Oakland Nature Preserve

Oakland Nature Preserve
Description

Oakland Nature Preserve is a small neighborhood preserve on the outskirts of Clermont, Florida. I visited it regularly when I was first starting in nature photography. It features native Florida forested wetland habitat, including a boardwalk out to Lake Apopka.

Photography Advice

I’d suggest a long lens or intermediate telephoto.

When to GoWinter and springtime
Species Photographed (40)American Goldfinch, American Kestrel, Baltimore Oriole, Black-and-white Warbler, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Blue-Headed Vireo, Brown Thrasher, Chipping Sparrow, Common Gallinule, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Bluebird, Eastern Phoebe, Field Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, Gray Catbird, Great Blue Heron, Hermit Thrush, House Finch, House Wren, Northern Mockingbird, Northern Parula, Orange-Crowned Warbler, Osprey, Painted Bunting, Palm Warbler, Pileated Woodpecker, Pine Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Red-Shouldered Hawk, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Ring-Billed Gull, Roseate Spoonbill, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Tricolored Heron, Tufted Titmouse, White-Crowned Sparrow, White-Eyed Vireo, Wood Stork, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Websitehttp://www.oaklandnaturepreserve.org/
eBirdhttps://ebird.org/hotspot/L348334
Google MapClick here to view Google Map
Trail MapTrail Map

Cold Sunset at Oakland Nature Preserve

December 27, 2010 - I couldn’t resist the itch to try out my 500mm lens any more!  It was pretty windy today, so rather than going to Circle B, Rich and I went up to Oakland Nature Preserve at sunset. Maybe I’m just very spoiled by Circle B, but Oakland doesn’t seem to have as many birds as it […]

Breezy Morning at Oakland Nature Preserve

November 21, 2010 - We decided to postpone our usual Circle B Bar Reserve trip for a day, since the weather forecast called for a cloudy day with lots of wind. But when I woke up this morning, it was surprisingly sunny, and just a little breezy. So Rich and I headed to Oakland Nature Preserve to see if […]

All’s quiet at Oakland Nature Preserve

March 28, 2010 - Rich and I went to Oakland Nature Preserve for the first time in over a year.  We were disappointed because we saw very few birds. Last year, Oakland Nature Preserve stopped putting out feeders for the painted buntings.  It’s sad to go by the bird blind and not see any. :( The weather today was […]

Blue-eyed Vireo

Bird-watching at Oakland Nature Preserve

June 26, 2008 - Painted Bunting, Eastern Phoebe, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Gray Catbird, Pileated Woodpecker, House Wren, American Goldfinch, Osprey, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Red-Wing Blackbird Conspicuously absent: Warblers, Robins, Cedar Waxwings.  

Bird-watching at Oakland Nature Preserve

January 13, 2008 - Birds Seen Today – Painted Bunting, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler, Black and White Warbler, American Kestrel, Red-Shouldered Hawk, Gray Catbird, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Eastern Pheobe, Osprey, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Red-Wing Blackbird

December 8, 2007 - Birds Seen Today – Painted Bunting, Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Downy Woodpecker, Red-Shouldered Hawk, Bald Eagle, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Great Blue Heron, Gray Catbird, American Robin, Osprey, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Red-Wing Blackbird

Bird-watching at Oakland Nature Preserve

December 2, 2007 - Birds Seen Today – Painted Bunting, Palm Warbler, Ruby Crowned Kinglet, American Kestrel, Hermit Thrush, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Red-Shouldered Hawk, Gray Catbird, Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Red-Wing Blackbird

Bird-watching at Oakland Nature Preserve

December 1, 2007 - Birds Seen Today – Double-crested Cormorant, Northern Flicker, Bald Eagle, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Great Blue Heron, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Purple Gallinule, Osprey, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Red-Wing Blackbird

Bird-watching at Oakland Nature Preserve

November 20, 2007 - Birds Seen Today – Painted Bunting, Gray Catbird, Palm Warbler, Hermit Thrush, Common Yellowthroat, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Common Moorhen, Osprey, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Red-Wing Blackbird  

Bird-watching at Oakland Nature Preserve

November 4, 2007 - The painted buntings are back at Oakland Nature Preserve! Birds Seen Today – Painted Bunting, Gray Catbird, Indigo Bunting, Tufted Titmouse, House Wren, Osprey, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Red-Wing Blackbird ONP maintains feeders to attract the buntings…not the red-wing blackbirds! The greedy bully bird chased away the female cardinal. The gray catbird kept close but never […]