. Where to find birds and enjoy natural history in Florida. Birds. FORT PIERCE AREA A drive across South Bridge to the inlet and ocean, with stops en route, will usually produce a variety of the larger waders, shore birds, gulls, and terps. Common Loons and Horned Grebes are fairly regular in winter. Magnificent Frigatebirds can frequently be seen, especially when fish are running, and thousands of pelicans, cormorants, and other birds, are feeding. A similar short trip over North Bridge is recommended. In bad weather, when few people are about. North Beach is a favorite resting place for gull
. Where to find birds and enjoy natural history in Florida. Birds. FORT PIERCE AREA A drive across South Bridge to the inlet and ocean, with stops en route, will usually produce a variety of the larger waders, shore birds, gulls, and terps. Common Loons and Horned Grebes are fairly regular in winter. Magnificent Frigatebirds can frequently be seen, especially when fish are running, and thousands of pelicans, cormorants, and other birds, are feeding. A similar short trip over North Bridge is recommended. In bad weather, when few people are about. North Beach is a favorite resting place for gulls and terns. Watch for a few Sandwich Terns among the large numbers of commoner SAMUEL A. GRIMES The Carolina Wren is one of the most vociferous of its family, and nests regularly about buildings and in unexpected places. In the southwestern part of Fort Pierce, north of Virginia Avenue, and between South 23 rd and South 25 th Streets, there is an ojjen woods, the home of the Hairy Woodpecker, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Pine Warbler, Bachman's Spar- row, and other birds. Indian River Drive, south of Fort Pierce, overlooks the Indian River from the top of a rather high bank. Watch for places to park safely in order to scan the shore, sand bars, and mud flats for waders, large and small. The brushy banks and wooded lots harbor many land birds. Five miles south of the center of town, Midway Road runs inland. About three-fourths of a mile west of the river, just before Midway Road angles left, there is a place to stop while you walk a short distance to the top of a dike overlooking the savannah. Look for Pied-billed Grebes, large waders (including both bitterns). King Rails, and an occasional Limpkin. Because many of the best localities are under private ownership, the visiting birder should also consult the tele- phone book and get in touch with the following "Audu- bonites" and like-minded people: Mrs. Sawyer Lennard, Mrs. Horace Vick, Sam Hardwick, Mrs. Nick Pant
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