A quick trip to Orlando Florida had some nice highlights like the White-eyed Vireos and an interesting time with a Great Egret and a Tri-colored Heron. But I am worried that the ambient bird life (resident birds that I usually see) were not around. The Henry Leu Gardens is a botanical garden that has some great micro habitats. I have been there in February pretty consistently over the past few years and I remember the birds I used to see. There should have been more birds.

I have only seen White-eyed Vireos once before. They were very difficult to photograph as they flew from one shrub to another in frantic flight. The Tri-colored Heron walked along the shore of a lake and I was able to sit on a bridge that allowed me to photograph it.