. Where to find birds and enjoy natural history in Florida. Birds. • SAMUEL A. GRIMES The Reddish Egret is one of the most amusing of the herons to watch. HOMESTEAD While many visitors head quickly for Everglades National Park to enjoy the bird and plant life of the sub-tropics, there are many country roads about Homestead and nearby towns such as Naranja where interesting species of birds may be found in the proper season. Common resident birds of the region include Mocking- birds, Cardinals, Ground and Mourning Doves, Meadow- larks, Quail, Screech and Barred Owls. Smooth-billed Anis have inc
. Where to find birds and enjoy natural history in Florida. Birds. • SAMUEL A. GRIMES The Reddish Egret is one of the most amusing of the herons to watch. HOMESTEAD While many visitors head quickly for Everglades National Park to enjoy the bird and plant life of the sub-tropics, there are many country roads about Homestead and nearby towns such as Naranja where interesting species of birds may be found in the proper season. Common resident birds of the region include Mocking- birds, Cardinals, Ground and Mourning Doves, Meadow- larks, Quail, Screech and Barred Owls. Smooth-billed Anis have increased in recent years and may be found in many locahties, including the area about the Country Club on Route 27 just north of Homestead. Nighthawks and Chuck- will's-widows are commonly heard in summer, and some "Chucks" stay through the winter. The Spotted-breasted Oriole has spread from Miami south to Homestead. Painted and Indigo Buntings are plentiful at feeding stations through the winter. The observer should keep careful watch for wintering Scissor-tailed Flycatchers and Western Kingbirds. In migration season, the ficus trees may be well filled with warblers and vireos. A few Ruby-throated Humming- birds spend the winter feeding about Hibiscus and Malvavis- cus. Bobolinks pass through the area spring and fall in large .flocks. This is the farthest south in Florida to find Purple Martins nesting. There are two colony houses in Home- stead proper, one erected by the South Dade Audubon Society at 8th Street and Krome Avenue, another on Hood's Department Store Because of the variation in the seasons, it is recommended that visitors get in touch with some of the active members of the South Dade Audubon Society, who will be glad to furnish up to the minute reports on birds to be found around Homestead. Joseph N. Grant MIAMI AREA MIAMI BAYFRONT PARK—East of Biscayne Bou- levard between 5th and 2nd Sts. Any visitor at any of the Miami downtown hotels migh
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