Posted by Alex on January 26, 2004 at 16:35:12:
In Reply to: Visiting Birders from MN posted by Tom Fitzgerald on January 26, 2004 at 15:12:51:
This really all depends on what your target birds are. List them and then your choices can be narrowed down.
A.D. Barnes and Key Largo Stae Botanical Site are not productive this time of year.
-In Babcock Webb, you will find Bachman's Sparrow, Brown-headed Nuthatch and Red-cockaded Woodpecker.
-Fort Meyers has many waders, larids, and shorebirds.
-Bunche Beach has many larids and shorebirds (I am pretty sure there is a Whimbrel there now) Also Snowy Plover
-Briggs- Florida Scrub Jay. Tigertail Beach is nearby and is great for larids, skimmers, shorebirds, including Snowy Plover
-Corkscrew-Painted Bunting, Limpkin, both night-herons
-Loxahatchee: Solitary Sandpiper, shorebirds, Painted Bunting, Smooth-billed Ani, waders, sapsucker
-Miami/Miami Springs- exotics (many parrots) SB Oriole, both mynas, ST Hawk, some WC Pigeon
-Miami/Kendall- many exotics (including bulbul)
-Everglades (Shark Valley) waders, Snail Kite, Limpkin
-Everglades (Anhinga Trail)- Vermilion Flycatcher, Sandhill Crane, Lesser Nighthawk, waders, and MANY OTHERS!
-Alex