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Lake Buena Bed and
Breakfasts in Lake Buena near Orlando
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The PerriHouse Acres Inn Bed & Breakfast Inn 10417 Vista Oaks Court, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32836;
Ph: 800-780-4830, 407-909-1469 Fax: 407-876-0241
Sebring Bed and
Breakfasts in Sebring
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Kenilworth Lodge 836 SE Lakeview
Drive, Sebring, FL 33870; Ph: 863-385-0111, 800-423-5939
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| Wildlife Art Galleries & Artists in Florida |
Big Cypress Gallery
Chris Dixon
Janet N. Heaton
Ross Warner Photography
White
Bear Editions
Other Art Galleries
Snow Goose Gallery
Shows & Festivals -
Please Contact Promoters for actual Dates!
Calusa Wood Carvers Show & Sale- February -New Port Richey Recreation
Complex, 630 Van Buren Ave., New Port Richey
Contact: Mary Krueger, Ph: 727-848-8721; or PO Box 1194, New Port Richey,
FL 34656-1194.
Central Florida Woodworking Show- February - Florida State Fairgrounds,
Special Events Ctr, 4800 US Hwy 301N. Tampa, FL
Contact: 800-826-8257
International
Migratory Bird Day - second Saturday of May each year - birders participate
throughout United States, Canada, Mexico & Central America
Ph: 703-358-2318
Florida Wildlife & Western Art Expo - March - Orlando Centroplex,
Orlando, FL
Contact: Florida Wildlife Exposition, Inc, PO Box 15693, Sarasota, FL 34277;
Ph: 941-364-WILD.
Lake Woodcarvers Club Show, Sale & Competition - March -Woman's
Club Building, Rogers Park, 700 S. 9th St. Leesburg, FL
Contact: Claus Tiesman, 352-742-0110; or Barry Miner, 352-383-5808.
Ridge Woodcarvers Show - January -Lake Mirror Auditorium, 121 S
Lake Ave., Lakeland, FL
Contact: Duane Bickmire, 722 Ellerbe Way, Lakeland, FL 33801, Ph:
941-665-5241; or James Steele, 941-859-4490.
Southwest Florida Woodcarving Exposition - January - Harborside
Convention Center, Edwards Dr and Lee St., Ft. Myers
Contact: Southwest Florida Woodcarving Exposition, PO Box 1735, Englewood,
FL 34295-1735.
Suncoast Wood Carvers Show -January - Plumbers and Fitters Hall,
4020 79th Ave N., Pinellas Park
Contact: Sandy Elmore, 5800 Orange Rd, Seminole, FL 33772, Ph: 727-397-0104.
Treasure Coast Wood Carving & Decoy Show - February - Civic
Center, Virginia Ave and 25th St., Port St. Lucie, FL
Bird Carving
Dust Bee Gone
Rex Art
Wood Carvers Supply, Inc.
| Attracting & Feeding Birds in Florida |
~ promoting the Understanding, Conservation & Enjoyment of Wild Birds
Search for Bird Houses and Feeders
Home and Garden Accessories
Gardening Books
Telescopes and Binoculars
Sporting Goods
Attracting & Feeding Birds
Chickadee
Web Nature Store
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
The
St. Petersburg Audubon Society On-line Store
A Bird's World - 1,000's of Products for Wild Birds including Houses, Feeders & Baths from ABirdsWorld.com!
| Bird Books of Florida |
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Bird Books

Florida's Birds Author: David S. Maehr, Herbert W., II Kale,...;
Travel Florida

Frommer's Florida 2007 Author: Lesley Abravanel, Laura Lea Miller;
Outdoors and Nature Books

Children's Books
Science Books
Birds
of Bay and Gulf Counties, Florida - contact Bay County Audubon Society
$12.00
Common
Coastal Birds of Florida and the... - David Nellis
Florida Bird Species: An Annotated List - William B. Robertson, Jr. and
Glen E. Woolfenden 1992 - 260 pgs.
Florida's
Birds : A Handbook and... - Herbert W. Kale II and David S. Maehr,
Pineapple Press, 1990 - 288 pgs.
Florida's
Fabulous Bird - Winston Williams, - World Publications FL 1987
Rare
and Endangered Biota of Florida :... ; Vol V Birds - James A. Rodgers,
Jr., Herbert W. Kale II,
and Henry T. Smith 1996 -688 pgs.
Smithsonian
Handbooks: Birds of Florida...- Fred Alsop
Checklists
Checklist of South Florida Birds - David L. Lysinger and Richard L. Cunningham
1996 - 10 pgs.
Florida Field Checklist - Noel Wamer 1996
Videos
The Birds of Sanibel
Rare Birds of Saniel
Spring Migration at the Dry Tortugas
Tapes & CD's
Sounds of Florida's Birds
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| Bird Festivals in Flordia |
January
xxxxxx Everglades Birding Festival - January vergll xxx
xxxxxx Annual Southwest Florida Birding & Wildlife Festival - January -Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center
xxxxxxxxxxxxxOnsite presentations and activities, registration required for field trip-300 Tower Road , Naples , FL 34113 Ph: 239-417-6310
Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival - January 26-31 2011 - 2000 S. Washington Ave.,
Titusville, FL 32780; Ph: 321-268-5224 or 800-460-2664 - places to stay
February
Festival cancelled 2010 Orlando
Wetlands Park Festival - February 2011 - Orlando Wetlands Park
near the Ft. Christmas Park in Christmas, Florida
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Ph: 407-568-1706
- places to stay
March
Big "0" Birding Festival - March 25-28 2010 - P.O. Box 1003, Moore Haven, Florida, 33471; Clewiston - Florida;
Ph: P: 863-946-0300 - places to stay
Goby Fest - March 27 2010 - St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park WW Ranch Road at CR512 1 mile east of I-95, Exit 156 Sebastian FL 32958
Pelican
Island Wildlife Festival - March 13 2010- Pelican Island Preservation Society
P.O. Box 190,
Sebastian, FL 32978-1903;
772-562-3909, ext. 258
- places to stay
Wakulla Birding and Wildlife Festival - March 19-20 2010 - Wakulla Springs State Park and Lodge, 550 Wakulla Park Drive,
Wakulla Springs, FL 32327; Ph: 850-926-4293
April
Chinsegut Birding & Wildlife Festival - Chinsegut Nature Center -April 16-17 2010
Florida's First Coast Birding & Nature Fest - April 22-25 2010 -Contact: The St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra & the Beaches Visitors &
Convention Bureau 88 Riberia St., Ste 400 St. Augustine, FL 32084; Ph:
800.653.2489 - places to stay
Pinewoods Bird Festival - April - Pebble Hill Plantation
May
International Migratory Bird Day - second Saturday of May each year - birders participate throughout United States, Canada,
Mexico & Central America Ph: 703-358-2318 - places to stay
September
Florida Keys Birding & Wildlife Festival - September - Curry Hammock State Park, MM 56.2, Marathon, FL; Additional information is available
by calling the Key Deer Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center at 305-872-0774 or Curry Hammock State Park at 305-289-2690. Register by calling 305-852-4486.
October
Bay Day - “Birds, Bay & Butterflies” - October - Port St. Joe, Florida; Location: St. Joseph Bay Preserves Center, 3915 State Road 30-A
Ph: 850-229-1787
Nature Coast Wildlife Experience - October - Nature Coast Wildlife Experience P.O. Box 61, Cedar Key, FL 32625; Ph: 352-543-5600
- Sponsored by the Cedar Key Chamber of Commerce - places to stay
November
Wings on the Wind Bird Festival - November - Sponsored by the Ponce Inlet Marine Science Center
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For information: call 386-304-5545
Non- Profit Listings are Free!!! |
| Birder Organizations in Flordia |
Bird Related Non- Profit Listings are Free!!! |
Museums in Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History
-University of Florida - Powell Hall SW 34th
Street and Hull Road,
PO Box 112710, Gainesville FL 32611-2710;
Ph: 352-846-2000
Research Organizations
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CAVNET
The Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission
Merritt Island Wildlife Association
The International Osprey Foundation
Wildlife Foundation of Florida,
Inc.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 23212 Lake Lindsey Rd.
(Rt. 476), Brooksville, Fl 34601; Ph: 352-754-6722
Bird Related Non- Profit Listings are Free!!! |
| Rare Bird Alerts in Flordia |
Rare Bird Alerts
Florida (Statewide) Hotline: Ph: 561-340-0079
Francis M. Weston Audubon Society
Informational Hotline - Northwest Florida / South Alabama Hotline: Ph:
904-934-6974
Miami Hotline: Ph: 305-667-7337
Lower Keys Hotline: Ph: 305-294-3438
Miami RBA
Tropical Audubon Society, 5530 Sunset Drive; Miami, Florida 33143;
Ph: 305-666-5111
S. Georgia/ N. Florida Hotline: Ph: 912-244-9190
St. John's
Audubon Society Hotline Ph: 904-797-5997
SunDial Bird Line. Call 335-3500 ext. BIRD (2473)
TAS Miami Bird
Board Tropical Audubon Society, 5530 Sunset Drive; Miami, Florida
33143; Ph: 305-666-5111
| Wildlife Tours in Flordia |
Travel Books

DeLand
Woodstar Tours Inc.908 S. Massachusetts Ave., DeLand, FL ; Ph: 904-736-0327
| Birding Equipment, Accessories and Gifts |
Audubon Nature Store Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 375 Sanctuary Road West Naples, FL 34120; Ph: 239-348-9151 ext. 3
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Florida Hot Spots - by County
Birding Alachua County
Alachua County's Best
Birding Sites - Alachua Audubon
Society, P. O. Box 140464, Gainesville, FL 32614-0464
History of Birding in Alachua
County - Rex Rowan
La Chua Trail (Paynes Prairie State Preserve)
Bolen Bluff Trail (Paynes Prairie State Preserve)
Newnans Lake
San
Felasco Hammock State Preserve
Morningside Nature Center
Hague
Dairy
Chapmans Pond
Lake Alice
Goethe State Forest
Paynes Prairie –Western Section of Great FL Birding Trail
National
Wildlife Refuges in Alachua County
Bivens Arm SW Gainesville
Colclough Pond S. Gainesville owned by Florida Audubon
Lake Alice University of Florida campus
Orange Lake Florida Audubon - Orange Lake.
Tuscawilla Lake Micanopy
The Space Coast's Best Known Birding and Wildlife Sites - Indian River Audubon Society
National
Wildlife Refuges in Brevard County
Lake Wales
Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
Merritt Island National Wildlife
Refuge
St. John's National
Wildlife Refuge
Merritt Island Wildlife Association
National
Park Service in Brevard County
Canaveral National Seashore P.O. Box 6447, Titusville, FL 32782 305-867-0634
Bird Festivals
in Brevard County
Space Coast Birding &
Wildlife Festival - January 21-26 2009 - 2000 S. Washington
Ave.,
Titusville, FL 32780; Ph: 321-268-5224
Non- Profit Listings are Free!!! |
National
Wildlife Refuges in Salano County
Crystal River National
Wildlife Refuge
Egmont Key National Wildlife
Refuge
Passage key National
Wildlife Refuge
Pinellas National
Wildlife Refuge
Chassahowitzka National
Wildlife Refuge
National
Wildlife Refuges in Collier County
Corkscrew Swamp
National Audubon Sanctuary - 375 Sanctuary Road West, Naples, FL 34120;
Ph: 239-348-9151
Eagle Lakes Park and Collier County Landfill
Florida Panther National
Wildlife Refuge 3860 Tollgate Boulevard, Suite 300,
Naples, FL 34114; Ph: 941-353-8442 Fax: 941-353-8640
Birding locations in Miami-Dade and mainland Monroe County
National
Park Service in Dade County
Biscayne National Park P.O. Box 1369, Homestead, FL 33090; Ph: 305-867-0634
Everglades National Park P.O. Box 279, Homestead, FL 33030; Ph: 305-247-6211
Cedar Point part of - Great Florida Birding
Trail
Huguenot Memorial Park part of - Great Florida Birding Trail
Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park
Birding Jacksonville
Ward’s Bank/Huguenot Park
National
Monuments in Duval County
Fort Caroline NM and Theodore Roosevelt
Area
National
Preserves in Duval County
Timucuan Ecological and Historic
Preserve
Sanctuaries
in Duval County
Kingsley Plantation - Timucuan
Ecological
Historic
State Parks in Duval County
Fort George Island State Cultural
Site
Fort George Island State Cultural
Site
State Parks
in Duval County
Big Talbot Island State Park
Big Talbot Island State Park
Little Talbot Island State
Park
Little Talbot Island State
Park
Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravine Preserves
Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve
Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area
G reat Florida Birding Trail Sites
St. Joseph Penisula State Park
St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge
Tates Hell State Forest
National
Wildlife Refuges in Gulf County
St. Vincent National
Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box 447, Apalachicola, FL 32329; Ph: 850-653-8808
Fax: 850-653-9893
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Local Parks
in Highlands County
Istokpoga Park
Istokpoga Park
Lock 7 - Jaycee Park
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Prairie Bird Loops
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State
Parks in Highlands County
Highlands Hammock
State Park
Highlands Hammock State Park
Highlands Hammock State Park
Lake June-in-Winter
Scrub State Park
Lake June-in-Winter Scrub
State Park
Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State
Park
Wildlife
Management Areas in Highlands County
Hickory Hammock
Wildlife
Areas in Indian River County
Archie Carr National Wildlife
Refuge
Pelican Island National Wildlife
Refuge
Virtual Tour of
Corkscrew Swamp
National Estuarine Research
Reserve
Hickey Creek Mitigation Area
Six Mile Cypress Slough Boardwalk and Lakes Park
Babcock-Webb Wildlife Mgmt. Area
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Wildlife
Areas in Lee County
Caloosahatchee
National Wildlife Refuge
Pine Island National
Wildlife Refuge
Island Bay National
Wildlife Refuge
J.N. "Ding" Darling National
Wildlife Refuge
Matlacha Pass
National Wildlife Refuge
Birding
Tallahassee
San Luis Mission Park
Black Gum Swamp
Springhill Rd Sewage Treatment plant
Myers Park
Tom Brown Park
Tram Road Sewage Treatment plant
Lake Jackson
Lake Jackson Mounds State Archaeological Site
Alfred B. Maclay State Gardens
Lake Overstreet
Tram Rd, SE Farm Wastewater Reuse Facility
Non- Profit Listings are Free!!! |
Wildlife
Areas in Levy County
Lower Suwannee National Wildlife
Refuge
Cedar Keys c/o Lower Suwannce NWR Rt. 1 Box 1193-C, Chiefland, FL 32626;
Ph: 904-493-0238 c-3
Birding Martin County
Martin County Bird Watching Areas - Martin County Audubon Society P.O.
Box 131, Stuart, Florida 34995-0131; Ph: 561-288-2637
Wildlife
Areas in Martin County
Hobe Sound National Wildlife
Refuge
The Nature
Conservancy in Martin County
Blowing Rocks P.O. Box 3795 Tequesta, Fl. 33469
Birding locations in Miami-Dade and mainland Monroe County
Birding locations in Miami-Dade and mainland Monroe County
Wildlife
Areas in Monroe County
Florida Keys Refuge P.O. Box 510, Big Pine Key, FL 33043; Ph: 305-872-2239
Great White
Heron National Wildlife Refuge
Key West National
Wildlife Refuge
National Key Deer
Wildlife Refuge
Crocodile Lake
National Wildlife Refuge
Local Parks
in Orange County
Mead Gardens
Mead Gardens
Moss Park
Split Oak Mitigation Park
Bird Sanctuaries
in Orange County
Audubon Center for Birds of Prey
Audubon Center for Birds of
Prey
Orlando Wetlands Park
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Tibet-Butler Preserve
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Tosohatchee State Reserve
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Gatorland -
Birding Polk County
The Street/Audubon Nature
Center
Audubon's Babson Park Nature
Center
Wildlife
Areas in Volusia County
Lake Woodruff National
Wildlife Refuge
Lake Woodruff National
Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife
Areas in Wakulla County
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
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Florida Bird Watching - in General
Bird Watching in Lake County Florida Complete bird watching guide including checklist, location information, tips, and links for birding in Lake County Florida.
Birds of Sanibel
Island
Central Florida Bird Watcher's Page:
- Charles E. Blakey
Florida
Keys Wild Bird Center
The Great Florida Birding Trail
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Naples Bird
Club - Favorite Links
Pelican Harbour Seabird
Station
Pelican
Trees and Sundial - Sanibel Island - Peter Wallack
South Florida
Birding Connection.
Wildlife Viewing in Florida
- Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
National Wildlife Refuges in Florida
Archie Carr National Wildlife
Refuge
Arthur R.
Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Caloosahatchee
National Wildlife Refuge
Chassahowitzka National
Wildlife Refuge
Crocodile Lake
National Wildlife Refuge
Crystal River NWR
Egmont Key National Wildlife
Refuge
Florida Panther National
Wildlife Refuge
Great White
Heron National Wildlife Refuge
Hobe Sound National Wildlife
Refuge
Island Bay National
Wildlife Refuge
J.N. "Ding" Darling National
Wildlife Refuge
Key West National
Wildlife Refuge
Lake Wales
Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Woodruff National
Wildlife Refuge
Lower Suwannee National Wildlife
Refuge
Matlacha Pass
National Wildlife Refuge
Merritt Island National Wildlife
Refuge
National Key Deer
Wildlife Refuge
Passage Key National
Wildlife Refuge
Pelican Island National Wildlife
Refuge
Pine Island National
Wildlife Refuge
Pinellas NWR
St. John's National
Wildlife Refuge
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
St. Vincent National
Wildlife Refuge
NWR - Support Groups
Pelican Island Preservation Society
Friends of the Carr Refuge
National Park Service in
Florida
Biscayne National Park P.O. Box 1369, Homestead, FL 33090; Ph: 305-867-0634
Canaveral National Seashore P.O. Box 6447, Titusville, FL 32782; Ph:
305-867-0634
Everglades National Park P.O. Box 279, Homestead, FL 33030; Ph: 305-247-6211
Gulf Islands National Seashore 1801 Gulf Brerze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, FL
32561; Ph: 904-934-2600
The Nature Conservancy of
Florida - Preserves
Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve
Blowing Rocks P.O. Box 3795 Tequesta, Fl. 33469
The Disney Wilderness Preserve
The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt contact : Flordia Field office 1353 Palmetto
Ave. Winter Park, Fl. 32789 407-628-5887 - The Nature Conservancy
Matanzas Pass P.O. Box 2692, Ft. Myers Fl 33932; Ph: 407-575-2297- The
Nature Conservancy
Tiger Creek 225 E. Staurt Ave., Lake Wale, Fl 33853; Ph: 813-676-0521 -
The Nature Conservancy
Torchwood Hammock Preserve
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