Both of these sites are on the Florida Birding Trail which is where I found the information on possible places to bird while in Florida. At the first park we had nice views of an Anhinga (life bird) before I spooked it. We also saw lots more Pelicans, and Osprey along with Laughing Gulls and 2 Sandwich Terns. Then we stopped at Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve which was great and had some nice birds in spite of having some off and on drizzle. Driving in we saw Loggerhead Shrike (life bird) and White Ibis (life bird). Among the birds on the wires were Double-crested Cormorants, a Red-shoulder Hawk and Cattle Egrets. There were several pond areas that held birds including 2 Anhinga, Great and Snowy Egrets, American Coot, Tri-colored Herons, Pied-billed Grebe, Great Blue Heron's. I had great close up looks of about 6 Common Gallinule. We also drove over to the headquarters where there is a walking path but since we were running out of time we didn't get to walk very far. There we saw Roseate Spoonbills (life bird #300), Wood Stork and lots more plus some unidentified shore birds as we didn't have a scope. We ended the day with 32 species.
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| Loggerhead Shrike |
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| Common Gallinule |
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| Osprey with dinner |
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