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Birding Orlando

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Sure, the occasional Cattle Egret , Northern Mockingbird , or Red-shouldered Hawk can’t help but cross the path of those with eyes to see them, but the area is surprisingly bird-barren for a Florida zip code. My best wild bird of Legoland had to be some kind of heron hunting among the turtles and young alligators in a cypress swamp.

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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Smith Oaks is a migratory bird sanctuary owned and maintained by Houston Audubon, and the Rookery is a year-round bonus, full of Spoonbills, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Cattle Egrets, Neotropical Cormorants, Anhingas, Tricolored Herons and Black-crowned Night-Herons.

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Collaborative List – April 2018

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Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Alligator River NWR–Wildlife Drive. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Pied Heron – Egretta picata. 01 Mar 2018. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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Alligator River NWR–Wildlife Drive. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Black-throated Blue Warbler – Setophaga caerulescens.

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Collaborative List – June 2018

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Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Alligator River NWR–Wildlife Drive. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Pied Heron – Egretta picata. 01 Mar 2018. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Alligator River NWR–Wildlife Drive. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Black-throated Blue Warbler – Setophaga caerulescens.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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Alligator River NWR–Wildlife Drive. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Black-throated Blue Warbler – Setophaga caerulescens.

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