The woman I’m with is wonderful!  I thought I used up all my husband points yesterday when she went to see Harry Potter with me.  But this morning, she nudged me and asked if we were still going birding.  So we did.

I’ve been to Viera Wetlands many times since first discovering it in January of 2010.  It’s one of the most consistent places for birding in Central Florida.  Today was no exception.  We went by the Click Ponds first.  The interesting thing was that the water level was very low.  We saw a huge number of fish concentrated in small areas in the ponds.  The birds gathered around the fish feasting on them.  Many of the birds seemed sated and were too full to be interested in more.

We saw Black-necked Stilts, Roseate Spoonbills, Ospreys, Red-winged Blackbirds, Great Egrets, Limpkins, Wood Storks, Great Blue Herons, Tri-colored Herons, Little Blue Herons, Snowy Egrets, Little Egrets, Moorhens, Whistling Ducks, Anhingas, Cormorants, Coots, and other species.  You can see a lot of them in this photo:

Click Pond Pano: The water level is low in the Click ponds at Viera Wetlands. This has concentrated the fish and the birds are feasting.

Osprey in flight

Lesson learned: Don’t ignore the Click ponds at Viera Wetlands. Especially at this time of year.

See my other posts about Viera Wetlands here.  View my other photos from Viera Wetlands in this Flickr set.

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