There'll be more examples to come from some of the theme parks, but I'll start with the place we stayed (for the second time). Bahama Bay is quite a big resort, and a pretty nice spot. It's out at Lake Davenport and so away from the main built up parts of Orlando.
For me the pleasure of the place is mainly around the 2 ponds, and the lake featured in the gator shots of the last post. There is a bigger lake - Davenport itself - but access is quite limited. The ponds especially allow good access to the water and surrounding bushes, small trees.
Since we were there last the second pond had got hard to access waterwise, and even the one shown had lost the shoreline where I'd seen kildeer and snipe. Still there was plenty to see, and the next few posts will show what you can find at the resort without too much effort. Bit of fieldcraft and patience to photo some of the wildlfie, but the first two of the six heron/egret species found here are shown below.
The little blue heron and the tricoloured heron (formerly Louisiana Heron) are superficially similar from a distance, but you can see the difference easily enough close up. They are not tiny birds, a bit bigger than our little egret, so you can appreciate what a whopping tadpole the little blue heron has caught. One of the l. blue herons had a fascinating way of fishing. It would fly up, calling loudly, and hover, after a fashion, low over the water before landing and stabbing at the same time. I saw it do this twice, and both times it caught a tadpole.
There are better (well closer) shots of tricoloured heron to follow, but I had to include the one in the tree! Not sure what had spooked it, but it certainly was spooked.
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