Florida Spectacular
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Florida Spectacular
Episode 272: Florida Wildlife, Wildlife Corridors, and Favorite Florida Birds
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Doctor Tom Hoctor joins the podcast to talk about the Florida Wildlife Corridor's origins, how money flows to conservation lands, and how people can learn more. Then they talk Florida birds and birding.
Links We Mentioned
Florida Ecological Greenways Network
Center for Landscape and Conservation Planning
Hub for the maps at Center for Landscape and Conservation Planning
Wild Waters at The Harn
Tom's Top Five Birds to See in Florida
Florida scrub jay
Painted buntings
Swallow-tailed kites
Limpkin
Tom's Nemesis Bird: Mangrove cuckoo
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