Boyd Hill Park, 2/25/2012
Osprey On Saturday morning we decided to visit Boyd Hill Park. I had read that the park was designed to support multiple habitats, and we had heard that there was good birding there. Now I have to say that I love the idea of the park. The path leads you to different sections that highlight different Florida ecosystems. There's a Sand Scrub area, a Pine Flatwoods area, and an Oak Pine Hammock area, as well as Swamp, Marsh, and Lake areas. There were covered pavilions and water stations at the trail heads for each of these habitats with informative signage to describe what you're about to see. I loved that. Royal Tern Common Moorhen Unfortunately, the birds were not there in any great numbers. I was surprised by how little I heard or saw. I stayed there from about 7:30 to about noon, just waiting for things to pick up, but they never did. There were some highlights, though. We saw an Osprey nest, and one of the pai...