Birds & Trees

Common Trees – I never knew how many different types of palm trees were grown. Living in NY I thought they just had plain old palms. Wrong. Some of my favorites are: Royal, Foxtail, Coconut, Bottle, and Christmas. You see many Sabal, our state tree, and Palmetto Palms around Florida. These trees are tropical in nature and are great for hammocks and tikis.

*Taken on Sugarloaf Key

*Foxtail Palm – one of my favorites

Our area is great for bird watching since it houses so many types of birds. Common Birds include Osprey – look for these in ball fields nesting on top of high lights, Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Pelicans, White Ibis and Heron. You can walk the Great Florida Bird Trail east section at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge http://www.fws.gov/merrittisland/

*Pelican flying in Sebastian