Photo Gallery
Gavin Bieber
The wetlands of S. Florida are justifiably famous for their wading birds and we will have ample opportunity for viewing and photographing marvelous species such as this Little Blue Heron…
…or this active Snowy Egret.
Some species like this Great White Heron (a color morph of Great Blue Heron) are south Florida specialties.
Among the herons will be other attractions like this male Anhinga, sunning himself after a bout of fishing, or this…
…stunning Purple Gallinule, one of south Florida’s winter treats.
Some birds mostly remain hidden like this King Rail (Do you see the sooty juvenal?), or this…
…Least Bittern…
…but others don’t care much about concealment like this White Ibis…
and these Roseate Spoonbills…
…but they all keep an eye out for the marsh’s resident birdwatcher.
We should remember to look up from time to time as a Short-tailed Hawk might fly over…, here a dark morph adult.
We’ll spend a day in Miami looking for some of the introduced species particular to the area. Although non-native, seeing free-flying parrots is always a treat and we should see several species such as the (currently) not countable Black-hooed Parakeet…
…as well as long-established Monk Parakeets.
We’ll see lots of one of South Florida’s most conspicuous breeding birds. Boat-tailed Grackle (this population has dark eyes)…
…and with luck perhaps one of the rarest too, Smooth-billed Ani…
and Florida’s only endemic, Florida Scrub-Jay.