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Old 15 Jul 05, 09:33 PM  
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Hi, I'm off in a few days to the land of the mouse, and i'm looking for a couple of relaxing days, preferably birding.. i.e. watching birds like ospreys etc doing thier thing in thier natural enviroment... or similar... anyone done this ?... give me some pointers ?... many thanks in advance

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Old 15 Jul 05, 09:48 PM  
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Hi

I've not been myself but I understand that the Caladesi State Park is a beautiful place to visit. The link will give you more information, its on the Gulf Coast (near to Clearwater I believe).

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Hi, found this link, hope it helps

visitflorida/experience/nature/birding/
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A good web site (with links):
camacdonald/birding/usflorida.htm

Common species include:
The white legged Snowbird (migratory)

And along the beaches:
The bronze T-back wader and its less common variety, the slim bronze T-back wader.
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My DH is a 'twitcher', especially of the raptors (birds of prey). We always go on a bird hunt whilst over in florida and last year discovered the National Audubon Society (like our RSPB); they have some beautiful places to go visit, check them out if they have a website.

We visited one of their places down in the Everglades, it's a 2.5 mile boardwalk in a nature reserve and is was fascinating. All sorts of wildlife in there.

Another place is Homosassa Springs, north of St Pete's - another beautiful place to visit.
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hi,
merritt island nationalwildlife centre near kennedy space centre has a drive throught trail with accompanying guide. many species of birds around.lake woodruff national wildlife centre about an hour up the i4 is also part of the florida birding trail. on the gulf coast oscar scherer state park and myakka state park are good for bird viewing.
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Try the Orlando Wetlands Park. It's about 20 miles east of Orlando on highway 50 in a town called Christmas. Search Google or Yahoo or the city's website for details and directions. It's free to enter, but they do take donations, I believe.

We've been a number of times and sighted everything from barred owls, ospreys, roseate spoon bills, bald eagles, swallow-tail kites, etc. Plus the land animals are great as well -- plenty of gators, otters, deer, and so on.

The trails are bermed (raised) and wind about for a good number of miles. Maps are available at the parking area. Just remember to leave time to either loop the trails or return back as you can end up a couple of miles in the park.
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