LETTUCE LAKE IS HILLSBORO COUNTY’S most popular park with as many as 3500 visitors on a weekend day. And with almost as many birds. But on a weekday morning the place can feel as remote and empty as the Everglades.
Roseate Spoonbill
The number of species changes daily. We’ve seen a total of 45 species and our record for a morning is 41. One day we saw eleven limpkins, a dozen black-crowned night herons on another and we can usually count on a lone roseate spoonbill. White ibis are the most numerous with great egrets and great blue herons close behind.
Ubitquitous White Ibis
Graat Blue Heron with its hackles up
The least sighted — and by far most colorful — are the rare pairs of wood ducks, while the resident barred owl shows himself only when we’ve left the camera behind.