Boyd Hill Nature Park & Lake Maggiore
Florida · Southeast
Easy
October-April
About This Location
Boyd Hill Nature Park & Lake Maggiore is a productive birding destination in Florida, with 263 species recorded on eBird. This lake and urban park habitat attracts Mourning Dove, Common Gallinule, and American Coot among many others. Mild winters attract waterfowl and sparrows, while spring and fall migration bring neotropical songbirds.
Location
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Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Cairina moschata x Anas platyrhynchos
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Mottled Duck
Anas fulvigula
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
Smooth-billed Ani
Crotophaga ani
Groove-billed Ani
Crotophaga sulcirostris
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapilla
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Mallard
Lesser Scaup
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Laughing Gull
Forster's Tern
Pied-billed Grebe
Anhinga
White Ibis
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Fish Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
European Starling
Boat-tailed Grackle
Birding Tips
- 1
Scan the water surface methodically for diving ducks, loons, and grebes.
- 2
Check the shoreline and mudflats for shorebirds and wading birds.
- 3
Check for wintering sparrows in brushy edges from November through February.
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