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Florida visit

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Posted by Richard Hahn on April 26, 2012 at 9:23 PM
Good evening. My girlfriend & I are going to be in the Fort Lauderdale area May 24 - June 1. Does any one have suggestions on where to go to see wildlife, birds, gators, etc in the wild to photograph?

Any help will be greatly appreciated. THANK YOU.
Posted by Reed Bowman on April 27, 2012 at 8:17 PM
Rich, its a bit north of Fort LAuderdale but the Wakodahatchee Wetlands has everything you are looking for. Its actually a water treatment facility turned fresh water marsh with great boardwalks. Easy to shoot, lots ob birds, gators, and lots should be nesting now too. Had nesting Least Bitterns last visit.

http://www.pbcgov.com/waterutilities/wakodahatchee/

Good luck, Reed
Posted by Richard Hahn on April 28, 2012 at 3:51 PM
Reed, thank you very much. A friend of mine who is Luke Ormand and posts his pictures on the site just told me about the location too. We are definetly going to check the place out. Again thank you.

Rich
Posted by Richard Siggins on May 9, 2012 at 7:15 PM
If you go to Wakodahatchee , make sure to hit Green Cay as well. <url>http://pbcgov.com/parks/nature/green_cay_nature_center/</url>
It's bigger and has a nature center. Wako is better for photography in my opinion.
Posted by Richard Hahn on May 10, 2012 at 9:05 PM
Rich thank you very much.My friend also told me about this one too, so we will hit them both.