Below is the Field Trip Report from Nancy Hirko:
On Saturday, November 21, 2020, twelve (12) birders found their way to the Orlando Wetlands even though some road repairs were being made nearby which prevented all to attend. Trip leaders Mark Wallace and Wayne Archard led the group. It was an overcast day and some experienced rain and rainbows on their way there. The skies threatened for the duration of the trip, but we were treated to a dry event. According to my tracker, we walked about 2.6 miles around the wetlands. The construction of the Visitor’s Center is underway.
A total of 40 species were observed. Notable sightings included a Great Blue Heron wrangling a long legless glass lizard (never knew about legless lizards – photo posted), purple gallinules, several limpkin, two Caspian tern, bald eagle nest and bald eagle nearby.
Bird List
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Common Gallinule
- American Coot
- Purple Gallinule
- Limpkin
- Killdeer
- Caspian Tern
- Anhinga
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Snowy Egret
- Little Blue Heron
- Tricolored Heron
- Green Heron
- White Ibis
- Glossy Ibis
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Black Vulture
- Turkey Vulture
- Osprey
- Northern Harrier
- Bald Eagle
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Belted Kingfisher
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Eastern Phoebe
- Fish Crow
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- House Wren
- Gray Catbird
- Northern Mockingbird
- American Goldfinch
- Savannah Sparrow
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Boat-tailed Grackle
- Palm Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
