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| Florida Accommodation in Florida |
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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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| Colorado Tourist Attractions in Florida |
| Wildlife Art Galleries & Artists in Florida |
Big Cypress Gallery 52388 Tamiami
Trail, HC 61 Box 16, Ochopee, FL 34141; Ph: 941-695-2428, 888-999-9113
Fax: 941-695-2670
The
Birds of America, by John James Audubon -Historical Museum of Southern
Florida, 101 West Flagler St.,
Miami, Florida 33130; Ph: 305-375-1492
Chris Dixon Box 380173,
Murdock, Florida 33948; Ph / Fax 888-700-8528
Janet N. Heaton 1169 Old
Dixie Hwy. , Lake Park, FL 33403; Ph: 1.561.844.3415 Fax: 1-561-844-6168
Peter Wallack Photography
Ross Warner Photography
White
Bear Editions 24 Dockside Lane, P.M.B. 375, Key Largo, FL 33037
Other Art Galleries
Snow Goose Gallery 9693 Gerwig Lane, Columbia, MD 21046; Ph: 410-290-6400
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
Alva Hardwoods 7307 State Road 80W Alva FL. 33920; Ph: 888-894-6229
Dust Bee Gone 226 Palmacea Road,
Fort Myers, Florida 33905; Ph: 941-694-3627
M S Tisdale 25000 SW 207th Avenue, Hemestead, FL 33031; Ph: 305-248-0593
Read Tool Design & Manufacturing P. O. Box 941, Monticello, FL 32345;
Ph: 904-997-4980
Rex Art 2263 SW 37 Avenue, Miami,
FL 33145; Ph: 305-445-1413 Fax: 305-445-1412
Wood Carvers Supply, Inc.
PO Box 7500 Englewood FL. 34295-7500; Ph: 800-284-6229 941-698-0329
| 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 809 Walkerbilt Road, Suite #4Naples, FL 34110;
Ph: 800-865-2473 Fax: 941-596-1637
Florida Cooperative Extension Service Institute of Food and Agricultural
Sciences University of Florida, Gainesville
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 811 South
Palm Ave., Sarasota FL 34236; Ph: 941-366-5731 Fax: 941-366-9807
The
St. Petersburg Audubon Society On-line Store 1145 First St. NE, St.
Petersburg FL 33701-1809
A Bird's World - 1,000's of Products for Wild Birds including Houses, Feeders & Baths from ABirdsWorld.com!
| Bird Books of Florida |


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
| Bird Checklists of Flordia |
| Bird Festivals in Flordia |
January
Big "0" Birding Festival - January - P.O. Box 1003, Moore Haven, Florida, 33471; Glades/Hendry Region - Florida;
Ph: P: 863-946-0300 - places to stay
xxxxxx Everglades Birding Festival - January 14-19 2009 vergll xxx
xxxxxx Fourth 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 21-26 2009- 2000 S. Washington Ave.,
Titusville, FL 32780; Ph: 321-268-5224 or 800-460-2664 - places to stay
February
Orlando
Wetlands Park Festival - February - Orlando Wetlands Park
near the Ft. Christmas Park in Christmas, Florida
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Ph: 407-568-1706
- places to stay
March
Pelican
Island Wildlife Festival - March 8 2008- Pelican Island Preservation Society
P.O. Box 190,
Sebastian, FL 32978-1903;
Event Info:772-564-0540
- places to stay
April
Chinsegut Birding & Wildlife Festival - Chinsegut Nature Center -April 11-12 2008
Florida's First Coast Birding & Nature Fest - April 10-13 2008 -Contact: The St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra & the Beaches Visitors &
Convention Bureau 88 Riberia St., Ste 400 St. Augustine, FL 32084; Ph: 800.418.7529 - places to stay
Goby Fest - April 5 2008 - St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park WW Ranch Road at CR512 1 mile east of I-95, Exit 156 Sebastian FL 32958
Pinewoods Bird Festival - April 11-13 2008 - Pebble Hill Plantation
Wakulla Birding and Wildlife Festival - April 3-5 2008 - Wakulla Springs State Park and Lodge, 550 Wakulla Park Drive,
Wakulla Springs, FL 32327; Ph: 850-224-5950 Fax: 850-561-7282
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
October
The Florida Panhandle Birding and Wildflower Festival - October - The St. Joe Wildlife Sanctuary - Port St. Joe
Ph: 850-229-9464 - places to stay
Florida Keys Birding & Wildlife Festival - October - 30233 Pine Way, Big Pine Key, FL. Ph: 305-872-2239. - places to stay
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
Migratory Bird Festival - November - Ponce Inlet -
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 Dept. of Biological
Science Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-1100 Ph: 850-644-5091
Fax: 850-644-9829
The Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission
Merritt Island Wildlife Association
The International Osprey Foundation
P.O. Box 250, Sanibel Island, FL. 33957-0250
Wildlife Foundation of Florida,
Inc. Post Office Box 11010, Tallahassee, FL 32302; Ph:
850-922-1066
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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| Bird Watching in Florida! |
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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
Bird Festivals
in Alachua County
Suwannee River
Naturefest - March - Gainsville, Florida.- Florida Park Service 11650
NW 115 Street,
Chiefland, FL 326326; Ph: 352/493-6736 Fax: 493-6089
Non- Profit Listings are Free!!! |
Bay
County Audubon Society
P.O. Box 1182, Panama City, Florida 32402; Ph: 850-785-9357
or 871-1736
The Space Coast's Best Known
Birding and Wildlife Sites - Indian
River Audubon Society PO Box 1741; Ph Cocoa, FL 32922
National
Wildlife Refuges in Brevard County
Lake Wales
Ridge National Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box 6504, Titusville, FL
32782; Ph: 321-861-0667 Fax: 321-861-1276
Merritt Island National Wildlife
Refuge P.O. Box 6504, Titusville, FL 32782; Ph: 321-861-0667
Fax: 321-861-1276
St. John's National
Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box 6504, Titusville, FL 32782; Ph: 321-861-0667
Fax: 321-861-1276
Merritt Island Wildlife Association;
P.O. Box 6504, Titusville, FL 32782-6504; 321-861-0667
National
Park Service in Brevard County
Canaveral National Seashore P.O. Box 6447, Titusville, FL 32782 305-867-0634
Bird Festivals
in Brevard County
Welcome
Back Songbirds Festival - April - Merritt Island National Wildlife
Refuge 321-861-0667, or Joni Ellis 352-955-6588 Chinsegut Nature Center
Space Coast Birding &
Wildlife Festival - January - 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 1502 Southeast Kings Bay Drive, Crystal
River, FL 34429; Ph: 352-563-2088 Fax:
352-795-7961
Egmont Key National Wildlife
Refuge 1502 Southeast Kings Bay Drive,
Crystal River, FL 34429; Ph: 352-563-2088 Fax: 352-795-7961
Passage key National
Wildlife Refuge 1502 Southeast Kings Bay Drive,
Crystal River, FL 34429; Ph: (352) 563-2088 Fax: 252-795-7961
Pinellas National
Wildlife Refuge 1502 Southeast Kings Bay Drive, Crystal River,
FL 34429; Ph: 352-563-2088 Fax: 252-795-7961
Chassahowitzka National
Wildlife Refuge 1502 Southeast Kings Bay Drive,
Crystal River, FL 34429; Ph: 352-563-2088 Fax: 352-795-7961
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
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 The Nature Conservancy
222 S. Westmonte Dr.,
Suite 300
Altamonte Springs, FL 32714;
Ph: 407-682-3664
Fax: 407-682-3077
Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve 350 Carroll St.,
Eastpoint, FL 32328; Ph: 850-670-4783, SC: 771-4057 Fax: 850-670-4324
Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area
G reat Florida Birding Trail Sites Great Florida Birding Trail Manager
620 S. Meridian Street
Tallahassee, FL; 32399-1600 Ph: 850-922-0664,
Fax: 850-488-1961
St. George Island State Park
St. Joseph Penisula State Park
St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box 447,
Apalachicola, FL 32329; Ph: 850-653-8808,
Fax: 850-653-9893
Tates Hell State Forest
Where to stay - St. George
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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Non- Profit Listings are Free!!! |
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
Hickory Hammock