Birds, Butterflies & Dragonflies

Dragonflies (like this one photographed in the park) are indicators of a healthy eco-system.

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The Timucuan Preserve has many great places to look for birds, butterflies, and dragonflies. The observation platform in the Theodore Roosevelt Area is a favorite spot for bird enthusiasts. Shorebirds are often seen in the marshes and beaches near Fort George Island. Butterflies can often be spotted in the spring at the Kingsley Plantation garden.

Florida is home to more than a 150 species of odonates belonging to three families of damselflies and six families of dragonflies. They can be seen near any body of water or running stream, often sitting in sunspots breaking through the forest canopy along a river or pond, or patrolling the water's edge. Some species can be found in open fields far away from water while searching for prey or while migrating. Learn more from the University of Florida Entomology Department.

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hello i'm isaiah scott from ike's birding hikes and today i'm bird watching at talbot island state park of timucuan preserve i saw so many wading and shorebird species here and actually this is my first time seeing the american avset and the american avset is a migratory shorebird that's a little bit bigger than a chicken but they have very long legs and a long bill which is slightly curved upwards at the tip and that is used to swiftly catch shrimp and aquatic vertebrates in the sand in the mud and they would actually paddle around with their legs and pink in the sand with their bow

so these birds right here are put in mergansers which is a beautiful waterfowl species the male has a black face with a beautiful white hood and given the name pudding

and the females are dull brown and they also have a hood on their head as well and they're one of the wintering waterfowl here along the uh coast of florida this beautiful species it looks like they're uh going under and feeding on small fish aquatic invertebrates and other prey that they could find so really beautiful

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1 minute, 43 seconds

The boardwalk on Talbot Island offers a great opportunity for bird watching. Here Isiah Scott takes us on a short birding journey through the area.

 

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  Birding at Mount Cornelia

  Join birder Isiah Scott on a bird watching adventure through Timucuan Preserve. This stop is on Fort George Island's Mount Cornelia.

  Duration:

  2 minutes, 42 seconds

 

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  Gullah Geechee Birds at Kingsley Plantation

  Learn about birds significant to the Gullah Geechee community with Isiah Scott as he tours Kingsley Plantation.

  Duration:

  2 minutes, 21 seconds

 

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  Birding at Round Marsh

  Birder and Instagram personality Isiah Scott takes visitors on a birding tour through Timucuan Preserve.

  Duration:

  2 minutes, 38 seconds

 

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  Bird Watching in the Theodore Roosevelt Area

  Continue our birding tour with Isiah Scott through Timucuan Preserve.

  Duration:

  3 minutes, 1 second