Birdwatching at Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Waystation for spring migrants and home of Brown Noddies, Dry Tortugas National Park is one of the top birding destinations in the United States
Published:
October 23, 2009
| Columnist and birder Steve Betchkal describes birdwatching in April at Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida. Located in the Gulf of Mexico 70 miles from Key West, the island park is the only place in the U.S. where Sooty Tern, Magnificent Frigatebird, Brown Noddy, and Masked Booby all nest, and it's good for Caribbean strays, but it's best known as a magnet for warblers, tanagers, buntings, and other migrating songbirds. Betchkal describes birding in and around Fort Jefferson on Garden Key and provides contact information for two ferries that service the park and for companies that offer birding tours there. |
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