Photograph Florida’s Stunning Nesting Birds This Spring
Florida is bursting with new life in Spring, what better time to head to the Sunshine State to view and photograph nesting birds. Join Wildlife photographer, Jennifer Leigh Warner for a few days of exploring Florida’s wetlands and parks.
Target species:
- Sandhill Crane
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Great Egret
- Snowy Egret
- Limpkin
- Purple Gallinule
- Wood Stork
- Osprey
- Florida Scrub Jay
- Alligator
- Nine-banded Armadillo
Locations:
- Joe Overstreet Landing
- Orlando Wetlands
- Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
- St. Augustine Alligator Farm
Included in the price of this tour is a year round photographers pass to St. Augustine Alligator Farm.
About your leader….
Jennifer Leigh Warner is a fine art conservation wildlife photographer, writer, public speaker and workshop leader, living in Central Texas and specializes in creating meaningful images that conveys a message of hope for the natural world. Jennifer feels strongly that by sharing these images of beautiful animals in their natural environment, she can inspire those around her to preserve the world that we share with all living creatures.
Jennifer is a Certified Texas Master Naturalist, an Ambassador for Nature First and is on the Board of Directors for the North American Nature Photographers Association as well as serves as their chair of the Ethics Committee.
Jennifer works closely with conservation organizations to help support their missions to protect wildlife and the world around us. She believes that photography is a powerful tool to share these stories, educate photo viewers on important topics and inspire change.
Jennifer’s work has been published in Outdoor California, Gizmodo, the NANPA Expressions Magazine, Outdoor Photographer Magazine, WIRED, The New Yorker, National Geographic Online and Wild Planet Photo Magazine among others.
You can learn more about Jennifer and the conservation work that she does by visiting her website at www.experiencewildlife.com
5 Participants
$1,900
$200 Single Supplement
Payment Schedule: deposit due immediately to reserve space, remaining balance due March 2024.
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APRIL 28TH – MAY 1ST, 2025
Day 1 (April 28)
- Arrive at Orlando International Airport where your tour leader will pick you up.
- Transfer to Orlando based hotel
- Evening photo session at Joe Overstreet Landing
- Afterwards we will have a welcome dinner
Day 2 (April 29)
- We will spend our morning photographing nesting birds in Orlando Wetlands.
- After a short break to refresh and recharge we will head to Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
Day 3 (Apr. 30)
- We will spend our morning photographing at Orlando Wetlands
- After grabbing some lunch we will drive up to St. Augustine to check into our next hotel.
- In the late afternoon we will head into the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, which houses a wild bird rookery. This is one of the best places in the world to photograph up close nesting birds, such as herons, egrets and spoonbills.
Day 4 (May 1)
- We will spend our morning back at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm photographing nesting birds.
- We will drive back to Orlando for our late afternoon flights home.
- Expert guiding services
- Hotel accommodations day 1 – 4
- Photography mentoring
- Year round pass to St. Augustine Alligator Farm
- Pick up and drop off at Orlando Airport (MCO)
- All ground transportation
- Sunshine
- Good times and camaraderie with other women photographers
- Flights to and from Orlando Airport
- All meals
- Trip Insurance
- Gratuity for your guide/leader
Easy. You will be walking short distances on flat surfaces.