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Lock 7 Jaycee park is one of several great birding sites along the northern and northwestern shore of Lake Okeechobee. During your stay in Okeechobee, take a birding tour south along route 78, to see Red Tailed hawks and the elusive Crested Caracara.

Things to See:

• Limpkin
• Sandhill Crane
• White Pelican
• Brown Pelican
• Northern Pintail
• Pied-billed Grebe
• Blue-winged Teal
• American Coot
• Common Moorhen
• Various Warblers such as Palm and Yellow-rumped
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Various Herons including the Great Blue, Green and Little Blue

The ducks listed above are typically seen during the fall and winter seasons.

DIRECTIONS:

From Okeechobee, Florida, take US 441 South 3 miles, to SR 78. Turn right (east); Then take an immediate left to cross over Hoover Dike. The site is on the lake side of the dike.

For a more complete listing of birds you may see in Central Florida click here:Central Florida Bird Lists

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