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Birds

With hundreds of native birds and many more that migrate through, Florida is a bird-lover’s paradise! Here are some of the birds you might encounter at Madera:

 
sandhill crane

Sandhill crane
Grus canadensis

Photo: South Florida Water Management District.

 

 Pileated woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
 
Photo: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

 

 Great-crested flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Photo: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Tufted titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
 
Photo: South Florida Water Management District.

 

 Barred owl
Strix varia

Carolina chickadee
Poecile carolinensis
Photo: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Red-shouldered hawk
Buteo lineatus		 Photo: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Northern cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
 
Photo: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Carolina wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus		 Photo: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Ruby-throated hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
 
     

 

Birdwatching in Florida

The Great Florida Birding Trail is 2000-mile trail that connects existing and new bird watching sites throughout Florida.

For a complete list of bird, identification tips, photos, songs, and natural history, check out the Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter (USGS).

Interested in monitoring birds?
What types of birds are visiting your yard and neighborhood? The Florida Bird Monitoring Program, developed by the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation’s Extension office, lets you track which birds are occurring in your yard and neighborhood over time. Compare your survey results with other people’s and discuss suggestions about how to improve neighborhoods for birds.

 
 
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