Al Lopez Park

I think the Great Florida Birding Trail sometimes decides "great" relative to what else is around. It's great to have this park in the city - you might see herons etc while having a nice barbeque or jog... but I certainly wouldn't travel any distance to seek this out as if it was any kind of birding mecca. That said it's a long park, most of the trail is paved, there's a fairly large pond with turtles and aligators (known for eating local small dogs). As far as birds go - it's mostly herons and egrets though also some of the more interesting birds that you can see in the city - thrashers, maybe wren, cardinals. Not really much of a duck spot usually. You might almost forget you're in a city going off to the north but not quite.