Compiled by Brian Rapoza
Last updated May 24, 2026
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Recent Reports
Smooth-billed Ani
L-31W Canal, Homestead, Miami-Dade County: Last reported May 24 (eBird) Photo Directions: From US 1 and Florida’s Turnpike in Florida City, drive south to Palm Drive (SW 344 Street). Turn right and drive west 1.6 miles to SW 192 Avenue. Turn left and drive south 2 miles to SW 376 Street. Turn right and drive west 5 miles (becomes SW 392 Street) to the L-31W Canal. Walk north about 1.5 miles along the unpaved road on the east side of the canal to where the canal bends to the west. Up to three birds have been seen in marshes along the unpaved road that leads east from the bend in the canal. Map
Arctic Tern
Jupiter Inlet, Palm Beach County: Last reported May 24 (eBird) Photo Directions: From Florida’s Turnpike in Jupiter, exit at Indiantown Road (SR 706, Exit 116). Drive east 6.3 miles to Ocean Blvd. (SR A1A). Turn left and drive north 0.4 miles to Jupiter Beach Road. Turn right and drive east 0.4 miles to Ocean Trail Way. Turn left and drive north 0.4 miles to the parking area (fee, open sunrise to sunset). The bird has been seen offshore from the inlet. Map
Boynton Beach Inlet Park, Palm Beach County: Last reported May 20 (eBird) Photo Directions: From I-95 in Boynton Beach, exit at Woolbright Road (Exit 56). Drive east 1 mile to SR A1A. Turn left and drive north 2 miles to the inlet. Free parking is available at Ocean Inlet Park, just south of the inlet on SR A1A. The bird was seen flying over the inlet. Map
Neotropic Cormorant
Lennar at Crescent Ridge Pond, Davie, Broward County: Last reported May 24 (eBird) Photo Directions: From I-75, exit at Griffin Road (Exit 13). Drive east 2 miles to Flamingo Road. Turn left, then immediately right onto Orange Drive. Continue east 0.2 miles to SW 121 Terrace. The bird has been seen in the pond on the west side of SW 121 Terrace, north of Orange Drive. Map
La Sagra’s Flycatcher
Card Sound Road, Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, Key Largo, Monroe County: Last reported May 23 (eBird) Video Directions: From the intersection of Florida's Turnpike and US 1 in Florida City, continue south 1 mile on US 1 to Card Sound Road (FL 905A). Turn left and drive south, then east 16.5 miles to FL 905. The bird has been seen on the short section of FL 905A that extends east from this intersection. Map
Common Eider
Lovers Key State Park, Fort Myers Beach, Lee County: Last reported May 22 (eBird) Photo Directions: From I-75 in Bonita Springs, exit at Bonita Beach Road (CR 865, Exit 116). Drive west 12.5 miles to the park entrance (fee, open 8 AM to sunset). The bird has been seen along the beach anywhere from New Pass to Big Carlos Pass. Map
Older Reports
Red-footed Booby
Dry Tortugas National Park, Monroe County: Last reported May 16 (eBird) Photo Directions: Click here for Dry Tortugas ferry information. The bird has been seen on pilings at the north coaling dock on Garden Key or among the frigatebird colony on Long Key. Map
Common Eider
Sanibel Causeway, Lee County: Last reported May 15 (eBird) Photo Directions: From I-75 in Ft. Myers, take Alico Road (CR 840, Exit 128) west 3.6 miles to US 41 (Tamiami Trail). Turn right and drive north 2.7 miles to Gladiolus Drive (CR 865). Turn left and drive west 1.2 miles to Summerlin Road (CR 869). Turn left (flyover) and drive west 8.2 miles to the Sanibel Causeway (toll). The bird has been seen along the causeway. Map
South Florida as defined here includes the following counties: Broward, Collier, Hendry, Lee, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach. Only sightings at publicly accessible locations are listed here. Click on each county to view that county’s eBird Rare Bird Alert.
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Banner photo: White-tailed Tropicbird by Daniel Gribbin