Lake Region Audubon highly recommends a day's excur- 

 sion to Bush Gardens in Tampa, Bok Tower and Mountain 

 Lake Sanctuary in Lake Wales, Highlands Hammock State 

 Park in Sebring, Hillsboro River State Park on highway 301 

 south of Zephyrhills, Myakka River State Park near Sara- 

 sota, and the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary near Immokolee. 



Jeanne Niswonger 



ZELLWOOD, SANFORD, AND 

 WINTER PARK AREA 



ZELLWOOD MUCKLAND FARMS— (Permission 

 should be secured before driving on private farm roads.) 

 Take Route 441 to Zellwood, turn left at Apopka Road 

 one-half mile to the farms. When the farms are flooded in 

 the winter season, you may find many species of waterfowl 

 (including the migratory ducks), hawks, eagles. Sandhill 

 Cranes, pipits, blackbirds, sparrows, phoebes, robins and 

 warblers. 



HENRY LEVY PARK — At Sanford turn east on 

 Route 46 for 6 miles, then turn left at sign directing way 

 to this public park. Park is located on Mullet Lake which 

 is part of the St. John's River system. Good spot for water 

 species such as: ducks, terns, gulls. Black Skimmers, Wood 

 Ibises, White Ibises, Anhingas, Limpkins, Great Blue, Little 

 Blue and Green Herons, Snowy, and Cattle, Egrets, and 

 many small waders. Eagles are always present, as are the 

 hawks and Barred Owls. In the wooded areas look for 

 woodpeckers, gnatcatchers, kinglets, phoebes, Pine, Palm, 

 Black-and-white, Warblers, and vireos. 



WINTER PARK— Mead Gardens, at intersection of 

 Maitland Avenue and Garden Drive. Picnic tables. A fine 

 botanical garden, plus many species of winter birds. At the 

 far end of the park, around Lake Lillian look for roosting 

 herons and egrets, including Black-crowned Night Herons. 

 Other birds to look for are: Red-shouldered Hawks, Barred 

 Owls, Pileated Woodpeckers, Red-belhed, and Downy 

 Woodpeckers. Follow the woodland trails and search for 

 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Tufted Titmice, House and 

 Carolina Wrens, Hermit Thrushes, Cedar Waxwings, 

 robins, gnatcatchers, kinglets. White-eyed, and Solitary, 

 Vireos, Myrtle, Black-and-white and Palm Warblers, Bal- 

 timore Orioles, and Cardinals. The Limpkin is also found 

 in the Park. 



WINTER PARK— Rollins College Campus: Dinky 

 Dock located on the shores of Lake Virginia. Start at 

 the intersection of Holt Avenue and Interlachen Avenue, 

 proceed to the lake area, then east on the railroad to the 

 music conservatory, which is ft part of the college grounds. 

 I have found 100 species of birds in this area in the course 

 of one year. On the lake and shores: Pied-billed Grebe, 

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

 Common, and Snowy, Egrets, American, and Least, Bit- 

 terns; Ring-necked Ducks; Wood Ducks, Lesser Scaup; 

 Purple, and Common, Gallinules, Ring-billed, and Bona- 

 parte's Gulls; Forster's Terns. Along the roadside trees 

 look for: woodpeckers. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, 

 Tufted Titmice, Cedar Waxwings, robins, shrikes, vireos, 

 warblers, Baltimore Orioles, Cardinals, Indigo and Painted, 

 Buntings; Savannah, Chipping, and White-throated, Spar- 

 rows. Ira J. Weigley 



SAMUEL A. GRfMES 

 Around Lake Okecbobee has been the best area to find the 

 Glossy Ibis, also known as Black Curlew, but it may be seen 

 in any part of Florida. 



OTHER CENTRAL FLORIDA 

 AREAS 



KELLY AND ROCK SPRINGS PARK— Drive 18 

 miles northwest of Orlando on Route 441 to Apopka, then 

 north on Route 435 and follow signs to the Park. This is an 

 Orange County Pubhc Park with swimming and picnic 

 takes available. Oak, Hickory, and Slash Pines are the 

 predominant forest trees and the woodland birds to look 

 for are: hawks, eagles. Barred Owls, woodpeckers, Carolina 

 Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Carolina Wrens, mocking- 

 birds, Brown Thrashers, Hermit Thrushes, Blue-gray Gnat- 

 catchers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Cedar Waxwings, Log- 

 gerhead Shrikes, White-eyed, and Solitary, Vireos, Pine, 

 Palm, Black-and-white, Myrtle, and Yellow-throated War- 

 blers. Look for the Limpkin and otters in the spring-fed 

 stream. 



TRIMBLE PARK— Located on Lake Carlton. Take 

 Route 441 to Tangerine, then south 1 mile to Park. Picnic 

 and sandy beach area. Winter birds are a variety of ducks, 

 herons, gulls and terns. In the park look for woodpeckers, 

 thrushes, gnatcatchers, kinglets, vireos and warblers (Pine, 

 Prairie, Black-and-white, Myrtle, Palm, Warblers, Oven- 

 bird). Robins and Cedar Waxwings are common through- 

 out central Florida in winter. 



MOSS PARK ON BEAR ISLAND— From Orlando 

 drive 25 miles southeast on Route 15, then left on Wewa- 

 hoote and Bear Island Road for 10 miles to Park. Beach 

 and picnic grounds available. Look for hawks, eagles. Sand- 

 hill Cranes, and on the lake shores search for the egrets, 

 herons, and ducks and small wading birds. Woodland species 

 to look for in the winter are: woodpeckers, Brown-headed 

 Nuthatches, Pine, Prairie, Black-and-wnite, YeUow-throated, 

 and Palm, Warblers, White-eyed, and Solitary, Vireos. 

 Robins and bluebirds may be common along the roadsides. 



Ira J. Weigley 



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