Birding Opportunity

With such diverse habitats provided by the Mountains, seacoast, estuaries, rivers, streams and lakes, the Florence/Mapleton area is a birdwatchers dream. This environment provides the setting for unique bird watching opportunity. Over 40 established trails provide easy bird watching opportunity or one may meander through your own path saltwater estuaries or freshwater lagoons or walk the boardwalk on “Lagoon Trail”. Some of the bird sighting opportunities are listed here:

• Tundra Swan
• Marsh Wren
• Canada Goose
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Sanderling
• Long-billed Curlew
• Dunlin
• Least Sandpiper
• White-tailed Kite
• Northern Harrier
• Violet-green Swallow
• Downy Woodpecker
• Yellow, Townsend's and Hermit Warblers
• Great Horned Owl
• Great Egret
• Great Blue Heron
• American Bittern
• Green Heron
• Virginia Rail
• Cinnamon Teal
• Common Yellowthroat
• Common Merganser
• Belted Kingfisher

One may visit:
http://birdwatching.winchesterbay.org/index.html or
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_nra/or/bir_dune.htm