Lake Kissimmee Florida - Birds Jan 08
Cindy McIntyre
Most are shot with the Nikon 55-200 VR lens on the D80. Please respect my copyright by not copying these images or using them on your computer or website without permission or payment of a licensing fee. All images copyrighted by Cindy McIntyre 2008. Contact me: cindy@cindymcintyre.com
LAKE KISSIMMEE AND JOE OVERSTREET ROAD CENTRAL FLA. - Jan. 11-12, 2008
SNAIL KITES
Female Snail Kite (left) and Male on right. To far right, female
carries the apple snail that it feeds on. They're the size of, uh, small
apples.
The eyes and legs are quite red, and the very hooked bill is perfect for
excavating the soft snail from its shell. Female (middle) and male (right)
hunting.
WHOOPING CRANES
I've had a special spot in my heart for whooping cranes, ever since I became a birder at age 9. The Audubon Park Zoo in New Orleans, near where I lived, had Crip and Josephine, who escaped a fire that killed some monkeys.
Three of them were easily spotted feeding among the cattle. They have
colored leg bands for identification.
SANDHILL CRANES
SONGBIRDS
Eastern Meadowlark posed beautifully and sang me a great song.
Loggerhead Shrike on sign at public landing on Lake Kissimmee.
Loggerhead Shrike
Mockingbird
Bluebird male on longleaf pine - 3 Lakes
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 3 Lakes Wildlife Management Area
WATERFOWL
American Bittern "hiding" in reeds..... and flying
Purple Gallinule
Anhingas - Male (left) and Female (right)
Belted Kingfisher - male
Cattle Egret in Flight
HAWKS ETC.
Bald Eagle in Flight
Unidentified Hawk silhouette
Bald Eagle and the Red-White-and-Blue
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
MISCELLANEOUS
Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Nesting Trees - 3 Lakes WMA
Fox Squirrel
Coming home to roost at sunset
Foggy Dawn
Mama Gator and babies. Much of the wildlife was viewed from the
Kissimmee SwampTours at the Joe
Overstreet Public Landing.
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