Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Florida birding RFI
Date: Mar 6 21:09:26 2009
From: Al Clark - alndonna at wamail.net
On a 3 week Florida vacation in April 2006, we visited about 20 birding
sites.
Favorites near Tampa:
Fort DeSoto state park, near St Petersburg
Boyd Hill Preserve, St Petersburg
Homosassa Springs state park
South Florida:
Venice Rookery
Shark Valley
Eagle Lake Community Park, Naples
East Florida:
Merritt Island NWR, Black Point Road
Lake Woodruff NWR
I was a newbie birder and my favorite was Lake Woodruff NWR, near Ponce de
Leon Springs.
Lifers included:
Yellow-Crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Little Blue Heron
Blue-Winged Teal
Common Moorhen
Sandhill Crane
Al in Tacoma