Tagged: Snowbirds

Under the Sun
2:48 pm
Mon March 18, 2013

A Snowbird's Letter From Carlan Mobile Home Park in Davie

  • Roberta Walker tells us her heart warming story if growing up with Miami and visiting her over the years.

It’s almost snowbird season. The sight of snowbirds escaping the bitter northern cold is common in South Florida. Not so common is a Canadian woman who makes her way to Carlan Mobile Home Park in Davie several times a year to visit her childhood nanny who is now 95 years old.

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Environment
7:00 am
Tue January 8, 2013

Why The Everglades National Park Is Handing Out Anti-Vulture Kits

Credit Brian Henderson/Flickr
Black vultures sometimes rip the rubber and vinyl parts off of cars.

Next time you go to the Everglades you'll have the option to pick up an anti-vulture kit.

The park is offering the kits so people can protect their cars against vultures during the winter months. The black vultures sometimes rip the rubber and vinyl parts--such as windshield wipers and sunroof seals--off of cars.

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