Florida Specialties

Spot-breasted Orioles were first seen around 1948 in the Miami area.  Their numbers grew to where they were fairly common.  In 2010 we had freezing temperatures in South Florida, which [...]

Ezekiel Dobson is doing a Big Year in the lower 48 states of the U.S.  He is winding down with only two weeks left to go.  I was able to [...]

Mangrove Cuckoo is one of the most sought after species in Florida. South Florida is the only state where you can find Mangrove Cuckoos. It’s an awesome species to see! [...]

Many birdwatchers, both locals and visitors, often struggle to distinguish between the Antillean Nighthawk and the Common Nighthawk. The differences between the two species are subtle, but in my [...]

I saw two Solar Eclipses, one on April 8, 2024, and the other on August 21, 2017.  The first one was near Clemson University in South Carolina, and the [...]

My friends George and Sherry wanted me to try and find them Orange-winged Parrots.  The natural range of Orange-winged Parrots is from Northern South America south to the middle [...]

Burrowing Owl, Black-whiskered Vireo, and Antillean Nighthawk were today's main target birds.  I guided Jim from Massachusetts to see some target birds toward his goal of reaching 600 species.  [...]

My friends George and Sherry asked if I could find them White-eyed Parakeets, I said sure and we set a date to search for them.  George and Sherry met [...]

I was able to take clients birding from California to see some great South Florida birds.  They wanted Shiny Cowbird and Black-whiskered Vireo as well as the chance to [...]

I took a family from Austria to see four key pineland specialty birds.  We were able to find Red-cockaded Woodpeckers, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Bachman's Sparrow as well as the endemic [...]