 | Description | Mead Gardens, nestled in downtown Winter Park, is a well-known migrant trap in Central Florida. Visit during April migration and you never know what you’ll see. |
| Photography Advice | The longer your lens, the better chance of capturing those little migrant birds! |
| When to Go | April |
| Species Photographed (4) | Common Yellowthroat, Northern Waterthrush, Prairie Warbler, Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| Website | http://www.meadgarden.org/ |
| eBird | https://ebird.org/hotspot/L127353 |
| Google Map | Click here to view Google Map |
| Trail Map | None |
September 27, 2012 - When I was last at Mead Gardens, there were ripe berries on trees everywhere. It seems that Nature takes care of our migrants pretty well, offering them tempting food options on their journey to their winter grounds. The locals don’t mind the food, either. This Red-Bellied Woodpecker was so intent on eating his berries that […]
September 16, 2012 - Yesterday the first creature I saw when I arrived was this happy squirrel. He certainly did have his mouth full! He took his prize higher and higher into the tree to eat it.
September 15, 2012 - I went to Mead Gardens this morning to search for migrant songbirds. It was a gray morning, and as I left, the rainclouds were growing very black. I wasn’t expecting to see much, and I didn’t. There were cardinals and mockingbirds, a pair of American Redstarts, some Tufted Titmice, a Brown Thrasher, several Carolina Wrens, […]
May 5, 2012 - On the morning of the big Fort De Soto fallout, the forecast was for clouds and rain. I went over to Mead Gardens, figuring I’d get an hour of birding in if I was lucky. Mead is a local migrant hotspot, so I figured I might see some birds brought in by the winds of […]
April 11, 2010 - I keep reading about people birding at Mead Gardens in Winter Park. We went over there on a cloudy Sunday morning and were disappointed not to see a whole lot, probably because of the clouds (it rained most of the rest of the day, and the birds seem to be smart enough to know to […]