Orange crowned Warbler, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Feb 5, 2025
Northern Parula, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Feb 5, 2025
Prairie Warbler, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Feb 5, 2025
Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Feb 5, 2025
Orange crowned Warbler, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Feb 5, 2025
Pine Warbler, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Feb 5, 2025
Common Yellowthroat, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Feb 5, 2025
Palm Warbler 'western', Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Feb 5, 2025
After a successful trip down to
Costa Rica I flew into Orlando where I would spend two nights before finally returning home. I arrived into Orlando in the evening of the 4th and made my way to my Airbnb, arriving in the early evening and then heading to bed. Unfortunately I tweaked my back a bit again and I had to keep the drives on my only full day in the state to spots closer than originally planned. My original plan was to perhaps drive to the coast to Merritt Island but that plan was scrapped and I instead decided on the
Orlando Wetlands Park, a large area that has produced a decent selection of warblers during past visits. Although I was focused on finding warblers it was tough not to be distracted at times by all the other species present. I immediately started see and hearing warblers with the first three species being Yellow rumped Warbler, Palm Warbler and Common Yellowthroat (which would be the most prevalent warbler species for the day in that order). On the far end of the park I had a nice mixed flock that contained half a dozen species of warblers with the new additions being Orange crowned Warbler, Black and White Warbler, Prairie Warbler and Northern Parula (some of those were singing a bit). I then continued walking and turning up more of the same species and was getting near what I thought would be the end of my walk when I had a brief view of a dull Cape May Warblers mixed in with dozens of Yellow rumped Warblers. Unfortunately the Cape May Warbler got chased by one of the Yellow rumped Warblers and despite lots of effort I was unable to relocate it to get a photo. My search did turn up other stuff including my first Pine Warblers of the day. I managed a total of nine species but missed on finding a Yellow throated Warbler (one of my targets). I took a brief break for lunch and tried another nearby area (Savage Christmas Creek Preserve) but the midday sun was a bit much so I headed back to
Orlando Wetlands Park to once again try to relocate the Cape May Warbler which I once again failed in finding. The place was still productive considering it was early afternoon. I then headed back to my Airbnb and started getting stuff ready for my trip back home and to take a long, hot shower to loosen up my muscles.
Yellow throated Warbler, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Feb 6, 2025
Yellow throated Warbler, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Feb 6, 2025
Palm Warbler 'western', Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Feb 6, 2025
Black and White Warbler, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Feb 6, 2025
Common Yellowthroat, Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, FL, Feb 6, 2025
For my last day in Florida I decided to head back to
Orlando Wetlands Park where I arrived just as the gates opened for the day. As expected I had lots of Yellow rumped Warblers, Palm Warblers and Common Yellowthroats throughout my time there. I finally added a Yellow throated Warbler for the trip in the same area that featured the largest diversity of warblers the day before (as well as on previous visits to the location). I added a few individuals of a few other new species and added one more for the trip with a Northern Waterthrush. I missed a Prairie Warbler somehow but still had a good count of species with nine species overall. After walking for just under four hours loosening up my back I started the process of heading toward the airport and home. I took another walk around midday at a small park near the airport that actually had some good pockets of birds including four species of warbler.
My short trip to Florida produced a total of ten species of warblers with most of them new for me for the year.
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