Posted by Alex on June 27, 2003 at 16:11:26:
In Reply to: Everglades posted by Felipe on June 27, 2003 at 13:53:47:
Birds in Summer in the Florida City enterance to EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK:
I made this just now
All the birds I mention are here in the Summer, and in winter, there will be much more birds in these spots:
--Entering Florida City- look for Common Myna near the many fast-food places especially the Burger King parking lot
--Robert Is Here Produce store- look at the Purple Martins at their martin house in the parking lot. Rarely
White-tailed Kite can be found here
--"Flynn's"- directions at bottom of this page http://tropicalaudubon.org/locations.html
This area is known for it's flycatchers in winter but can serve for Northern Flicker year-round. Every time I go I atleast get 2 there. Watch for them on both sides of the road and in people's yards. Search this area with your windows down. Their call sound's like someone laughing kind of. Sounds like the Pileated Woodpecker call. This detour is very short.
--Lucky Hammock- Some Common Ground Dove hang out in the fields and bushy area near Lucky Hammock the area. Look for them in the bushes and look for them perched on the metal gate along the
right of the road JUST before the enterance. Sometimes with Mourning Doves.
-- Nature Center- look around here for Meadowlark that occur here sometimes in Summer
--Road after park toll until left turn into Royal Palm (has Gumbo Limbo and Anhinga trail at end )
Meadowlark are along the grassy area along the road. They can often be seen on the road eating road-killed bugs. Also Red-shouldered Hawks along here. Many herons, egrets and vultures year-round. You will see a sign along here for Taylor Slough. This area has a small population of CAPE SABLE SEASIDE SPARROWS. They can sometimes be seen flying out of the grass for small distances. However you have small chances of seeing them.
Anhinga Trail- Take loop aroud for many Cormorants, herons, egrets, wood storks, ibis( White and sometimes Glossy ), Purple Gallinule, and sometimes Eastern Kingbird and Carolina Wren in bushy areas on the south part of the path. Gumbo Limbo is not worth it and produces almost nothing in Summer.
Research road- SOMETIMES Short-tailed Hawk and rarely White-tailed Kite. Eastern Bluebird, Flicker, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Towhee and many times Pine Warbler
Long Key- picnic and eat here for Flicker and Eastern Kingbird. Pine Warblers are common. Look for Towhee and Nuthatch. the Nuthatches sound like sqeeking rubber ducks. They are hard to find. Chuck-will's widow breed around here.
Good luck with allllllllll those birds. You can expect the Wood Stork at Anhinga Trail and Eastern Kingbird at atleast one location. Purple Gallinule are common in Anhinga Trail. If you do not have American Crow yet, they are everywhere. You may not have them yet as the only crows in our area are pretty much ALL Fish Crow. By the way there are a couple Great White Heron in Flamingo Trail. They sell "A Birder's Guide to Florida" at the Visitor's Center.