Birding Adventures Paddy Cunningham 5181 SW 27th Terrace Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33312 birdpaddy@yahoo.com (754) 201-1141

Everglades Birding Festival Guides

Paddy Cunningham Paddy Cunningham has been a professional Naturalist in south Florida for more than 25 years, serving as the Naturalist Manger II of Fern Forest, Secret Woods, Arch Creek and Anne Kolb Nature Centers. Her new exciting venture is to be the Event Coordinator of the Everglades Birding Festival attracting birders from throughout the U.S. For the last 20 years her classes-Tools and Advanced Tools for Better Birding now being held at the historic Bonnet House has focused on a 10 path approach to increasing your speed and ability to identify birds. One of her biggest impacts on south Florida has been the restoration of wetlands and hammocks to their natural conditions from the destruction of exotic plants. Paddy has served on the boards of both Broward County and Tropical Audubon Societies. Her business, Birding Adventures takes birders in search of Florida specialties throughout the state, specializing in the Everglades, Big Cypress, Corkscrew, central prairies, Ft. DeSoto and the Keys. Successful trips to Panama, Costa Rica and the Eastern Shore of Virginia have been added to her annual schedule of trips, with future trips to Trinidad. More than 200 species of birds are found each year on her Florida trips. She is a presenter of Birding by Ear & Habitat at the nation's largest-Space Coast Birding Festival and has been published in The Florida Naturalist. My motto is "You learn the i.d." and I facilitate the identification of birds in a non-intimidating field experience. I have the expertise and sharp eyes to find as many rare and number of species as any top guide, but my specialty is to patiently work with birders of all levels. My greatest joy is seeing birders improve their skills to become advance birders themselves. As an Instructor and Top Guide it is my job to show YOU the bird, but more importantly is to teach you the special field marks, behaviors, song and habitat that is unique to each bird. My passion and enthusiasm for birding is to show YOU the bird and to teach YOU the skills to better identify it in the future. Contact Information-Paddy Cunningham birdpaddy@yahoo.com www.birdadventure.com (754) 201-1141

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