Birding Everglades & The Keys-South Florida bird photography Part 1-Nearly eaten by Croc!

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In Part 1 of Sparky's Florida birding adventure, he takes his Canon R5 and Canon 100-500mm lens to South Florida...IN SUMMER! Birding and bird photography stops in the South Miami, the Keys, and the Everglades include:
Brewer Park-Miami (parrot roost-Red Masked Parakeet, Chestnut-fronted Macaw)
Black Point Park & Marina (Mangrove Cuckoo, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Common Myna)
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park-Key Largo (Magnificent Frigatebird)
Big Pine Key (White-crowned Pigeon, Key Deer, Gray Kingbird, Black-whiskered Vireo)
Fort Zachary Taylor S.P.-Key West (Roseate Tern, Least Tern, Sandwich Tern, Great White Heron, Common Ground Dove)
Key West Botanical Gardens (Magnificent Frigatebird)
Flamingo Boat Launch-Everglades National Park (American Crocodile, West Indian Manatee)
Part 2 will cover Florida from Miami up to Jupiter and inland to Johnathon Dickenson State Park and more.

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@user-qw5pm6lr9d 10 ай бұрын

That's a beautiful place for birding. I've seen 214 species of birds on my life list.

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

That’s a great start! Every new bird is a treasure!

@mwerner3194 10 ай бұрын

Great Video. Very nicely done!

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Matt! You really helped me get a couple lifers :-)

@tomaskoeck 10 ай бұрын

Awesome stuff Sparky

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Tomas! Hope your major project is going well

@jameslove1092 9 ай бұрын

Hi sparky. At least you got the tern as it's your tern to make the sandwich. Get it. Great videos. Best regards from James in Scotland.

@SparkyStensaas 9 ай бұрын

Ha! Good one! Thanks for watching all the way over in Scotland, James!

@zephalu 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful area and birds in Florida and loved getting to see it without having to experience the humidity. Great video as usual.

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Zephalu! I do not miss the humidity!

@waldogarcia2605 10 ай бұрын

Nice video. Miami resident here, if you come down again Miami Springs has quite a number of different species of birds. My favorite bird is the Osprey and in the Flamingo part of Everglades National Park they have a nest where you shot the images of the crocodile, I don't know if they were there when you went. A little more northwest there is the Audubon Corkscrew Swamp that is really nice as well.

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Hi Waldo! Nice to hear from a Miami resident. I sure could’ve used more local intel for sure. I did not see osprey at Flamingo on this trip. Thanks for watching the video and part two will have my birding in the areas north and west of Miami.

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

PS I have been to Corkscrew Swamp multiple times and also love it! Just didn’t have time to get to the gulf coast on this trip. Thanks for watching the videos!

@colettejungbluth2651 10 ай бұрын

Awesome, we did a lot of the same parks last February!!

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Very cool Collette! You probably saw many of the same birds but had a few that weren’t around in summer.

@bethjohnson8287 10 ай бұрын

My sister and I are big time birders and really enjoy your videos😊 We are trying to plan a visit to the Sax Zim Bog this Nov/Dec!!!

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Hi Beth, best if you can wait until December. We don’t even open until Saturday, December 2. Of course, late December through early March is best but please come when you can!

@bethjohnson8287 10 ай бұрын

@@SparkyStensaas Thank you for letting us know, happy birding😊

@waterbuck 10 ай бұрын

I sat at that exact same table in Brewer Park waiting for the parrots. Then all at once they came roaring in, hung out in the trees for a few minutes and then moved on. If you put the heat on in the car, as your getting out, and put your camera/bins/scope in front of the vents, to warm the lenses, they won't fog up in the high humidity.

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comments waterbuck! I really do enjoy the parrots, parakeets, and macaws, even if they’re non-native. And thanks for the tip about the heat! Up here in northern Minnesota we usually have to worry about the opposite effect… Getting out of a warm car at 20 below zero :-)

@Pedro-nf2rr 10 ай бұрын

Hola: Gracias de nuevo por el video,ya sabes aprendiendo conductas y curiosidades que me sirven de mucho gracias a ti..😊

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Gracias Pedro! I love sharing natural history!

@shaunferguson8782 10 ай бұрын

That's funny when we visited the states we also used those 'cooler' bags to keep our food cold/fresh, they worked well. I think we may even still have them somewhere cos we brought them back to the UK with us.😆

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Ha! Yes, I think they would have worked much better if the temperatures had never gotten below 83°. I also brought mine home and I’ve been using them here as well.

@shaunferguson8782 10 ай бұрын

Errrmmm we had ours in Death Valley in temps of 50C@@SparkyStensaas

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

@@shaunferguson8782 wow!!

@lesliemiller3628 Ай бұрын

Come to Crystal River to see and swim with Manatees, We also have Skimmers, Limpkins and Kites, Eagles, Barred Owls, Pileated Woodpeckers along the rivers and shores.

@SparkyStensaas Ай бұрын

I would love to do that!! It is now on my list :-) thanks for the recommendation Leslie!

@anndrake492 6 ай бұрын

I have so enjoyed your birding videos! Thanks.

@SparkyStensaas 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Ann! More to come!

@shaunferguson8782 10 ай бұрын

Congrats on your 650th bird!

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Shaun! I really haven’t done as much listing since I had kids and really gotten into photography so it’s kind of fun to add up my numbers again.

@almeadows8277 10 ай бұрын

Another great video, Sparky, with a lot of nifty species, some I’ve seen, some I’ve photographed, and some I’d never heard of before. Well done.

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Al! Nifty species is right! Always fun to get to a biome that is so different from our beloved North Woods.

@paulcherry366 10 ай бұрын

Another good video Sparky. Congrats on 650. Not sure I could handle birding in Florida in the summer. Although it’s on its way to 98 degrees this afternoon at my house here in Minnesota 😀

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Paul! I won’t be birding again in Florida in summer anytime soon :-) Fortunately, the DULUTH area has avoided much of the big heat waves. East winds off the Lake have been our friend this summer.

@colombiansRul3s 9 ай бұрын

bro went to Florida and instead of going to Publix he said "whole foods, fancy one"

@SparkyStensaas 9 ай бұрын

I like both!

@FollowThomas 10 ай бұрын

Florida Keys are great area to bird. Love the White-crowned Pigeons. I remember seeing lots of them in Key Deer National Refuge. Thanks for the video, enjoyed watching 👍

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Exactly where I saw them, Thomas! Happy birding!

@173jaSon371 10 ай бұрын

Love those Halloween Pennants, super photogenic. I see a lot of those in my local swamps. Never heard of those tree snails! Pretty interesting. Nevermind the array of bird species I wasn't even aware were in America haha. And man, gotta be careful with those crocs!! They've made it this long on the planet by being resilient and highly intelligent creatures. It was likely stalking you for a long while and slowly getting closer. Probably a good thing those gentlemen warned you!

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

You are absolutely right about the crocodile! I kind of get shivers now just thinking about it. Especially stupid move on my part since I knew crocodiles were in the area. Glad you enjoyed the video and some info about the rare birds in South Florida. I agree with you about the Halloween penance as well! Thanks for watching. Part two coming soon.

@RoseGrace100 10 ай бұрын

Great video. Love the beautiful pigeons.

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Thank you RoseGrace! The pigeons are cool!

@piccadillypie 10 ай бұрын

Looks like a great trip. Awesome pics and footage. Thanks!

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Kevin! It certainly looks more comfortable than it was. The heat was downright, oppressive, and miserable.

@terryroth2855 10 ай бұрын

Good one, Sparky. Some beautiful critters there you photographed. Myself, I would probably go there in the winter. Keep up making these great videos. Most enjoyable.👍👍

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Hi Terry, April is really the best birding month but winter is very good for a lot of species as well. And a nice relief from Minnesota winter!

@jvp139 10 ай бұрын

Great to revisit some of the places I went in 2019 - I really love US birding (being British) can't wait to come back!

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

That’s fantastic JVP! You’ll probably recognize some of the sites in part two as well :-)

@andrewlamberson539 10 ай бұрын

Great video, when I was younger I spent some time in the Keys chasing Tarpon, I wish now I would have paid more attention to the birds!

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

Well, I’m sure you had some great adventures fishing as well! Thanks, Andrew.

@georgemiller2665 2 ай бұрын

Sparky - have you ever tried our home-grown 3M Ultrathon insect repellent? I've had very good luck with it in the BWCAW. Also, we used to live next to St Croix Bluffs Regional Park near Afton and you might want to consider an outing there if you haven't been yet. The location along the St Croix River just up from the Mississippi seemed to bring in quite a variety of birds.

@SparkyStensaas 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the insect repellent tip, George! I will definitely try it out. I have been to the St. River Valley, but not that specific park. I will check it out!