The highlight of a morning trip to Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive were the Swallow-tailed kites. There were upwards of two dozen of them soaring and hunting near the sod farm. Shooting above your head can be challenging so I was just concentrating on the shape of the birds. I wanted to have the wings out stretched and the forked tail feathers visible. The fact that I caught some of them eating their meal of bugs was a bonus. The image with the visible insect was pure luck. We found a few least bitterns, green herons, juvenile black crowned night herons and some other common species.
