Date and Time: 5-1-10, 9am

Location Name: Viera Wetlands

Day Rating: A

Special Encounters: Bald Eagle, Least Bitterns,Cattle Egrets Snowies,GBH babies, Florida Softshell Turtles,Green Herons, and many more

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This place never fails, Got some Great least Bittern shot as well as all kinds of other birds, I would recomend going to Viera Wetlands if you have a chance. Scott

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This Saturdays Flickr Meetup at Gatorland was a great outing with the highest turnout so far.
The latest count stood at 44 Flicksters! Pretty cool.

Gatorland and it’s Mike Godwin went out of their way to accommodate our Flickr Group!
Starting with reduced entrance fees, Mike even started firing up the Grill and serves Hamburgers
and Hot Dogs on the House! That’s what I call service!

The weather could not have been better – not a cloud in the sky – the first day of spring truly delivered.

While the Rookery was not yet in full swing ( a result of the coldest winter in Florida’s history) the
place was buzzing with activity!

From small to large birds, from chicks to adults a lot of action was to be seen all over the rookery
and Mike added some excitement with Gator and Bird feeding action and closed the day with yet
another Grill session!

So many thanks for all that did attend but especially to all the work our excellent Host Mike did!
Kudos!

Date and Time: Saturday, March 13th, 9:30am – 2:00pm

Location Name: Circle B Bar

Day Rating: A

Special Encounters: Snowy Egrets, Blue Herons, Green Herons, Cattle Egrets, Tricolored Herons, Anhingas, Gallinules, Limpkins, White Faced Ibis, Turkey Vultures, Ospreys, Red Shouldered Hawks, any many species of swallows flycatchers than I even know, more alligators than I could count, a Black Swallowtail Butterfly, Yellow Belly Slider Turtles, a juvenile Cottonmouth and a very curious Black Racer

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I have a friend who has just been raving about this place, and I have been trying to get out there for quite some time. My husband got a chance to go last Saturday, but unfortunately we were not able to spend as much time as we would have liked. But the time we did spend there was amazing. The wildlife viewing is just fantastic and it is by far one of the best parks in Central Florida. In just a few hours I was able to get shots of herons, hawks, turtles, snakes, alligators, and even a couple of butterflies, I cannot wait to go back there again.

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The Flickr Florida Outdoors Group is having a Meetup at Gatorland.
Date: Saturday, March 20th.
By then the Bird Rookery will be in full swing!
We hope you all can make it. Mike Godwin of Gatorland is offering special pricing and lunch for all who attend!
Thanks Mike.

Date and Time: February 7, 2010, 9-11 AM

Location Name: Jetty Park, Port Canaveral

Day Rating: B

Special Encounters: Northern Gannets, Flocks of Black Skimmers and Bonapart’s Gulls

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Jetty Park is a great place for me. This Sunday was cold, overcast, and particularly windy. However there were quite a few things going on.
On the fishing pier were Royal Terns, Ruddy Turnstones, Boat Tailed Grackles, and Brown Pelicans. Looking off the pier I found lots of Gannets of varying ages, Bonaparte Gulls, Royal Terns, Common Terns, and Cormorants. I often find Green Sea Turtles bobbing next to the pier as well, today was no exception.
On the beach, Royal Terns, Sandwich Terns, Common Terns, Least Terns, Sandpipers, Ruddy Turnstones, Black Skimmers, Herring Gulls, fully hooded Laughing Gulls, and Ring-billed gulls. Overhead you could see Osprey and Black Vultures. The Bonapart’s gulls were feeding in the waves with the Least Terns. Really nice!
Always look out for banded birds in this area, I find a large number of them here. Report those to USGS Bird Banding Site and Bandedbirds.org.

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