Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Gatorland’s 2017 bird photography season starts this Thursday, February 2nd! We have had some cooler mornings but many of the Great Egrets are pairing up and starting to build nests. There’s a good amount of preening and displays in the rookery each morning. There are even a few nests with eggs already. The Great Blue Herons are patrolling around as usual like they own the place. There are plenty more birds that will be arriving soon. Snowy Egrets and Tri-colored Herons are flying in to roost each night, along with hundreds of White Ibis. They soar in each night performing their “evasive maneuvers” as I like to call it, darting back and forth and finally gliding up to a free perch in the safety of Gatorland’s alligator breeding marsh. These behaviors make for some challenging but amazing photographs if you come by on a Saturday evening for the “Late Stay” photography time. You may even get a chance to see some Black-crowned Night-Herons or a Barred Owl. We hope to see you early and often this photography season!
Adam Hall
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