Florida Birding: A Guide to the Best Birding Locations In the Sunsh

I will make good use of this guide. It is well laid out for trip planning, informative, and provides practical information for birders and those interested in bird photography, listing the best months for viewing, spots for viewing within locations, availability of washrooms, etc. It is well worth the practical price, as well. Those new to the birding world will find it particularly helpful, as it saves time looking up things on websites. It would be informative for general “people” Snowbirds who migrate to Florida during the winter months, especially the East coast, for short excursions while there, even those not now interested in birding— this book may hook you into a new hobby! Thanks, Mark, for putting this together!

Florida Birding: A Guide to the Best Birding Locations In the Sunshine State Florida Birding: A Guide to the Best Birding Locations In the Sunshine StateWhat a great resource if you are serious about photographing, videographing and/or just plain viewing an almost endless variety of birds and other wildlife indigenous to oh so tropical Florida.The book is well laid out with pertinent "must know" information. It contains pictures, and most importantly detailed information including maps, location information, and a host of other needed information on 19 of the best locations in Florida to see Birds in the wild as well as other wildlife. I have viewed many of the videos produced by the Author, Mark Smith, and his photography and demeanor are very conducive to learning while having fun.I would highly recommend this book .if you want to enhance your knowledge and appreciation of birds in Florida.As a resident of Florida, I had no idea many of the locations in this book even existed. Florida Birding: A Guide to the Best Birding Locations In the Sunshine State

It's a great and informative book about some birding spots in Florida.

This book is the size of a National Geographic but with far less pages. It has some generic, common sense overviews of birding. When it finally gets into the birding locations you'll see a simple formula for each location: two barely used pages per location. One page consists of the location's location on a florida map which is useless because there's already a florida map with all the locations. Also there's a simple drawn pathway map with arrow directions (finally something useful) and some empty space for you to write down notes as if you're going to stuff this magazine sized "book" into your pocket while you're birding. The other per location page has a box with information like hours of operation, bathrooms, price of entry (which is usually in the form of "just call the place and find out yourself). Also the box gives you addresses and other things that you can find out in minutes of internet research. The rest of the page the author beats around the bush as to why the location is good. My favorite is the Shark Alley/everglades: the author offers no specifics as to why it's a place worth birding except he says some spots are "great." Failed pitch. I got excited for nothing. However the good thing the author does is he tells you which seasons are good or bad for each location and for some locations he tells you a few birds you might see. I appreciate that he disclosed a tiny tiny bit of worthy insight but because I payed $15 for this "book," I expected more, way more. I say cut out the BS and shrink it to a $1 five page pamphlet.

Not enough information, very limited