I’d heard that the Spoonbills are back at Orlando Wetlands Park. Lutfi S., Frank B. and I went out to take a look. The header image shows how very foggy it was that morning. We had to deal with that and the resulting dim light, but I like how this environmental portrait turned out:
The boardwalk running across the water near the cypress trees gets you relatively close to where they’re nesting.
On the nestSometimes they’ll repeat things and you can anticipate when and where they’ll be flying.
For a different look, I like this monochrome photo:
B&W SpoonbillThere are other birds in the rookery too. This Great Egret in breeding plumage / colors was trying to interest a mate:
Woodstorks were also starting to “get busy”:
I didn’t see any Green Heron breeding behaviors, but this one looked nice enough for a photo:
That’s an angry look…We saw other things too, including Great Blue Herons, Limpkins, Red-winged Blackbirds, Tree Swallows, several warbler types, as well as a number of ducks – and of course some gators.
Despite the fog, it was a great visit! I think next time, I’ll try to get there in the afternoon for different light and (hopefully) no fog. If you’d like to see some of our natural Florida, you should go out there soon – while so much is going on!
Blog note:
In May of 2025, this blog will have been on-line for 18 years, with almost 800 posts, and more than 2500 comments. That’s a good effort in blog land! It’s more than enough time to express just about everything I can think of to say about Central Florida Photo Ops. So I’ve decided to wind things down here and the blog will be off-line sometime between May and September 2025 when my hosting plan expires. I doubt there are any posts or comments that readers are interested in saving, but if so please copy them before then.
I won’t be totally off-line. Even though I’m not photographing as much as I used to, I’ll still be going out and making images as often as possible. If you want to see what I’m up to, you can stop by https://flickr.com/edrosack, where I’ll keep posting.
Until September (and after): Many thanks to everyone for stopping by and reading my blog. You’ve all always been supportive and kind. Stay that way!
Take care of yourselves and each other. And if you can, make some photos!
©2025, Ed Rosack. All rights reserved.
It was a heck of a run Ed. Thanks for all the tips and great photos over the years!
Thank you Jeff. It was a pretty good run. And thanks for your tips too!
I always feel like you do these posts especially for me! I love the Roseate Spoonbill so much…it’s my fav! I’ll sure miss your posts about places I would enjoy visiting. I hope we can stay in touch! Diane
Thanks Diane – Spoonbills are one of my favorite birds too.
I read all of your blog posts and occasionally comment, so we can at least stay in touch that way.
Ed