Florida birding in summer? (1 Viewer)

I'm going to be in Florida for about 12 days in late June/early July. The first week will be at a conference in Orlando (no car - we'll be staying near Seaworld). Then we are flying to Miami and spending 3 or 4 days driving around seeing the Everglades and maybe across to Naples or Fort Myers.

I have heard that summer is not the best time to be in Florida (are the mosquitos really that bad?), but I'd appreciate any advice on what interesting birds I am likely to see. (In this context 'interesting' is anything that doesn't live on the West coast, where I've done most of my US birding).

I've heard that Gatorland in Orlando is pretty good for birdwatching - can anyone confirm this? Given that we won't have a car in Orlando, going too far afield probably isn't possible but I'm sure I could justify going to Gatorland to soak up some of the local culture

Cheers, Koren

Koren, it is a pity that you dont have a car available in Orlando, it's only about an hour drive out to Merritt Island Wildlife refugee, which is one of my favorite spots for Florida. Florida Scrubjay, and good wetlands birds (even though I have not been there in mid summer). Do a search in this forum for Florida, there have been several recent threads about birding there.

Cheers
Niels