duced at the pond in front of the Bailey Palm Glade. A 

 four or five mile stroll from sunrise to noon throughout this 

 whole area can be quite productive. In addition to the list 

 of 180 bird species published in 1954 {The Florida Natu- 

 ralist, XXXVII (No. 2): 5 1-56) 'the following have been 

 added: Cattle Egret, Wood Duck, Limpkin, Sora, Knot, 

 Smooth-billed Ani, Western Kingbird; Swainson's, Yellow, 

 Magnolia, and Bay-breasted Warblers; and Spotted-breasted 

 Oriole. Military Macaws from Parrot Jungle often fly 

 over, and other exotic escapees have been seen. 



SOUTH ALLAPATTAH FARMLANDS — From 

 Matheson Hammock continue southerly on Old Cutler 

 Road. At the village of Cutler, a side trip to left (east) 

 into the pine areas outside the Charles Deering Estate and 

 to the pier around the south end of the Deering wall may 

 be worthwhile. At the north edge of Franjo, turn left 

 on the road by the old gate posts out into the farmlands. 

 Go to pump house and turn right, back to Old Cutler Road. 

 Watch canal banks and fields for bird life in season. 

 Continue on Old Cutler Road to broad AUapattah Drive, 

 turn left (south) and proceed to Gould Canal, at Coconut 

 Palm Drive, turn left (east) on road along south side of 

 canal. A series of short roads lead off to the south through 

 a farming community. Western Kingbirds, Scissor-tailed 

 Flycatchers, Smooth-billed Anis, and many other species, 

 are often found in this area. Coconut Palm Drive leads 

 back west to U. S. 1 at Princeton, or one may continue 

 south on AUapattah Drive, swing to the east around the 

 Air Base and south to Maury Drive, thence west to 

 Homestead. 



THE TAMIAMI TRAIL AND LOOP ROAD— 

 S.W. 8th Street from Miami, west. Birdlife varies greatly 

 with seasons and water levels. West of intersection with 

 Florida No. 27, watch for birds. About 30 miles west of 

 Miami, the highway turns onto the new dike with very 

 wide, hard shoulders for stopping in case birds are sighted. 

 (Eventually the dike may be utilized west of Florida No. 

 27). About 40 miles from Miami, take road to left (south), 

 which beyond the picnic tables swings west into the Loop 

 Road (Florida No. 94), a rock or gravel road. Make 

 frequent stops at likely looking places for birds. After 24 

 miles this road rejoins the Tamiami Trail at Monroe Station. 

 Just west of Ochopee, the marshes to the south are the 

 most accessible habitat of the Cape Sable Sparrow. A side 

 trip to Everglades (the western gateway to the Everglades 

 National Park) and over the causeway to Chokoloskee 

 (with picnic tables west of the bridge) might be of interest. 

 Sixteen miles west of Everglades the Collier-Seminole State 

 Park invites a stop, and just beyond, Florida No. 92 leads to 

 Marco Island Beach. Just beyond the causeway and bridge, 

 a road to the left (south) leads to Goodland, where ar- 

 rangements might be made for a boat to go to the beaches 

 at Cape Romano. Marco Island Beach has been somewhat 

 spoiled by humans. At the far north end of the beach and 

 across the inlet on the northern sandpit, large flocks of 

 gulls, terns, and shore birds, are often found, including 

 the Cuban Snowy Plover. This requires walking up the 

 beach and wading the ankle deep to shoulder deep inlet, 

 depending on the tide. 



Louis A. Stimson 



FLORIDA STATE NEWS BUREAU 



The Roseate Spoonbill is the most colorful of Florida's 

 wading birds. 



RICKENBACKER CAUSEWAY— (Reached by tak- 

 ing U. S. 1 south from downtown Miami, toll 25 cents). 

 Shore birds, gulls, terns, pelicans, cormorants; waders, in- 

 cluding Great Blue, and Great White, Herons, smaller 

 herons. White Ibises, and often Roseate Spoonbills, and 

 white-phase Reddish Egrets. Best at low tide. Proceed on 

 to Virginia Key and Biscayne Key for eagles, hawks, and 

 small birds, and to Crandon Park Zoo for free exhibit of 

 exotics. 



GREYNOLDS PARK (Turn west off U. S. 1 at 

 N.E. 171st St.) Rookery of wading birds. Can be seen all 

 day during nesting from March-September. Evenings and 

 very early mornings only, fall and winter. Look to the 

 left as you enter park from U. S. 1. White, and Scarlet, 

 Ibises; Cattle, Snowy and American, Egrets; Little Blue, 

 Louisiana, Great Blue, and Green Herons; Anhingas, and 

 cormorants; coots, Florida Gallinule, and Egyptian Geese. 

 Often, Spotted-breasted Orioles. Wooded areas of park 

 are good song bird cover. 



Carter Bundy 



HIALEAH PARK AND RACE COURSE is well 

 worth a visit at any time of year. A snack-bar restaurant 

 makes a convenient lunching spot. The feature is the colony 

 of free-flying Flamingos established and nesting within the 

 racing oval. Fifty to seventy-five young are produced an- 

 nually in this flock of 350 Flamingos. To the same ponds 

 in winter come flocks of ducks including Shoveller, Blue- 

 winged Teal, and Ring-neck, as well as numbers of cor- 

 morants and gulls. The plantings of trees and shrubs on 

 the considerable acreage prove attractive to many resident 

 and wintering song birds. There have also been introduced 

 some colorful birds of the tropics, some caged, some free 

 to range about the property. An artistic aquarium housing 

 tropical fish is located in a rustic building which simulates 

 the hold of a wrecked Clipper ship. Hialeah Park is a 

 Wildlife Sanctuary established cooperatively with the Florida 

 Audubon Society. 



C. Russell Mason 



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