Pied Billed Grebe

This pretty little duck escaped many times from me. I found him at the Gemini Springs park in Debary, Florida. It is a very nice place to find Ospreys, Red Shouldered, Red Tailed and Cooper Hawks, Cormorants, Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Herons, Swallow Tail Kite, Tri-Colored Herons, Bald Eagles, American Bittern, Anhingas, Bobwhite Quails, Least Flycatchers, Tufted Titmouse, Cardinals, Palm and yellow rumped, Warblers, Great, Cattle and Snowy Egrets, White and Glossy Ibis, Belted Kingfishers, Barred and Great Horned Owls and many more. There are also many types of butterflies and dragonflies.

Swallow Tailed Kite

what an incredibly beautiful bird!!

This picture was taken at the Audubon bird of prey center. This place takes care of wounded birds, some of them will never be able to go back in the wild.

Northern Mockingbird

The Northern Mockingbird is Florida,Arkansas,misissippi,tennessee and Texas state bird. When I hear this bird sing all these differents melodies I am always in awe. You will see him flying in pursuit of other birds entering his territory.Speaking of territory the Norther Mockingbird covers 10,000,000 square kilometers of land, from the east coast to west coast, from Canada to down south Florida.

Common Moorhen

The common moorhen,also called florida gallinule or swamp chicken, lives mostly in freshwater marshes and large ponds. They are good swimmers and the live in Florida all year-round. The common moorhen breeds in Central Florida, especially near the east coast. It is recognizable by it's red shield plate above it's bill.

A group of these birds is called a "plump".

Muscovy Duck

The Muscovy Duck goes through many metamorphosis and as excentric looks. I hope i will catch it doing through in a few phases . They live in suburbs in little ponds they find. They used to be traded to Europe In the 1500's by the muscovy company, hence their name.

Laughing Gull

The Laughing Gull hangs on the eastern coast and on the gulf coast. It is found often in beach lot searching for it's next meal. Don't get me wrong i do find them...cute.

Herring Gull

The Herring Gull or Larus Argentatus is widespread and is your alternative to garbage disposal. This gull is big and unmistakable.

I caught him in his winter wear at Daytona Beach,Florida

Mourning Dove

The mourning doves can live up to 19 yrs, while most birds live 1.5 yrs. Their chant is one of the most recognizable of all birds. They produce what is called pigeon milk from their crop and feed it to their babies.


They are definately love birds

Limpkin

This unusual but fascinating bird was with his little one on that day . They feed mostly on apple snails(hmmm hmm...)By looking at the Limpkin's bill it is no wonder they can search deep in the ground for this delicacy.

American Coot

This is an hen family, duck look a like, bird which has a noisy call. They live in multitudes in swamps of Central Florida. You should see how fast they go hide when they see a bald eagle coming for lunch.

Great Crested Flycatcher

The great crested flycatcher is one of more than 400 species of it's family found in the new world.

Very beautiful bird, that is not often seen, it got my heart to do a few extra booms, i was just lucky to get a picture of him in my backyard in Orange City,Florida. The specimen in my picture is large for it's kind and like a Blue Jay and other birds he has a crest, hence his name, that is down at the moment of the picture. Sorry for the quality of the picture.

Canada Goose

This migrating bird is the cause of many bird strikes. They are monogamous and are herbivores.

Palm Warbler

I have found this pretty bird hiding under the low little branches of a tree by the water at Gemini Springs Park in Debary,Florida. The palm warbler is really one of the most beautiful exotic bird i took a picture of.

House Sparrow

They live everywhere except in Antartica. In Japan they are a symbol of loyalty.

They are philopatric wich means they go back to their birth place at the end of every migration.

Their groups are called : humiliation,blight or subdivision

Mallard

The duck of all ducks, known to everyone. The Mallards only stay together unly the eggs are laid, and then the promiscuous male goes his way.

I actually took a picture of them at the marina in Sanford, Florida.

Savannah Sparrow

Do not get fooled by his name,this bird lives everywhere : from north to south, from mountains to wetlands. It was probably first seen in Savannah,Georgia, hence the name.

It is a beautiful creature and i hope to get more picture of him in the future.

Wood Stork

This bird used to be called Wood Ibis while it is in fact a large American wading bird in the stork family.

The Wood Stork it is the only of it's kind that breeds in North America.

I captured a few souvenirs pictures of this intriguing bird which supposedly carried us all at the door of our family to be, as per the legend, at the Gemini Springs park in Debary, Florida

Sandhill Crane

This beautiful animal, wich has a soaring effortless flight with his 6 to 8 feet wingspan, is a frequent sight alongside the edge of Central Florida's abondant number of ponds.

It is a strikingly big bird and you can really get close to them if you go step by step.







These sandhill cranes wee outside the AAA building in Heathrow,Florida

White Ibis

With his persuasive: " Hunk hunk Hunk Hunk " he attracts his female.
The White Ibis is very calm an can be approached easily like the Great Blue Heron and the Red Shouldered Hawk. It is often seen with the Glossy Ibis.

Cormorant

Very common in the marshes of central florida where it finds plenty of fish to catch.

Well, that doesn't mean sometime they don't get into a fight for a fish(like in this picture i took at Gemini Spring park in Debary,Florida)