day of fun. Missing from the group photo are Mike and Effie Smith, Virginia Hall, Julie Appleget, Eileen Riccio, Jim Meyer, Will and Kathy Carter, Bonnie Schirmers and Jan Doudna.
A female Painted Bunting, Swamp Sparrow, Common Yellow Throat showed up at the entrance along with loads of Yellow-rumped Warblers. Northern Harriers flew over the marshes in several locations along the way.
Northern Flicker and Grey Headed Swamphen were two more sightings .
The exciting find were the Black-necked Stilts that were at a good distance away, but Jim Meyer got a decent photo. There seemed to be an abundance of Black-crowned Night Herons.
A female Painted Bunting, Swamp Sparrow, Common Yellow Throat showed up at the entrance along with loads of Yellow-rumped Warblers. Northern Harriers flew over the marshes in several locations along the way.
Northern Flicker and Grey Headed Swamphen were two more sightings .
The exciting find were the Black-necked Stilts that were at a good distance away, but Jim Meyer got a decent photo. There seemed to be an abundance of Black-crowned Night Herons.
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Just a few weeks ago, there was an abundance of Fulvous Whistling Ducks. This day provided a sighting of two. It was the Black-bellied Whistling Ducks that amazed us. There had to be well over 3oo hundred lining the banks of the canal on our way out of the drive.
 |  There were several snipes in one location and this Wilson's was the closest I have ever been to one. It was no more than 10 feet away. Fred Hileman |
Overall, there seemed to be fewer birds still in residence than when we were there last year. Not that it wasn’t active enough. It was. We tallied 52 species.
  Red-wing Blackbird, Shoveler |  Green Heron |  Caspian Tern |  Black-bellied Whistling Ducks |  Fulvous Whitling Duck |
Blog by Rey Wells & Fred Hileman. Photos by Rey Wells, Jim Meyer and Fred Hileman
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