Below are images compiled in one of the many photo galleries illustrating our blog, Musings From Paradise. Click on any photo and then sweep through the collection (or use your keyboard’s arrow keys). More Albums
"Barred Owl (© Nick Viani) Audubon Center for Birds of Prey",
"Great Blue Heron (© Nick Viani)",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler - Myrtle with white throat (© Nick Viani) Winter Park, FL",
"Little Blue Heron (© Nick Viani) Winter Park, FL",
"Peacock peafowl (juvenile) (© Nick Viani) Winter Park, FL",
"Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Winter Park, FL",
"Eastern Gray Squirrel (© Nick Viani) Winter Park, FL",
"Barred Owl (© Nick Viani) Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL",
"Gray Cat Bird (© Nick Viani) Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL",
"Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL",
"Wood Stork (© Nick Viani) Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL",
"American Pelicans (© Nick Viani) Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL",
"Pileated Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL",
"Palm Warbler (© Nick Viani) Kraft Azalea Garden, Winter Park, FL",
"Great Horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Audubon Center for Birds of Prey",
"Snail Kite - tagged juvenile (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Gardens, Florida",
"Snail Kite - tagged juvenile (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Gardens, Florida",
"Purple Gallinule - Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Gardens, Florida",
"Snowy Egret with breeding plumage (© Nick Viani) Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, FL",
"Belted Kingfisher - female (© Nick Viani) Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, FL",
"Purple Gallinule - juvenile (this was a tough ID) (© Nick Viani) Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, FL",
"Common Gallinule (© Nick Viani) Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, FL",
"Boat-tailed Grackle - female (© Nick Viani) Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, FL",
"Greater Yellowleg (© Nick Viani) Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, FL",
"Great Blue Heron and Greater Yellowlegs take-off series (© Nick Viani) Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, FL",
"Cattle Egret - immature (© Nick Viani) Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, FL",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge",
"Poison Ivy 🎶 (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge",
"Osprey with prey (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge",
"Flicker emerging from its nest (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge",
"Ring-billed Gull (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge",
"Blue-winged Teal (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge",
"Blue-winged Teal (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge",
"Alligator (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL",
"Tattered Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL"
"Fulvous Whistling Ducks (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL",
"Common Gallinules in battle (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL",
"Common Gallinule, American Coot in battle (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL",
"Belted Kingfisher - male (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL",
"Tri-colored Heron (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL",
"Mottled Duck - left m. (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL",
"Glossy Ibis (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL",
"Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL",
"Boat-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Garden, FL",
"White Ibis (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Gardens, Florida",
"Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Garden, FL",
"Boat-tail Grackle - female (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Garden, FL",
"Red-bellied Woodpecker - male with red head and neck (© Nick Viani) Matheson Hammock Park, Coral Gables, FL",
"Red-bellied Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Matheson Hammock Park, Coral Gables, FL",
"Green (American) Iguana (© Nick Viani) Matheson Hammock Park, Coral Gables, FL",
"Green (American) Iguana (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach",
"Anhinga (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, FL",
"Anhinga with prey (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, FL",
"Green (American) Iguana (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach",
"Golden Orb-weaver Spider (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach",
"White Ibis (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach",
"Great Blue Heron - breeding plumage (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach",
"Roseate Spoonbill & Glossy Ibis (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach",
"Glossy Ibis (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach",
"White-winged Dove (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach",
"Pied-bill Grebe (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach",
"Black-bellied Whistling Ducks (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach",
"Sora (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach",
"Green Heron (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach",
"Cattle Egret - breeding plumage (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach",
"Great Blue Heron - Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach",
"Egyptian Geese (© Nick Viani)",
"Egyptian Goose (© Nick Viani)",
"Blue Jay (© Nick Viani) Coconut Grove, Florida",
"Yellow-chevroned Parakeet (© Nick Viani) Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Florida",
"Varied Thrush (© Nick Viani) Ashland, OR",
"Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida",
"Sandhill Crane (© Nick Viani) Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, FL",
"Common Hill Mynah (© Nick Viani) Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida",
"Green (American) Iguana (© Nick Viani) Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida",
"Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - male (© Nick Viani) Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida",
"Yellow-chevroned Parakeet (© Nick Viani) Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Florida",
"Reddish Egret (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge",
"Black Skimmer (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge",
"Roseate Spoonbill (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge",
"Ring-necked Duck (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR",
"American Wigeon w/o breeding plumage (© Nick Viani ) Ashland Pond, OR",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler - Myrtle (© Nick Viani) Harry P. Leu Botanical Garden, Winter Park, Florida",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Bufflehead Ducks (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Red-breasted Sapsucker (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Black-tailed deer - Buck Brush (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",