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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/023 gruiformes/006 aramidae/aramus guarauna/aramus guarauna-en.html">Aramus guarauna</a> / Limpkin / Koerlan</h3>OM-1 Mark II with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 5000, distance 45.5 m
<h3><a href="/trips/orlando/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/015 pelecaniformes/002 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/040 passeriformes/124 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/023 gruiformes/003 rallidae/porphyrio martinicus/porphyrio martinicus-en.html">Porphyrio martinicus</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/015 pelecaniformes/001 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/015 pelecaniformes/001 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/023 gruiformes/005 gruidae/grus canadensis/grus canadensis-en.html">Grus 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/015 pelecaniformes/002 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/015 pelecaniformes/001 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/007 anseriformes/003 anatidae/anas discors/anas discors-en.html">Anas 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/017 accipitriformes/004 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/016 suliformes/003 phalacrocoracidae/phalacrocorax auritus/phalacrocorax auritus-en.html">Phalacrocorax auritus</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/040 passeriformes/011 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/016 suliformes/004 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/011 podicipediformes/001 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/018 falconiformes/001 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/017 accipitriformes/003 pandionidae/pandion haliaetus/pandion haliaetus-en.html">Pandion haliaetus</a> / Western 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/040 passeriformes/126 emberizidae/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/040 passeriformes/099 troglodytidae/cistothorus platensis/cistothorus platensis-en.html">Cistothorus platensis</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/007 anseriformes/003 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/007 anseriformes/003 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/040 passeriformes/054 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/015 pelecaniformes/002 ardeidae/bubulcus ibis/bubulcus ibis-en.html">Bubulcus 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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