Epic Florida Birding Trip - Honeymoon Island, Tampa, St Petersburg with Owls, Warblers and more Ep1

Birding in Florida! As part of The 300 Bird Challenge, we take the opportunity to visit Florida and pick up as many Florida birds as possible. In part one, we begin in Tampa and visit Honeymoon Island, John R. Bonner Nature Park, and Abercrombie Park.
Stay tuned to this Florida series to see some of the birds, nature and parks the state has to offer.
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BritHikesOntario, is Stu Hall. I'm a displaced Brit... who hikes and goes birding in Ontario, Canada (and beyond, like Florida!). I'm usually joined by my wife, Sara
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[@charliestreets8018]

Always good fun to watch your videos, down to earth and relatable, hope you're enjoying your Florida vacation 😊

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks Charlie. Aim to make the videos accessible and relatable, so appreciate your comment.

[@jamesthomson3774]

Great start to the trip.

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks for watching!

[@Rockymtnchick]

Have a wonderful time! What a fantastic set of colourful birds. I think they should have called the black and white warbler the humbug warbler - what a sweetie! 😉

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thank you!
Humbug Warbler, love it haha 😄

[@cliffhawley1768]

Great start to the trip. Hope you had a blast in Florida.

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks Cliff. Great time. Pretty full-on birding, but I'm okay with that 😆

[@user-qw5pm6lr9d]

Those were great birds to see in Florida. I also see prairie warblers near where I live during the summer.

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks Nathan! We get a lot of the Warblers up here in Ontario, but the Prairie doesn't come up that far, so it was cool to see it :)

[@HawkInTheLens]

Can’t wait for the rest of the Florida videos!!! Definitely destination I hope to go for birding someday

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks. Defo a great place with some excellent hotspots.

[@tracyreaume6451]

Love this video! My oldest daughter may be moving to Miami so I’m taking notes on your locations!!

[@BritHikesOntario]

Haha thank you. We do go to a couple of places around Miami later in the series 😊

[@HaydenEpp]

Very exciting to see what you've found in Florida! I just recently took a trip there myself and got many lifers as well. The Prairie warbler is awesome!

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks man. It was a great trip.

[@mez9574]

Hello and welcome to the Tampa Bay Area. I am a novice bird watcher but there are a lot of birds to see here. I enjoyed your video. Looking forward to the next one.

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thank you and thanks for watching! We had a lot of fun in Florida and lots of great birding experiences 👍

[@Arathyn]

I also got to take a Florida trip earlier this year and it definitely rocketed my year (and life) list up in numbers. Looking forward to seeing more!

[@BritHikesOntario]

Always fun to visit somewhere new. Had a great time in California last year, too.
Happy birding and thanks for watching 👍

[@MrMexgamer]

I live in st Pete, just starting to get into birding and this helps
Me find some
Spots to check out!

[@BritHikesOntario]

Awesome, glad to hear. Thanks for watching and happy birding!

[@sylvainmathieu3887]

That was quite a long list of new species! I think you forgot to count the Black-and-White Warbler, unless you've seen it before?

[@BritHikesOntario]

Yep, missed that one, thanks 👍
Will count it in a future episode.

[@MrTmiket0007]

Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always, hands down Florida is the best place for birding, my favorite is the Black and white warbler 🐦🐦‍⬛❤️

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks Miguel. We loved Florida and California, last year 🐦🐦🐦

[@marcusmuller9422]

Great Video. How do you film, never see you with a tripod ? Cuckoo. Great bird. Congrats

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks for watching. I don't use a tripod, just handshoot. I've thought about it, or a monopod, but for now, I just concentrate, hold my breath a bit, and try to keep a steady shot.

[@Handmaiduns]

Great video and stunning shots. That indigo bunting is beautiful. So glad you had such a great trip ✨👌 looking forward to seeing the rest

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks Kate, really appreciate the support x

[@marcussmith1768]

Great to see Sarah coming on leaps and bounds, you are a natural! Onto the birds... Wow! that Prairie Warbler was lovely, and so was the Yellow Crowned Heron. Loved to see that you showed some lovely Brown Anoles. I kept a number of Anoles when I used to keep reptiles in my early 20's. I had Brown and Green Anoles, but my favourite ever is the Cuban Blue anole that I was lucky enough to capture and release when on my Honeymoon in Cuba back in 2007. As to my favourite bird of this particular vlog... I think is the Indigo Bunting. Fantastic amount of birds found though. Well done and thanks for sharing.

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks very much Marcus. Have heard a few female birders remark they enjoy seeing a female birder on TH-cam, so trying to be cognisant of that!
I googled the Cuban Blue Anole and it's really cool looking 😊

[@grahamhall4465]

Nice to see sara getting a speaking roll, has she got her equity card now.👍😄

[@erniescabin4256]

😊👍❤🦩

[@BritHikesOntario]

😆

[@caseyoingo6440]

I better see clear footage of the Skunk Ape in this series of Florida videos or I will be very disappointed in you guys
No shaky blurry footage either lol.
Good video guys!

[@BritHikesOntario]

You'll have to stay tuned 😉