Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 22:21:24 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: Re: Orlando Wetlands Park MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have to agree with Pedro. This place is like Huntley Meadows times ten. I found it to be awesome. I can add Am. Bittern, King Rail and Sedge Wren to Pedro's list, based on a visit this April. If you can only visit one place in the Orlando area, this should be it (by the way, the reason I discovered this place is because Short-tailed Hawk was sighted over the park, though I missed this prized bird). Stan Arnold Glen Burnie blackrail@earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: Pedro J. Saavedra To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Date: Sunday, June 24, 2001 9:38 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Orlando Wetlands Park >Though outside the scope of this list, I thought some members >might appreciate this tip. If you find yourself in Orlando >on business or with a non-birding family, Orlando Wetlands Park >near Fort Christmas is a delightful place to visit. I went down >with my family to visit my mother, and the only attraction I >took in was OWP. >I was able to catch Sandhill Crane at the parking lot. Limpkin, >stilt, wood stork, glossy and white ibises, three species of >egret, four of heron, least bittern, amhinga and much more. >I know Merrirtt Island and many other places are probably >better, but if you are constrained to three hours including >the trip, this is the best birding in the Orlando area. >-- >Pedro J. Saavedra -- P.O. Box 236 -- Garrett Park, MD 20896-0236 >psaavedr@catholic.org -- psaavedr@apexmail.com -- psaavedr@hotmail.com > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================