The complete information, maps and pictures can be seen in my blog in: http://arodris.blogspot.com/2009/11/noviembre-2009-estados-unidos-orlando.html
Work trip performed between November 14 and 19, 2009, to Orlando (Florida, USA). Although I did not have too much time for tourism, I could enjoy doing some birding in gardens, and in small ponds and lakes that appear elsewhere. It is sorprising the great abundance of egretts, herons and anhingas, that even can be seen walking though streets. In the last day I did an small hike in a wooded area, close to International Drive Blvd., containing also a small marsh with dense vegetation, in which I could see some mammals and aligators. The complete description, together with maps, and pictures can be seen in http://arodris.blogspot.com/2009/11/noviembre-2009-estados-unidos-orlando.html
I moved in four different areas. The first one was in Westwood Blvd., a street containing big gardens, and small ponds, with a small wooded area, where I could see, in addition to several passerines, anhingas, cormorants and great egrets. I enjoied very much in the area around the lake in Downtown Disney, where I could see egretts, herons, white ibises, limpkins, and also a red-shouldered hawk, passerines, and Quiscalus species. The third area was in the north shore of Little Sand Lake and in the Spring Lake, containing egrets, white ibises, herons, and a brown pelican. Finally, east to the International Drive Blvd. there is a wooded area, which you can reach by several unpaved tracks. It is difficult to move there due to dense vegetation, but there is a path parallel to an electric line that you can follow. I could observe there, in addition to anhingas and herons, 3 northern racoons and white-tailed deers.
MAMÍFEROS / MAMMALS (3 especies)
-Ardilla gris (Sciurus carolinensis)
-Mapache (Procyon lotor)
-Ciervo de Virginia (Odocoileus virginianus)
REPTILES (1 especie)
-Aligator americano (Alligator mississippiensis)
AVES / BIRDS (45 especies)
-Cisne vulgar (Cygnus olor)
-Pato criollo (Cairina moschata)
-Ánade real (Anas platyrhynchos)
-Porrón acollarado (Aythya collaris)
-Zampullín picogrueso (Podilymbus podiceps)
-Pelícano alcatraz (Pelecanus occidentalis)
-Cormorán orejudo (Phalacrocorax auritus)
-Aninga americana (Anhinga anhinga)
-Garza azulada (Ardea herodias)
-Garceta grande (Egretta alba)
-Garceta nívea (Egretta thula)
-Garceta azul (Hydranassa caerulea)
-Garceta tricolor (Hydranassa tricolor)
-Garcilla bueyera (Bubulcus ibis)
-Corocoro blanco (Eudocimus albus)
-Tántalo americano (Mycteria americana)
-Zopilote negro (Coragyps atratus)
-Aura gallipavo (Cathartes aura)
-Águila pescadora (Pandion haliaetus)
-Busardo hombrorrojo (Buteo lineatus)
-Cernícalo americano (Falco sparverius)
-Gallineta común (Gallinula chloropus)
-Focha americana (Fulica americana)
-Carrao (Aramus guarauna)
-Chorlitejo culirrojo (Charadrius vociferus)
-Paloma bravía (Columba livia)
-Tórtola turca (Streptopelia decaocto)
-Zenaida huilota (Zenaida macroura)
-Carpintero de Carolina (Melanerpes carolinus)
-Mosquero fibí (Sayornis phoebe)
-Cuervo americano (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
-Reyezuelo de moño rojo (Regulus calendula)
-Perlita común (Polioptila caerulea)
-Sisonte común (Mimus polyglottos)
-Estornino pinto (Sturnus vulgaris)
-Chipe coronado (Dendroica coronata)
-Chipe pinero (Dendroica pinus)
-Chipe palmero (Dendroica palmarum)
-Chipe rayado (Mniotilta varia)
-Chipe de cara negra (Geothlypis trichas)
-Sabanero platanero (Melospiza georgiana)
-Cardenal norteño (Cardinalis cardinalis)
-Zanate común (Quiscalus quiscula)
-Carpodaco común (Carpodacus mexicanus)
-Gorrión doméstico (Passer domesticus)