Newnans Lake - Palm Point Park
Florida · Southeast
About This Location
Newnans Lake - Palm Point Park is a productive birding destination in Florida, with 255 species recorded on eBird. This lake and urban park habitat attracts Sandhill Crane, Anhinga, and Double-crested Cormorant among many others. Mild winters attract waterfowl and sparrows, while spring and fall migration bring neotropical songbirds.
Location
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Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Wild Turkey
Common Gallinule
White Ibis
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Short-tailed Hawk
Purple Martin
Carolina Wren
Red-winged Blackbird
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Birding Tips
- 1
Scan the water surface methodically for diving ducks, loons, and grebes.
- 2
Check the shoreline and mudflats for shorebirds and wading birds.
- 3
Check for wintering sparrows in brushy edges from November through February.
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