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| Great Crested Flycatcher |
Was able to rescue my last day of the Memorial Weekend. If it is true that it was not a spectacular day at the Viera Wetlands, it was not bad at all. The Great Crested Flycatcher gets the opening since it is a subject I see on rare occasions. Good or bad is my best pic ever of the little bird.
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| Yellow Rat Snake |
Location: This amazing place is located here: 3658 Charlie Corbeil Way, Viera, FL
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| Swallow Tailed Kite |
My elbow is still giving me a hard time so did not want to push it kayaking. Did not want to stay at home neither so it was an easy call to go to Viera. Had a very nice day. Let us see the pics...
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| Gator |
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| Black Crowned Night Heron |
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| Green Heron |
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| Great Blue Heron |
There is rookery in an island near the entrance. If you walk you will see it first. If you drive will see it by the end of the trip. I always walk my first round...
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| Baby Anhingas |
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| Baby Anhingas |
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| Juvenile Little Blue Heron |
Found a Red Bellied Woodpecker nest. It was fun watching them. Here are a few pics...
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| Red Bellied Woodpeckers |
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| Red Bellied Woodpeckers |
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| Hello there!!!!!! |
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| Red Bellied Woodpeckers |
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| Red Bellied Woodpecker |
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| Red Bellied Woodpecker |
After the nest kept walking. It was getting hotter by the minute though so decided to walk back to the parking lot and then drive around. Here are the pics of what I saw on my way to the parking area...
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| Black Bellied Whistling Duck |
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| Black Bellied Whistling Duck |
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| Moorhen |
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| Great Blue Heron chicks |
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| Anhinga (female) |
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| Sandhill Crane |
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| Sandhill Crane |
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| Snowy Egret |
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| Juvenile Ibis |
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| Ibis |
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| Little Blue Heron |
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| Tri Colored Heron |
An aerial drama was happening high in the sky. A Red Shouldered Hawk caught a snake and a Red Winged Blackbird took exception.
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| Red Shouldered Hawk with lunch to go |
Had to take another pic of a Red Bellied Woodpecker. It was so pic friendly. It was near where the Great Crested Flycatcher was...
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| Red Bellied Woodpecker |
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| Great Crested Flycatcher |
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| Great Crested Flycatcher |
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| Great Crested Flycatcher |
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| Great Crested Flycatcher |
Once in the van decided to drive to Moccasin Island Tract through the 3.5 miles road. Had to stop to allow a Yellow Rat Snake cross the road. Then, almost at the parking area for the tract, a pair of Swallow Tailed Kits performed some acrobatic show for me. At the tract a Yellow Meadowlark cooperated for a few pics...
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| Yellow Rat Snake |
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| Swallow Tailed Kite |
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| Swallow Tailed Kite |
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| Swallow Tailed Kite |
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| Yellow Meadowlark |
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| Yellow Meadowlark |
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| Eastern Meadowlark |
Drove around the wetlands one more time before going back home...
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| Limpkin |
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| Great Crested Flycatcher |
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| Loggerhead Shrike |
And this is it for this one. Thanks for checking us and considered yourself invited for our next post. We will be sharing with you some Views From Our Kayak (if the elbow cooperates)
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| Gator |
