Maclay Gardens | Greg Miller Birding

Events

High Plains Snow Goose Festival	Feb 20, 2014	Lamar, CO
Beckham Bird Club Annual Dinner	Mar 11, 2014	Louisville, KY
Big O Birding Festival	Mar 13, 2014	LaBelle, FL
Nature Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival	Mar 20-23, 2014	Spring Hill, FL
Road trip from Ohio to Arizona	Apr 11-23, 2014	OH to AZ
Verde Valley Birding and Wildlife Festival	Apr 24-27, 2014	Cottonwood, AZ
Biggest Week in American Birding	May 6-15, 2014	Oregon, OH
Acadia Birding Festival	May 29-Jun 1, 2014	Bar Harbor, ME
Ecuador: Northern Andes and Amazon with Greg Miller	Aug 8-23, 2014	Quito, Ecuador

Prairie Falcon

At the end of February I went to Southeastern Colorado for the High Plains Snow Goose Festival. And there were thousands of Snow Geese. For me, the raptors were a treat. This Prairie Falcon is one cool camper! And ther are Red-tailed Hawks of all different colorations. Below is a “Western” Red-tailed Hawk.

Western Red-tailed Hawk

And a beautiful light morph Ferruginous Hawk.

Light morph Ferruginous Hawk

After a few short days at home I drove to Louisville KY to speak to the Beckham Bird Club. We had a great time during my quick visit. Below is one of the Red-necked Grebes on the Ohio River.

Red-necked Grebe

In the next day-and-a-half I drove 1,000 miles to reach LaBelle FL for the tail end of the Big “O” Birding Festival. I birded Devil's Garden during the day and gave a slide presentation that evening. The next day I got to bird Stormwater Treatment Area 5 (STA5). Here are a few highlights.

Barred Owl

Eastern Meadowlark

Purple Swamphen

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Snail Kite

After the Big O, I traveled north to Spring Hill FL for the Nature Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. It was cool to bird this area of Florida–an area I had only birded once before. I visited lots of cool places. And the Saturday keynote went very well. I had a great time. Highlights of Naure Coast are below.

Swallow-tailed Kite

Boat-tailed Grackle

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Water Lily

After a fun-filled schedule at Nature Coast I drove north to Tallahassee FL for a couple days of recovery and also to wait out the snowstorm in West Virginia. While in Tallahassee I got to visit Maclay Gardens–an awesomely beautiful place to visit at this time of year. Enjoy the pics!