PRIVATE GUIDING with Paddy Cunningham

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1 PRIVATE GUIDING with Paddy Cunningham Target Species OR DESTINATIONS DESTINATION BIRDING YOU PICK the PLACES and we will find as many bird species as POSSIBLE in that area. TARGET SPECIES YOU PROVIDE the TARGET SPECIES and the DAY is designed to find as many birds on your list in a variety of parks and urban areas areas. Destinations with Targets TRAVEL to a few TOP HOT SPOTS to FIND as MANY of your TARGETS BIRDS as possible.

2 A GUIDING SERVICES YOU LEARN THE I.D. Intense Birding in a relaxed pace Guiding Services Daily Rate-$300 for 2 persons $50 per ex.person (up to 4 total) at least 8 hours, Gas $50 Includes-expert instruction, cooler, transportation, bottled water, checklists, park fees at least 50 species on full day Also available-binoculars, bug spray, bird field guides, sunscreen, PICNIC LUNCH-$10 per person if requested (when in a park) Half day-$150 for 2 persons $25 per ex.person (up to 4 total) 4 hours (each additional hour-$50 hr.)- can limit destination choices GAS-$25 B C

3 A GUIDE SHOULD BE RATED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF BOTH BIRDS AND ON THEIR EFFORT AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS. YOU CAME OUT VERY WELL ON ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS. Al & Sandy Kolak A B D TARGET SPECIES Black-bellied Whistling Duck Fulvous Whistling Duck American Bittern Reddish Egret Roseate Spoonbill Wood Stork Snail Kite White-tailed Kite Short-tailed Hawk Crested Caracara C Sora Red-cockaded Woodpecker Lesser Nighthawk Red-whiskered Bulbul Whip-poor-will Common Myna Western Kingbird Hill Myna Limpkin Gray Kingbird Wilson s Plover Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Cuban Yellow Warbler Purple Galinule Purple Swamphen Sandhill Crane Whooping Crane White-crowned Pigeon Black-whiskered Vireo Florida Scrub Jay White-winged Parakeet Cave Swallow (Caribbean race) Mitred Parakeet Great-horned Owl Brown-headed Nuthatch Burrowing Owl 3 Prairie Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Painted Bunting Shiny Cowbird Bronzed Cowbird Spot-breasted Oriole

4 BROWARD HOT SPOTS HALF DAY-Brian Piccolo, Long Key Nature Center Chapel Trail Wetlands TARGET BIRDS-Burrowing Owl, Great Horned Owl, Purple Swamp Hen PALM BEACH Wetlands HALF DAY or FULL DAY-Green Cay & Wacadahachee Wetlands, Full day- Loxahachee, Okeeheelee, other sites. TARGET BIRDS-Painted Buntings, Sora, Limpkin, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Purple Galinule CORKSCREW & SNAKE ROAD Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Snake Road, Central Prairies, Deer Fence Road, TARGET BIRDS-Crested Caracara Sandhill Crane, Wild Turkey, Limpkin, Barred Owl, Yellow- Crowned and Black-crowned Night Heron, Painted Bunting, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher POSSIBLE DESTINATIONS EVERGLADES & LUCKY HAMMOCK Lucky Hammock, Everglades National Park, Visitor Center, Anhinga Trail, Gunbo Limbo Trail, Research Road, Long Pine Key, Mahogony, Hamoock Paurotis Pond, Mrazek Pond, Flamingo, LUCKY HAMMOCK-Lesser Nighthawk, Whippoorwill, Swainson s Hawk, Yellow-breasted Chat, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Barred Owl, Grasshopper Sparrow, EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK- Bald Eagle, Short-tailed Hawk, American Bittern, Roseate Spoonbill, Wood Stork, Purple Gallinule, Marbled Godwit, Black Skimmer, Reddish Egret, Shiny Cowbird, American Crocodile UPPER KEYS Card Sound, John Dagney Park, Upper Keys Wildlife Center, Lucky Hammock TARGET BIRDS-Whitecrowned Pigeon, Cuban Yellow Warbler, Blackwhiskered Vireo, Mag.Frigate. Bill Baggs/Crandon TARGET BIRDS-Lesser Black back Gull, Piping Plover, Wilson s Plover, Peregrine Falcon, LaSagra Flycatcher, warblers, shorebirds South Dade Exotics Baptist Hospital, Cutler Wetlands, AD Barnes, Dump Marsh, Blackpoint, Matheson TARGET BIRD-Common Myna, Hill Myna, Redwhiskered Bulbul, Parakeets, Spot Breasted Oriole, Shorttailed Hawk & more A B

5 (item # XXXX) $ Dave & Sue Hagen You made our birding trip more meaningful than one can imagine. all of them, a Great Adventure. Bruce & Kincey Potter IT WAS OUTSTANDING Nancy Russo It was an amazing adventure. As a beginning birder, I now realize what a special day we had with the warbler fallout. I added 7 life birds that day. Linda Humphries, Pres. Audubon of the Everglades You are the best birding instructor I have ever had. Gayle Schmidt, Pres, Calusa Bird Club. I loved this weekend and all the things you have to say about birds. Dr. Joel Slazmann, Switzerland I love your passion and enthusiasm. 5 Bob & Jean Spitzer You are such a great leader. Wow what a time we had with you and the good individual care you gave us. Thanks for a very good day. Barbara Dewit If you haven t birded with Paddy before you are in for a treat. Dr. Patty Born Thanks so much for the great birding adventure. I had a great time and learned so much. I can t wait for the next trip.

6 Thank you so much for your generous lessons and for sharing you staggering knowledge with us. We all had a great time. I know I imposed upon you a lot about other things as well as birds (snakes, plants) and I appreciate your patience and humor. Here s to Birding Adventure Barbara Dix BIRDING ADVENTURES PADDY CUNNINGHAM EXPERT GUIDE birdpaddy@yahoo.com (754) Plunkett St. Hollywood, Fl Weekends & Holidays