We moved to Venice, Florida last December after being snowbirds for many years. If any CT birders are interested in birding the Southwest coast from Tampa to Ft. Myers, please don't hesitate to email us as we are familiar with all the local spots and have been birding this area and the Ft. Lauderdale area for many years. We would be happy to advise or guide anyone wishing to bird this area which contains many migrants as well as the native avifauna which includes many shorebirds, Grey-Headed Swamphens,Painted Buntings, Nanday Parakeets, etc. and the Venice Rookery which is also home to hundreds of native bats that emerge each evening. Right now, the Swallow-Tailed Kites have left but they will be returning around March 1st. Paul Plotnick