Everglades National Park hosts Birding Bonanza from 21 November
Published on 10/31/2026 at 16:51 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSBirding programme and park setting
- Birding Bonanza runs at Flamingo from 21 November 2026 under the National Park Service.
- The Guy Bradley Visitor Center is the meeting point for the daily walk during Gladesgiving.
- Everglades National Park was formally dedicated on 6 December 1947 by President Harry S Truman.
- Flamingo lies at the end of the Main Park Road, reached through the Homestead entrance.
Everglades National Park hosts the Birding Bonanza from 21 to 29 November 2026 at Flamingo, giving visitors a daily ranger-led walk through one of the park's coastal areas. The programme is part of Gladesgiving, a series of special events listed by the National Park Service for the Florida park near Homestead.
Birding Bonanza brings daily walks to Flamingo
The Birding Bonanza takes place every day from 21 November 2026 through 29 November 2026. It begins at 8.30am at the Guy Bradley Visitor Center in Flamingo, where participants can look for wading shorebirds and colourful songbirds while learning how to identify the species found in this part of the Everglades.
The National Park Service describes the walk as suitable for beginners and encourages visitors to bring cameras, binoculars and insect protection. The programme is listed as a special event and is free to attend. The official event listing gives the dates, meeting point and daily start time.
Birding Bonanza forms part of a wider Gladesgiving programme at the park between 21 and 29 November. Other listed activities include a ranger walk on the Anhinga Trail at Royal Palm and guided paddling on Florida Bay, linking the bird walk with both inland wetland and coastal habitats.
Flamingo connects the programme with park history
Flamingo is the southernmost visitor centre in the park and stands at the end of the Main Park Road. It is reached from the Homestead entrance, which also provides access to Royal Palm. The setting places the Birding Bonanza beside a coastal access point with a marina, boat tours, campgrounds and the Flamingo Lodge.
The park was formally dedicated on 6 December 1947, when President Harry S Truman held a ceremony at Everglades City. Its protected landscape began earlier: Royal Palm State Park was created on Paradise Key in 1916, and that 4,000-acre area later became the nucleus of the national park. The connection matters for the November programme because the walk starts at Flamingo while the wider event schedule also reaches Royal Palm, one of the earliest protected areas in the Everglades.
Today, the National Park Service describes the site as protecting 1.5 million acres of wetland, forest and marine habitats. The regional event listing also identifies the Flamingo walk as a daily one-hour outing during Gladesgiving.
Visiting Everglades National Park: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- The Birding Bonanza runs daily from 21 November 2026 to 29 November 2026 at the Guy Bradley Visitor Center in Flamingo.
- The walk begins at 8.30am and is a ranger-led birding programme; the National Park Service lists it as free to attend.
- Flamingo is reached through the Homestead entrance, and the visitor centre is at the end of the Main Park Road in the southern part of the park.
- The park's entrances are not interconnected, and the National Park Service states that a car is needed because there is no public transport travelling within the park.
- The walk takes place in wetland and coastal habitat, where the organiser advises visitors to consider insect protection and binoculars.
- Entry requirements depend on your nationality; UK travellers can check the FCDO travel advice at gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice, Irish travellers the Department of Foreign Affairs at ireland.ie.
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Frequently asked questions about Everglades National Park
When does Birding Bonanza take place at Everglades National Park?
It runs daily from 21 November 2026 to 29 November 2026 at 8.30am in Flamingo.
Where is Everglades National Park and how do you get there?
The Flamingo programme is reached through the Homestead entrance in Florida. The National Park Service advises that a car is needed because the park entrances are not interconnected and public transport does not travel within the park.
What is Everglades National Park?
It is a protected wetland, forest and marine landscape formally dedicated on 6 December 1947. The park covers 1.5 million acres and includes the coastal area of Flamingo.
