Birding Fort De Soto and Sarasota Celery Fields TONS of AWESOME Florida Birds (p2)

[@Handmaiduns]

Stunning scenery. Majestic birds and gorgeous shots. Well done on your fantastic video ✨thank you for showing me parts of your trip irl over the blower ☎️ 🌟🙌 that was also wonderful 😊 like the humour too ☀️

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thank you so much Kate, really appreciate it. Was wondering if you recognised some of the places from video calls lol. North Beach at the beginning was one of them. And that little feeder garden with the Painted Buntings was the other.

[@Tash-ke1ze]

Glad you got to see your burrowing owl again! 🦉Predictably, I love the parakeet! 💚 Glad you guys had a good trip and got lots of wildlife.

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thank you Tash, figured you'd like that parakeet 😁

[@shaynacossette]

Having such a fantastic time watching through the 300 birds playlist. Very excited to see if you hit you goal! With love from a fellow canadian birder!

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks a lot Shayna, appreciate it. Happy birding!

[@KendelsBestDays]

Amazing birds! Thanks for sharing. Hope you have a wonderful holiday in Florida!

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thank you!

[@Hummingbirder1]

04:06 it was a Wilson's Plover that chased the Sanderling away. Large (instead of short and cute) black bill without any yellow at the base and flesh-colored legs, not yellow (granted, the yellow isn't present on immature semi's so the size of the bill is the safest ID detail imo). Edit: I later saw someone already pointed this out, so never mind! Also: I especially like that you add (and put ID on) other stuff, like dragonflies, flowers a s o. And that footage in the end, with the close Blue-winged Teals, was very special, what with the crystal clear water so one could see the duck's head under water 🙂

[@BritHikesOntario]

Yeah, definitely Wilson's Plover. As I said elsewhere, I was too focused on the Sanderling and getting in a silly joke 😂 Thanks for the comment. Birds are my favourite, but I also enjoy butterflies in particular and I'm useless at flowers so enjoy trying to figure stuff like that out 😊

[@MrTmiket0007]

Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always, keep up with the awesome content 🐦🐦‍⬛❤️

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks a lot Miguel!

[@LuisPerez72]

You visited two of my favorite places in Fort De Soto and the Celery Fields. We have oystercatchers with chicks on North Beach now, and there is a white morph of the reddish egret making the rounds on Outback Key. Would have loved to meet you .

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks for the updates Luis, Oystercatcher is one of Sara's favourite birds. Fort De Soto and Celert Fields were a couple of our favourite places in Florida.

[@NathanWebb-c5h]

That was an awesome trip! I have also seen a painted bunting and they are stunning.

[@BritHikesOntario]

I haven't! Lol.. not a male. Nemesis!

[@HawkInTheLens]

Crossing the halfway mark!

[@BritHikesOntario]

Yeah, maybe should have had a little celebration lol 😆

[@susanmatako8469]

Look's like you have been very successful in new bird's in Florida. The painted Bunting is on my list, a beautiful bird. Wisconsin had a rare Varied Bunting. My recent trip to Tawas City. Someone spotted a Gray Sided Warbler and a Lark Sparrow. It was frustrating not to find it. Sometime's I rather not know because it is so disappointing when you search and search and come out empty handed. I the way back home I stopped in Pinconning for the Yellow Headed Blackbird. It was a success. Looking forward to your next Florida vid.

[@BritHikesOntario]

There's a couple you mentioned there that pop up in Ontario occasionally... Lark Sparrow arrived as a rarity in Toronto last year. Was cool to see, quite a nice looking sparrow. I'd like to see Yellow-headed Blackbird. A few appear in South-western Ontario in the winter, but we are rarely down that way in the colder months. Anyway lol... thanks for watching 😊

[@marcussmith1768]

What a great trip! I remember getting 6 lifers in one day once and the feeling was truly unforgettable. Fort De Soto certainly looks like a beautiful place.

[@BritHikesOntario]

Yeah the North Beach in particular. Camera doesn't really do the beach/gulf justice. Few more special places we visited still to come, though 😉

[@markshen3280]

We also have another Redstart bird in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 SAR, that is the only Daurian Redstart.

[@Handmaiduns]

Stunning scenery. Majestic birds and gorgeous shots. Well done on your fantastic video ✨thank you for showing me parts of your trip irl over the blower ☎️ 🌟🙌 that was also wonderful 😊 like the humour too ☀️

[@Rockymtnchick]

Another wonderful selection, congrats! The burrowing owl is definitely a fave of mine, but all the heron species are very cool. Loved that little blue heron. You read my mind with your “moorhen” comment 😂

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks a lot! Yep, there was a lot of excellent marsh birding there 😊

[@markshen3280]

As for shore birds in the New Territories of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 SAR at the beach front promenade, there are the Greater Coucal, White-breasted Waterhen, Grey Wagtail, White Wagtail, Lesser Egret, among Crested Mynas, Black-collared Starlings.

[@marcusmuller9422]

Great video as always

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks Marcus 👍

[@normanfranke4041]

What a treat! You guys are on fire with your 300 challenge. Thanks again for taking us along.

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks Norm!

[@tonyrinaud2022]

Amazing video Stu! So many species around it seems and quite approchable! I had to check for the ibis as I first thought it was a white-faced ibis. Turns out it's not so straightforward to distinguish as I originally thought ^^ Cheers!

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks Tony We kept an eye out for white-faced, but I believe it's quite rare

[@midlandsbirder]

Great video as always. I think your Plover at 4:08 though is a Wilson's Plover rather than a Semipalmated. Note size, size of bill/head, head pattern and pink legs.

[@ickgtib]

That plover also caught my eye, I live in Asia and it is really similar to the Kentish plover, I looked up wilson's plover and it looked not quite the same, the back of the cape is very orange and I didn't see it in any of the pictures I saw, I looked up other plover species in the American continent and I found the collared plover, although it was never seen in the US I think it better be double checked❤

[@BritHikesOntario]

Good call, I think you're right. In addition to what you say, that Sanderling segment was filmed close to some dunes where the Wilson's Plovers nest. Lack of attention to detail by me, focusing on the Sanderling 😆

[@markshen3280]

The Spotted Dove and the Emerald Dove are common residents around rural parks and hillside walks in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 SAR.

[@brighteyedbirding]

Wow, what an amazing adventure! So many amazing birds and congrats on all of those lifers!

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@grahamhall4465]

We need moor hens.👍😄🐤

[@BritHikesOntario]

😂

[@cliffhawley1768]

Bummer about the Piratic Flycatcher not showing up for you. I recently saw that species on my Panama trip but getting it in the US would be extra cool.

[@BritHikesOntario]

Yeah we were excited at the prospect of adding something relatively exotic. It actually cropped up a couple of times on this trip, but yeah... no dice

[@LuisPerez72]

Don’t feel bad. I live in St Pete and despite a few trips I never got the pyratic but while looking for it I added a bunch of lifers to my list.

[@ickgtib]

At 5:11 the three most right terns, are they also royal cause they don't look quite the same as the others...

[@BritHikesOntario]

Yeah, Royal. They haven't yet come into breeding plumage so look like they're going a little bald 😆

[@ickgtib]

@@BritHikesOntario got it, thank you

[@erniescabin4256]

😊💕👍🦤🦜

[@BritHikesOntario]

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