Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Snowbirds


Winter in Florida means an influx of our neighbors from the north of both the human and bird varieties. The urban lakes around Orlando get used by a variety of unfamiliar ducks, the most common winter visitor on our little lake is the Ring Neck Duck. We also get a large flock of Cormorants descending on our lake briefly at least one day a year. Fortunately these messy birds don't stay around too long, it's hard enough keeping my dock clean after the year round inhabitants use it as a roost.

This weekend in Leeburg, however, I witnessed for the first time the presence of Canadian Geese in Florida. It seemed odd to see these birds which I associate so strongly with northern climates, hanging around a Central Florida park.

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