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10 maart: Orlando Wetlands en Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive

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Rebecca, the guide from Archaeopteryx Birding and Nature Tours that I had earlier, was also available for another day of birding. She showed me the Orlando Wetlands, an area that didn't used to be there. The birds are easy to approach from the paths and boardwalks. We even saw cranes. Usually cranes are migratory birds, but the population in Florida doesn't do that. Just like some storks in the Netherlands don't do that either. In the afternoon we went to Lake Apopka, an area a bit more to the west. Here too, lots of water, marsh and birds. That area gave me a few new species. In the category "little brown birds" that I wouldn't have found myself. She found them by sound.

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<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/ardeidae/butorides virescens/butorides virescens-en.html">Butorides virescens</a> / Green heron / Groene reiger</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 2000, distance 17.4 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/icteridae/quiscalus major/quiscalus major-en.html">Quiscalus major</a> / Boat‑tailed grackle / Bootstaarttroepiaal</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 800, distance 13.3 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/gruiformes/rallidae/porphyrio martinica/porphyrio martinica-en.html">Porphyrio martinica</a> / Purple gallinule / Amerikaans purperhoen</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 2500, distance 13.2 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/threskiornithidae/plegadis falcinellus/plegadis falcinellus-en.html">Plegadis falcinellus</a> / Glossy ibis / Zwarte ibis</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 3200, distance 18.9 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/threskiornithidae/eudocimus albus/eudocimus albus-en.html">Eudocimus albus</a> / American white ibis / Witte ibis</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 2500, distance 18.9 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/gruiformes/gruidae/antigone canadensis/antigone canadensis-en.html">Antigone canadensis</a> / Sandhill crane / Canadese kraanvogel</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 2000, distance 10.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/ardeidae/egretta tricolor/egretta tricolor-en.html">Egretta tricolor</a> / Tricolored heron / Witbuikreiger</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 4000, distance 22.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/threskiornithidae/platalea ajaja/platalea ajaja-en.html">Platalea ajaja</a> / Roseate spoonbill / Rode lepelaar</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 17.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/anseriformes/anatidae/spatula discors/spatula discors-en.html">Spatula discors</a> / Blue‑winged teal / Blauwvleugeltaling</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 800, distance 16.3 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/accipitriformes/accipitridae/buteo lineatus/buteo lineatus-en.html">Buteo lineatus</a> / Red‑shouldered hawk / Roodschouderbuizerd</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 800, distance 18.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/suliformes/phalacrocoracidae/nannopterum auritum/nannopterum auritum-en.html">Nannopterum auritum</a> / Double‑crested cormorant / Geoorde aalscholver</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 640, distance 29.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/tyrannidae/sayornis phoebe/sayornis phoebe-en.html">Sayornis phoebe</a> / Eastern phoebe / Phoebe</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 640, distance 16.2 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/suliformes/anhingidae/anhinga anhinga/anhinga anhinga-en.html">Anhinga anhinga</a> / Anhinga / Amerikaanse slangenhalsvogel</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 800, distance 18.7 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/podicipediformes/podicipedidae/podilymbus podiceps/podilymbus podiceps-en.html">Podilymbus podiceps</a> / Pied‑billed grebe / Dikbekfuut</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 1250, distance 13.5 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/falconiformes/falconidae/falco columbarius/falco columbarius-en.html">Falco columbarius</a> / Merlin / Smelleken</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 800, distance 43.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/accipitriformes/pandionidae/pandion haliaetus/pandion haliaetus-en.html">Pandion haliaetus</a> / Osprey / Visarend</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 400, distance 20.6 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/passerellidae/melospiza georgiana/melospiza georgiana-en.html">Melospiza georgiana</a> / Swamp sparrow / Moerasgors</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 800, distance 14.4 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/troglodytidae/cistothorus stellaris/cistothorus stellaris-en.html">Cistothorus stellaris</a> / Sedge wren / Zeggewinterkoning</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 7.20 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/anseriformes/anatidae/dendrocygna autumnalis/dendrocygna autumnalis-en.html">Dendrocygna autumnalis</a> / Black‑bellied whistling duck / Zwartbuikfluiteend</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 29.4 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/anseriformes/anatidae/dendrocygna bicolor/dendrocygna bicolor-en.html">Dendrocygna bicolor</a> / Fulvous whistling duck / Rosse fluiteend</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 58.2 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/corvidae/corvus ossifragus/corvus ossifragus-en.html">Corvus ossifragus</a> / Fish crow / Viskraai</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 250, distance 11.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/ardeidae/ardea ibis/ardea ibis-en.html">Ardea ibis</a> / Western cattle egret / Koereiger</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 21.6 m

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