Florida March 21 to 25, 2008.
Rating: 5 – Heavy birding, intense travel, fast food, Floridians, and the Vortex.
Brothers present: Attia, Brett, Mackenzie.
Goals: Destroy Florida in five days.
Route: Miami, Fort Myers, Tampa, Okeechobee, Miami, Florida City (Coral Rock Inn), Key Largo, Key West, Dry Tortugas, Florida City (Coral Rock Inn), Everglades, Miami – Home.
Trip Length: 5 days
Highlights: Florida Kingbird Sweep Baby – Eastern, Western, Gray and Loggerhead (Dry Tortugas) !, Snail Kite, Brown Noddy, Sooty Tern…
Trip Report: Download a complete trip report here.
Photo Archive:
Sebring patiently waiting for Red-cockaded Woodpeckers…
Anous Florida vehicle of choice.
You say there is some kind of cock-headed pecker in that tree?
Brothers Attia and Brett relishing our lifer Snail Kite.
The bird that started it all – Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
Brother Brett preparing to Chum aboard the Fast Cat.
Anyone see a Sooty Tern?
Majestic.
Swallow-tailed Kite.
Loggerhead Kingbird and Ruddy Turnstone – interesting combo.
