Private Tours around South Florida

 Birding Tours throughout South Florida are available every weekend of the year, except if I have a prior booking with a different customer or I am outside of the state.

All the birding tours are customized and can be catered to give the participants chances to find specific targets for their ABA list or to search for other wildlife and natural scenery that is not just the amazing birdlife of the region.

Each tour is estimated to cost the following:

• Miami (1-2 people):
• Half Day (4 Hrs) = $150
• Full Day (8 Hrs) = $250
• Everglades, Keys and Rest of South Florida (1-2 people):
• Half Day (4 Hrs) = $200
• Full Day (8 Hrs) = $350
• $40 per extra person (up to 4 participants)
• If the participant number is larger than 4, then it will be required to either do a caravan tour using my vehicle and the participants vehicle
• Tours include guiding services, transportation, entrance fees to parks and reserves, water and coffee (or tea upon request).
• Participants are encouraged to bring their own boxed breakfast and/or lunch, but food breaks at a restaurant or catered can be arranged upon request.

• Multiday Tours with are available upon request (these need to be arranged months in advance) and can include the opportunity to see trickier targets that cannot be reliably seen on a day trip.
• Multiday Tours include everything provided in the day tours, alongside with lodging (and meals if requested).

Popular Itineraries in South Florida:

• Miami Exotics
• This tour is centered exclusively within Miami and provides a chance to see many of the non-native species of birds that have become established in the city over the years.
• Target Species:
• Muscovy Duck, Egyptian Goose, Indian Peafowl, Gray-headed Swamphen, Monk, Mitred, Red-masked, White-eyed and Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Orange-winged Parrot, Chestnut-fronted Macaw, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Common Myna, Spot-breasted Oriole and Scaly-breasted Munia

• Everglades National Park
• This tour takes you throughout biggest hotspots of the largest wilderness East of the Mississippi River. Depending on the time of the year, bird activity and variety changes drastically, but many of the targets that make birders flock to the region can be seen year-round.
• Target Species:
• White-crowned Pigeon, Purple Gallinule, Wood Stork, all the Egrets and Herons that breed within the US!, Roseate Spoonbill, White-tailed Kite, Swallow-tailed Kite (March to August), Bald Eagle, Short-tailed Hawk (October to March), Barred Owl, Tropical and Western Kingbird (October to April), Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (October to April), Loggerhead Shrike, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Seaside (Cape Sable) Sparrow (April to June), Bronzed and Shiny Cowbird

• Central Florida Specialties
• This is tour with the longest drive time for anyone based in South Florida for their trip, but gives the best chance to see many targets not found readily within Miami or the Everglades.
• Target Species:
• Fulvous and Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Wood Duck, Limpkin, Purple Gallinule, Sandhill Crane (Florida subspecies), Snail Kite, Crested Caracara, Red-cockaded, Hairy and Red-headed Woodpecker, Florida Scrub-Jay, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Eastern Bluebird and Bachman's Sparrow

For any inquiries, please contact me via email at: lgonz1008@gmail.com