Florida keys bird watching vacation

It is said, and rightly too, that South Florida is the only real tropical region in all of mainland United States. Apart from green lush mangroves, manatees, bromeliads, and crocodiles, Florida a huge variety of birds including many exotic ones not seen anywhere else in the country.

Go to places around Miami and you will come across Red-whiskered Bulbul, Monk Parakeet, and Spot-breasted Oriole. Visit Okeechobee and watch for Sand hill Crane, Crested Caracara, Short-tailed Hawk, and Florida Scrub-Jay. Search for Brown-headed Nuthatch and Bachman's Sparrow in the Piney Woods and see Anhinga, Roseate Spoonbill and Snowy Plover on the Gulf Coast.

Big Cypress and the Everglades are renowned for Limpkin, Swallow-tailed Kite, Snail Kite, Gray Kingbird, White-crowned Pigeon and if you are lucky, you may even see Greater Flamingo and Shiny Cowbird. At Florida Keys you can look for Magnificent Frigate bird, Mangrove Cuckoo, Black-whiskered Vireo, Burrowing Owl, and Antillean Nighthawk.

Southwest Florida's unique environment provides a natural habitat for more than 250 species of birds. Whether you are a birding expert or simply enjoy watching a host of exotic birds, you should attend the Annual Southwest Florida Nature Festival. The annual Southwest Florida Nature Festival offers unique birding experiences, specialty field trips, and expert presentations. The field trips, including birding walks and boat tours, are partnered by Naples Botanical Garden, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Big Cypress National Preserve and Conservancy of Southwest Florida.

When considering a vacation in the Florida Keys, most people think of diving and/or other water related sports – little realizing what an exciting experience bird watching will be. Please know that some of the world's most fascinating birds flock to the Florida Keys. Many bird lovers also flock to Florida Keys, to observe birds that cannot be found anywhere else. The Florida Keys are located at the fag end of the Florida peninsula.

Conveniently situated in the Heart of the Florida Keys, Marathon is the ideal vacation destination for families, and bird enthusiasts. The Florida Keys are known to have various types of herons, egrets, cormorants, osprey, frigate birds, vultures, roseate spoonbills, bald eagles, kites, owls, hawks, stilts, brown pelicans, and white ibis and many more.

The waters around Key Largo are an ecologically fascinating place where freshwater from the Everglades mixes with the saltwater of Florida Bay. The bird diversity of this coastal landscape is due to habitat nesting, and migration.

Key Largo is home to the Dagney Johnson Hammocks Botanical State Park that is noted for their annual birding tours and lecture series customarily held in Jan., Feb., and March. At the DJHB State Park birders are likely to see breeding populations of mangrove cuckoos, white-crowned pigeons, black-whiskered vireos, and migrating warblers.

Every year, the Upper Keys is visited by many shorebirds that travel from North America and into South America - Hawks, songbirds, and shorebirds all stop on there migration south. The Keys are an important feeding and resting place for these migrating birds.

You can search online to discover the top birding locations in Florida and details about Florida Bird Clubs and Birding Organizations in Florida. You can find the Rare Bird Alert Phone Numbers for Florida. Create special bird watching destination maps of Florida before you commence your vacation.

There are many bird watching vacation organizers that will book your flights, hotels, and even car rentals, so that you can spend your time enjoying your Bird Watching undisturbed.

Enjoy Florida keys bird watching vacation where you can find the maximum number of bird varieties,also try to book Florida Villas and an amazing Orlando Villas if needed....Take a evening drive to Disney World..