It’s actually very easy to get this close to an alligator…. (though a photo like this is best taken with a long lens!) After all, we birders frequent many of the same natural areas that ‘gators do. When the weather is just right, alligators love sunning themselves along the edges of pathways and trails. But […]
Monthly Archives: May 2025
Yellow-crown Night Herons are found throughout Florida, but we don’t often see them actually nesting in our local wetlands. This spring, however, there were three different breeding pairs nesting high up over the mile-long boardwalk! “Nests are constructed by both birds, but it is more the case that the male gathers sticks and the female […]
On a quiet walk one recent morning I was surprised to come across this beautiful American Bittern just strolling lazily in the marsh! “Usually secretive and difficult to see,” this species is not uncommon in our Florida wetlands, but Bitterns are so elusive that they are often easily missed. They . . . “are stealth […]
Birder's Journey 