Add to your “Birding List” Birders come from all over to add birds to their official “life list.” Just a few of the more than 300 bird species that have been recorded in Polk County are: AMERICAN AVOCET AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN ANHINGA BALD EAGLE BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK BLACK-NECKED STILT BROWN THRASHER BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH CRESTED CARACARA EASTERN BLUEBIRD FLORIDA BURROWING OWL FLORIDA SCRUB-JAY GLOSSY IBIS GREAT HORNED OWL HAIRY WOODPECKER KING RAIL LEAST BITTERN LIMPKIN MOTTLED DUCK NORTHERN FLICKER PINE WARBLER PURPLE GALLINULE RED SHOULDERED HAWK ROSEATE SPOONBILL RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD SANDHILL CRANE SNAIL KITE SWALLOW-TAILED KITE WOOD STORK For more information about birding hot spots and the Great Florida Birding Trail visit MyFWC.com. Circle B Bar Reserve The Nature Conservancy’s Disney 29 Wilderness Preserve — Kissimmee The 11,500-acre preserve is home to more than 1,000 species of plants and animals. Explore rejuvenated longleaf pine forest, cypress swamp, freshwater marsh, scrub, flatwoods and oak hammocks. Allow at least two hours for hiking the trail (not including stops). 2700 Scrub Jay Trail MAP GRID ��I-5�� Nature.org/DisneyPreserve 407-935-0002 Tiger Creek Preserve — Babson Park 30 Visitors can explore 8 miles of trails carved through the 4,778-acre sanctuary at the edge of Florida’s oldest landmass. The Preserve boasts one of the highest concentrations of threatened and endangered plants and animals in the country. 674 Pfundstein Rd. MAP GRID ��H-9�� Nature.org 863-635-7506 Upper Hillsborough 31 Tract — Zephyrhills Hikers and cyclers can enjoy more than 7 miles of trails that run throughout some of the park’s most beautiful sites of slash, longleaf pine flatwoods, palmetto and gallberry and swamps. The river makes canoeing, ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ From U.S. 98 N., C.R. 54 west across railroad tracks, entrance on left. MAP GRID ��A-3�� SWFWMD.State.FL.US/Recreation 800-423-1476 Walk-in-Water Tract at Lake 32 Wales Ridge State Forest — Frostproof The state forest covers 26,579 acres and provides habitat for 24 plants and 19 animals currently having federal or state status as threatened or endangered. Take advantage of 12.2 miles of equestrian trails and more than 50 miles of hiking trails. C.R. 630 E.,6 miles east of U.S. Hwy 27 MAP GRID ��H-9�� FreshFromFlorida.com 863-635-8589 Flor ida Scrub- Jay VisitCentralFlorida.org | 43
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