Lakeland RV Park - 19 Jan 2006
1330 Hrs. Robin and I took Esther and Hal down to Lakeland for their Spring Training vacation. Skies are clear, sunny and its about 65ºF. Flying into Orlando I saw a few birds: Little Blue Heron, Snowy Egrets, American Coots.
Orlando International Airport , Orange, Florida, US
Jan 19, 2006 1:30 PM - 1:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
3 species
American Coot (Fulica americana) 6
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 1
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 2
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On the drive down to Lakeland along I-4 we see Black Vultures and Turkey Vultures but little else.
After getting them settled in the RV park, I looked out the window and saw an Osprey perched on the antennae over the clubhouse. I grabbed the tripod out of my pack, and had to put it together. Frantically trying to put the tripod head on, along with the scope, and get my camera out, a second Osprey was circling over the first. No sooner did I step out onto the porch did the Osprey(s) fly off. Oh, well….
As I walked across the street to the pond behind the clubhouse (4) Wood Storks flew overhead.
As I stepped onto the dock a couple were sitting on one of the picnic tables and asked me if I was there to see the launch? “Launch?”. I had no idea what they were talking about. Just then the Pluto space probe was launched from Cape Canaveral and shot up over the horizon out over the pond. I turned my scope and camera toward it and caught an image before it disappeared into space. Amazing!
Turning my attention to the pond, there were several Double-crested Cormorants roosting on stumps out in the middle of the pond,
and there were about 6-7 Common Moorhens casually swimming near the deck. I took the opportunity to take some digiscoped images using the Canon A620 while there was actually some sun.
Across the pond there was an Anhinga, and an immature Red-tailed Hawk being harassed by Blue Jays. Overhead I could see Eurasian Collared Doves and White-winged Doves. Flying overhead were some Caspian Terns, and I could hear Sandhill Cranes from the lake behind the RV park.
Lakeland RV Park, FL, Polk, Florida, US
Jan 19, 2006 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.3 mile(s)
13 species
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 2
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) 2
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) 7
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) 2
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 2
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) 4
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) 1
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) 4
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) 6
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 6
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 2
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 4
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