You don't have to travel the full 11 miles to see a great variety of birds. If you do decide to make the entire trip, allow several hours and make sure your vehicle has good ground clearance. See our Shiloh web page for more details and directions. There is always plenty of water and wildlife at Blue Heron. The birds to see are the Black-crowned Night Heron, Purple Gallinule, Anhinga and Sandhill Cranes.
Late afternoon is the best time, just about an hour or two before dark.
It is at this time that hundreds of birds arrive from the St. Johns River to roost for the night. If you decide to get out of the vehicle, be carefull, there are some very large alligators and snakes in residence. Don't forget to sign in at the office and obtain your visitor pass. We identified the Black and White Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Red Start, Chipping Sparrow, Grey Gnatcatcher, Tufted Titmouse, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler, and Yellow-rumped Warbler. Thanks for visiting the Central Florida Bird Watcher's Web Site.