Water Birds Of Central Florida

This is not a comprehensive list but hopefully it will help you identify the visitors to your yard and the customers at your feeders.
Water birds of central florida. All this sea and fresh water attracts a diverse variety of water birds. Water birds such as gulls terns herons sandpipers and plovers share the water s edge with park visitors. Florida is flush with water. John flickr cc by 2 0.
However when it is above water it must spread its wings to dry in the sun. Red winged blackbird one of the most distinctive sounds you ll hear in a florida marsh is the call of the red winged blackbird particularly when there are a large flock of them. It can fly with wet feathers but not as well. This medium sized bird has scaled gray brown upperparts white underparts and a dark spotted gray brown breast.
It does not have oil glands for waterproofing its feathers like most water birds. Anhinga the anhinga is a water bird. Water birds of central florida february 10 2019 gwen morrison continuing the third day of the space coast birding and wildlife festival today s post is still based in the three lakes wildlife management area observing birds around the lakes rather than woodpeckers. Considering the fact that the total number of florida bird species hovers in the upper four hundred range a trip to fort de soto offers the birder close to sixty percent of the entire florida birding experience in one package.
Central florida bird identification the following are birds that you might see in central florida. Aug 13 2020 explore ginny baker s board florida birds followed by 316 people on pinterest. The crown face and neck are buff with fine brown streaks. It has a white rump with a dark central stripe and black legs and feet.
Feeds on insects and spiders. Florida s most beautiful waterbird is the purple gallinule found year round in fresh water marshes in the florida peninsula. Birds birds and more birds help make florida especially. Hardy curator emeritus in ornithology and bioacoustics at the florida museum of natural history.
A ll bird sounds on this page are taken from the audio cassette tape sounds of florida s birds copyright 1998 by j. This helps it dive and chase fish underwater. When it goes swimming its feathers get wet.