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Bird-watching at Lake Louisa State Park

Posted Friday, August 29, 2008Friday, May 17, 2019 Jess YarnellPosted in Lake Louisa State Park

After our first visit to Lake Louisa, we wonder if it will soon rival Oakland Nature Preserve for birdwatching. We even saw a deer!

Birds

American Redstart

American Redstart

Chickadee

Chickadee

Downy Woodpecker (Female)

Downy Woodpecker (Female)

Downy Woodpecker (Male)

Downy Woodpecker (Male)

Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse

Butterflies

Black Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

Queen

Queen

Gulf Fritillary

Gulf Fritillary

Zebra Swallowtail

Zebra Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

Other Critters

Deer

Deer

Spider

Spider

Our first House Sparrow

Posted Friday, August 29, 2008Friday, April 23, 2010 Jess YarnellPosted in Backyard photography

A female House Sparrow came to visit our feeders today. Even though they are such common birds, we’ve never seen sparrows in our yard before. Did Goldy sneak one in her suitcase when she came back from Missy’s house?

House Sparrow

House Sparrow

Teeny the Frog

Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008Friday, April 23, 2010 Jess YarnellPosted in Backyard photography

Hey, Peter and Aaron! Teeny came for a visit to our yard tonight. I think he’s teenier than usual…only about as big as my thumbnail.

Frog

Frog

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Jess My blog started as a daily record of wildlife and plants in my backyard garden, plus snapshots of our cats and Rich's favorite turtles. Then I discovered bird photography, and now the birds outnumber the cats and turtles! Browse the links below to see birds and other critters photographed around Central Florida.

My Reference Pages

  • Backyard Bird Identification
  • Central Florida Bird Photography Locations
  • Gardening for the Birds
  • Rose Identification

Backyard Photography

  • Birds
  • Roses
  • Butterflies
  • Garden
  • My Parents' Backyard

Central Florida Photography Locations

  • Alligator Farm
  • Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
  • Black Skimmer Colonies
  • Blue Cypress Lake
  • Blue Springs State Park
  • Bok Tower
  • Brevard Zoo
  • Brian Piccolo Park
  • Callaway Gardens
  • Cape Coral Burrowing Owls
  • Chinsegut
  • Circle B Bar Reserve
  • Cockroach Bay Preserve
  • Coral Cove Park
  • Cox Road Kingbird Roost (Polk)
  • Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area
  • Fort De Soto
  • Gatorland Rookery
  • Greenwood Cemetery Eagle Nest
  • Holloway Park
  • Huguenot Memorial Park
  • Joe Overstreet Road
  • Lake Apopka
  • Lake County Backroads
  • Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands
  • Lake Jesup
  • Lake Louisa State Park
  • Lake Mirror
  • Lake Morton
  • Lake Parker Park
  • Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
  • Leu Gardens
  • Little Estero Critical Wildlife Area
  • Loggerhead Park
  • Lowry Park Zoo
  • Lukas Butterfly Encounter
  • Maine Trip – July 2013
  • Marineland Beach
  • Marshall Hampton Reserve
  • Matanzas Tern Colony
  • Mead Gardens
  • Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
  • Moccasin Island Tract
  • Oakland Nature Preserve
  • Orlando Wetlands
  • PEAR Park
  • Polk Rookery
  • Sandhill Crane Nest
  • Sandhill Crane Nest #2
  • Sanibel Island
  • Seminole Towne Center Pond
  • Silver Springs
  • Stick Marsh
  • Tibet-Butler Nature Preserve
  • Venice Rookery
  • Viera Wetlands
  • Weekiwachee Preserve
  • Wekiva Springs State Park
  • Winter Park Osprey Nest
  • Other Places

Other Photography

  • Astrophotography
  • Cats
  • Digital Art
  • Flower Photography
  • Macro Photography
  • Turtles

Blog Archives

  • Archives

I’m mostly self-taught in nature and photography topics. Below are links to some of the websites that might be of interest to someone new to Central Florida wildlife and/or photography.

Nature and Photography References

  • badbirdz Migration Radar
  • Biosphere Nursery
  • Bird Migration Forecast
  • Birdbrain listserv
  • Canon Rumors
  • Central Florida Photo Ops
  • Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Dina's Wildlife Adventures
  • Don Komarechka Photography
  • Ebird
  • Firefall Photography
  • Garden Web
  • Great Florida Birding Trail
  • Lukas Nursery
  • Marina Scarr Photography
  • Melissa Groo Photography
  • Michael Libbe Photography
  • On the Wing Photography
  • Our Natural Places
  • Sunset Forecast
  • TNWA Photography
  • What Bird?
  • What's that Bug?
  • Wild Birds Unlimited

My parents also enjoy welcoming wild birds to their backyard. See some of their photography in the links below.

My Parents' Birds

  • Dyeyo's Pictures

Our Cats

  • Goldilocks
  • Squirt
  • Whiskey

My Other Hobbies

  • Cross-stitch
  • My Robots
  • Study Abroad in Spain

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Hi, I'm Jess, software geek by day, nature photographer by weekend. Visit my About page to discover how my affection for cats and turtles turned into a bird photography obsession. Then check out my blog for my latest work.

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