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Bird vs. Reptile in Key West

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The snake was wrapped firmly around the hawk’s tail, neck, and wings, and had enough strength to immobilize the bird but not to kill him. Key West Wildlife Center takes mostly birds, but will rescue mammals, marine mammals, and both land and sea turtles as well. It was an immature broad-wing on his first migration,” says Tom.

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Only Nine Days Until the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival!

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Herons and raptors and rails and gulls and ducks and cranes and jays and owls and alligators are all awaiting me – and you – at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. I fly in to Orlando early Tuesday morning and I will immediately head west to Tampa in search of these two countable exotics. You are going, right?

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Weddings and Birds

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She previously wrote on 10,000 Birds about birding in the Washington DC cherry blossoms. Normally when someone says “wedding,” they don’t also think “birds.” was about all the southern birds I could cross off my list! Adding a bird to the life-list and I had only been in Florida for thirty minutes! Great Egret.

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Birding at the Tip of Florida: A Bit of Everything

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It is also a good description of the birding in southernmost Florida. However, few realize how unique and how good the birding can be here. Many visitors who come through Orlando or Tampa see maybe eight or ten species on a winter trip. Magnolia Warbler is an annual winter resident in small numbers in Miami-Dade, FL. .

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Busch Gardens welcomes a baby giraffe!

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Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay welcomed a new baby female reticulated giraffe on Tuesday, December 27, 2011. Busch Gardens’ 65-acre Serengeti Plain is a naturalistic habitat featuring a diverse population of free-roaming African animals including giraffe, zebra, white rhinoceros, eland antelope and several other species of hoof stock and birds.

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The Warbler Duo of Florida’s Mangroves

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Birding Florida mangrove warbler' Petersburg area on the west coast. However, the bulk of the population breeds in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties at the southern tip of the state, particularly around the mangrove fringed coasts and islets of Florida and Biscayne Bay.

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Cute of the Day: baby giraffes

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Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay recently welcomed two more baby giraffes, bringing the herd to 17! Busch Gardens’ 65-acre Serengeti Plain is a naturalistic habitat featuring a diverse population of free-roaming African animals including giraffe, zebra, white rhinoceros, eland antelope and several other species of hoof stock and birds.

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