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| Northern Harrier |
My day off, or half of it, was ruined by a miserable weather. This morning it was cloudy but worst than that, windy. Was on my way to Silver River when decided that did NOT worth the try and turned around. At noon the Sun was kind of present and gave it a try. Drove to the Mitch Grissom Viera Wetlands Park area and paid a visit to what is called the "Click Ponds". This not being a kayaking post we go to the pics with minimum comments.
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| Click Ponds |
As I arrived to the Viera Wetlands Park went directly to the "Click" Ponds area. Here are the pics of what I saw there with the highlight being a Bald Eagle that showed up almost at the end of this round. It flew over but was not able to get a pic. You know, when that happens you start saying..."Come on...perch...perch...perch" Well, it perched and I did shoot a few pics...
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| White Pelican |
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| White Pelican |
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| Click Ponds scene |
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| White Pelicans |
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| Click Ponds scene |
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| Flocks |
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| Lesser Yellow Legs???? |
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| Lesser Yellow Legs??? |
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| ????? |
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| Let us go flying |
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| Click Ponds view |
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| Bald Eagle |
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| Bald Eagle |
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| Bald Eagle |
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| Bald Eagle |
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| Bald Eagle |
After leaving the "Click" Ponds turned right into the 4 Miles Rd, which leads to the Moccasin Island Tract. A Northern Harrier flew by and looked like it landed in the field to my right. Saw it, thanks to the white stripe in the tail, and tried to get a pic. It was way too far but here are the pics of it and some more...
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| Northern Harrier |
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| Northern Harrier |
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| Northern Harrier |
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| Northern Harrier |
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| Limpkin |
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| Anhinga (female) |
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| Eastern Phoebe |
At the end of the 4 Miles Rd there is the park space for the Moccasin Island Tract. An old friend was there (I guess is the same one). It was very windy and did not get out of the van. Tried that once and it was too cold for a guy from the Caribbean so 90% of the pics are from the van...
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| American Kestrel |
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| American Kestrel |
Left the parking area on my way tot he Wetlands Park. But the 4 Miles Rd offered more pic chances...
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| Savannah Sparrow |
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| Savannah Sparrow |
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| American Kestrel |
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| American Kestrel |
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| American Kestrel |
The Northern Harrier was still in the same place I saw it earlier. Waited for it to leave flying but it did not. Of course, when I thought it was enough and started driving away looked back and there it was, flying away. Stopped the car and was able to get one pic of it flying, which made the opening of this post....
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| Northern Harrier |
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| Northern Harrier |
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| Northern Harrier |
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| Sandhill Crane |
It was not too late so decided to drove around the Wetlands Park hoping for an otter, like on my most recent visit. No otter this time. Here are the pics of what I saw on the quick drive by...
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| Tri Colored Heron |
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| Little Blue Heron |
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| Snowy Egret |
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| Pied-Billed Grebe |
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| Limpkin and chicks |
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| Cuteness Factor in full scale.... |
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| Mr & Mrs Hooded Mergansers |
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| Belted Kingfisher |
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| Moorhen |
And this is it for this one. You are more than welcome to also check our
Facebook Page for more pics of this and past trips. Check in the photos section and you will see the albums there. Thanks for reading and am just hoping the weather behaves as it does when I am at work. You are invited to come back for the next
Views From Our Kayak.
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| Sandhill Crane flock in flight |
Merry Christmas and Blessings for all of you!!!!!!
