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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zackiedawg" data-source="post: 3669338" data-attributes="member: 88126">Many thanks all.  Good to hear all the ways people would have handled it themselves, with most taking the same road as I (I won't call one road 'high' or the other 'low' - just different!).Indeed, for the most part the mid-identifications will be figured out on e-bird, though as some pointed out, some of the IDs were actually possible at this site, just not at all common (golden winged warbler, orange-crowned warbler & sharp shinned hawk would all be birds occurring in this area, but rare spottings - Nashville warbler would be much more rare here).  So there might be a few people hoping to spot such a bird after reading e-bird - I guess the worst that happens is they don't find it...but there are so many birds down here this time of year, a trip to these wetlands will never be disappointing.And fortunately, no guns at these wetlands...at least none you know about!  I've been to some of the western wetlands in Florida and there are as many hunters as photographers...so you best not hide down low in the brush trying to sneak up on a bird...in those areas, you stand tall and loud and wear very bright colors!</blockquote>