SSR Lovers and Owners Part 4

[zackiedawg]

The trails are great. It's also a pretty good wildlife resort, especially if you're a birder or bird watcher. surprisingly good species diversity there - lots of migrating warblers and songbirds in the trees around the buildings, herons & egrets & cormorants and various other wading birds in all the lakes, wild turkeys wandering around, kingfishers and ospreys hunting, bald eagles, nesting great blue herons in the trees by Congress Park and Disney Springs, and more. Lots of rabbits, some raccoons, plenty of lizards and snakes (not the poisonous kind, and you probably won't encounter them unless you're looking for them, so snake haters don't panic!).

 

[Simba's Mom]

The trails are great. It's also a pretty good wildlife resort, especially if you're a birder or bird watcher. surprisingly good species diversity there - lots of migrating warblers and songbirds in the trees around the buildings, herons & egrets & cormorants and various other wading birds in all the lakes, wild turkeys wandering around, kingfishers and ospreys hunting, bald eagles, nesting great blue herons in the trees by Congress Park and Disney Springs, and more. Lots of rabbits, some raccoons, plenty of lizards and snakes (not the poisonous kind, and you probably won't encounter them unless you're looking for them, so snake haters don't panic!).

I'm glad you mentioned that! I'm a birdwatcher so I can agree. One day I took my binoculars and headed over to SSR resort to do some bird watching. It was really good, saw quite a few-and since I'm not from Florida, some were real rarities for me.

 

[zackiedawg]

I'm a wildlife photographer and birder, so I love taking mornings looking around when I'm there - I live in S Florida, but there are some migratory birds that never come as far south so the Disney area is often my only chance to see some species. I rarely have my proper birding lenses with me at Disney, but still like to do a little bird photography when up there - Saratoga has been the best spot overall. Some examples spotted on SSR grounds:

Swallow-tailed kite (over the Disney Springs lake):

Bald eagle right next to building 1, on the path to Disney Springs:

Chestnut-sided warbler (in the trees around Congress Park):

Ruby-crowned kinglet (in the trees around Congress Park):

American goldfinch (shot from my balcony in building 1, in a tree next to the lake):

Tufted titmouse (trees around Congress Park):

Limpkin, fishing along the shore of the Disney Springs lake:

Wild turkeys, showing off in the parking lot next to Congress Park's bus stop:

I've got a lot more, but don't want to overwhelm the thread with bird photos! Just a sample of what you might find walking around the grounds.

 

[Jonnnyap]

I'm a wildlife photographer and birder, so I love taking mornings looking around when I'm there - I live in S Florida, but there are some migratory birds that never come as far south so the Disney area is often my only chance to see some species. I rarely have my proper birding lenses with me at Disney, but still like to do a little bird photography when up there - Saratoga has been the best spot overall. Some examples spotted on SSR grounds:

Swallow-tailed kite (over the Disney Springs lake):

Bald eagle right next to building 1, on the path to Disney Springs:

Chestnut-sided warbler (in the trees around Congress Park):

Ruby-crowned kinglet (in the trees around Congress Park):

American goldfinch (shot from my balcony in building 1, in a tree next to the lake):

Tufted titmouse (trees around Congress Park):

Limpkin, fishing along the shore of the Disney Springs lake:

Wild turkeys, showing off in the parking lot next to Congress Park's bus stop:

I've got a lot more, but don't want to overwhelm the thread with bird photos! Just a sample of what you might find walking around the grounds.

These are great photos! You have a great eye (and camera)! Thanks for sharing.

 

[zackiedawg]

These are great photos! You have a great eye (and camera)! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Jonny. Generally I would be out doing wildlife and bird photography with a 100-400mm or 200-600mm lens - but I don't bring those with me to Disney very often. Usually I try to bring at least a 70-300mm lens for walking around the resort, or I just have a basic kit lens (18-135mm) with me so end up having to crop a ton. I do most of my wildlife photography down in S Florida in the wetlands areas and Everglades, and can do much more detailed closeup work with the long-reach lenses like this:

I think I'd get some strange looks wandering around a Disney resort with a 2-foot-long lens!

 

[sticker231]

Thanks Jonny. Generally I would be out doing wildlife and bird photography with a 100-400mm or 200-600mm lens - but I don't bring those with me to Disney very often. Usually I try to bring at least a 70-300mm lens for walking around the resort, or I just have a basic kit lens (18-135mm) with me so end up having to crop a ton. I do most of my wildlife photography down in S Florida in the wetlands areas and Everglades, and can do much more detailed closeup work with the long-reach lenses like this:

I think I'd get some strange looks wandering around a Disney resort with a 2-foot-long lens!

Everyone vacations differently, If it's something you enjoy, bring your equipment.

Thanks for your pictures!