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Compiled by Brian Rapoza
Last updated April 12, 2026

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Recent Reports

Smooth-billed Ani

L-31W Canal, Homestead, Miami-Dade County: Last reported April 12 (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 along the unpaved road that leads east from the bend in the canal. Map

Black Noddy

Garden Key, Dry Tortugas National Park, Monroe County: Last reported April 12 (eBird) Photo Directions: Click here for Dry Tortugas ferry information. The bird has been seen with Brown Noddies on pilings at the north coaling dock. Map

La Sagra’s Flycatcher

Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, Key Largo, Monroe County: Last reported April 12 (eBird) Photo 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. Turn right and drive south 0.9 miles to Old State Road 905 (fee, closed to vehicular traffic). The bird has been seen along this road, just past the first bench. Map

Tropical Kingbird

  • Belle Glade Marina and Torry Island, Palm Beach County: Last reported April 12 (eBird) Photo Directions: From SR 80 in Belle Glade, drive west 3.6 miles on CR 717 to the marina and campground. The bird has been seen around the observation tower. Map

  • L-31W Canal, Homestead, Miami-Dade County: Last reported April 11 (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 L31W 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. The bird has been seen near the bend in the canal. Map

  • Harold Campbell Public Use Area, STA 3/4, Palm Beach County: Last reported April 11 (eBird) Photo Directions: From I-75 in Broward County, exit at US 27 (Exit 23). Drive north 15 miles to Holey Land Road, immediately south of the Palm Beach County line. Turn left and drive west 5.5 miles to the entrance to Harold Campbell Public Use Area (no fee, open Friday-Monday from sunrise to sunset). Turn right and drive north to the parking area and boat ramp. The bird has been seen around the parking area and pedestrian bridge. Map

  • Everglades/Holey Land/Rotenberger Wildlife Management Areas, Broward/Palm Beach County: Last reported April 11 (eBird) Photo Directions: From I-75 in Broward County, exit at US 27. Drive north 15 miles to Holey Land Road, immediately south of the Palm Beach County line. Turn left and drive west 14.6 miles to the Miami Canal. The bird has been seen around the water control structure at this location. Map

  • Everglades Holiday Park, Broward County: Last reported April 9 (eBird) Photo Directions: From I-75, exit at Griffin Road ( 13). Drive west 5.7 miles to the park entrance (no fee, open sunrise to sunset). Up to two birds have been seen around the water control structure east of the park entrance. Map

Lazuli Bunting

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Collier County: Last reported April 12 (eBird) Photo Directions: From I-75 in Naples, exit at Immokalee Road (County Road 846, Exit 111). Drive east 15.2 miles to Sanctuary Road. Turn left and drive 1.5 miles to the entrance (fee, open 7:00AM to 5:30PM, wheelchair accessible). The bird has been seen at the visitor center feeders. Map

Groove-billed Ani

L-31W Canal, Homestead, Miami-Dade County: Last reported April 11 (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. The bird has been seen along the unpaved road that leads east from the bend in the canal. Map

Neotropic Cormorant

Cutler Wetlands, Miami-Dade County: Last reported April 11 (eBird) Photo Directions: From Florida's Turnpike, exit at SW 112 Avenue (Exit 9). Drive north to Coconut Palm Drive (SW 248 Street). Turn right and drive east 1.5 miles to SW 97 Avenue. Turn left and drive north 1.2 miles to the wetlands parking area on the west side of SW 97 Avenue. The bird has been seen at the wetland on the opposite side of 97 Avenue from the parking area or at Long-billed Dowitcher Lake, located north of this wetland. Map

Common Eider

Sanibel Causeway, Lee County: Reported April 6 (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 was seen along the causeway. Map

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Sem-Chi Rice Mill, Palm Beach County: Last reported April 6 (eBird) Photo
Directions: From Florida’s Turnpike in West Palm Beach, exit at Southern Boulevard/SR 80. Drive west 13.5 miles to CR 880. Turn left and drive west 4 miles to Atlantic Mill Road. Turn left and drive 0.7 miles to the rice mill. Several birds have been seen around the mill. Please bird from the road and don't trespass onto the mill property. Map

Older Reports

Common Eider

Lovers Key State Park, Fort Myers Beach, Lee County: Last reported April 3 (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

Field Sparrow

Marsh Trail, Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Palm Beach County: Last reported April 3 (eBird) Photo Directions: From Florida’s Turnpike, exit at Atlantic Avenue (FL 806, Exit 81). Drive west 2 miles to US 441. Turn right and drive north 3 miles to Lee Road. Turn left and drive west to the entrance (fee, open sunrise to sunset). The parking area for the Marsh Trail is the first left after the entrance station. The bird has been seen on the east side of the trail leading south from the parking area, along the edge of the Bedner’s Farm property. 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.

Click here for locations to see regularly occurring south Florida specialties. Click here for directions to those locations. 

Banner photo: White-tailed Tropicbird by Daniel Gribbin

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