I drove from Cordele, GA, to Fort Myers, FL, with a dinner stop in Sarasota with my fifth grade teacher, Arthur Borkowski! The only birding I did all day was what I could see from the car and at various rest stops, and it was dark by the time I left Sarasota, but I had pretty good luck at the run-of-the-mill Florida rest stops, just wandering around the periphery of the parking lots, and going on a nice little walking path at one. So I added 13 species, bringing my year total to 82:

1. Wood Stork
2. Double-crested Cormorant
3. Anhinga
4. Great Egret
5. Little Blue Heron
6. Red-shouldered Hawk
7. Eastern Phoebe
8. Carolina Wren
9. Northern Mockingbird
10. Palm Warbler
11. Yellow-rumped Warbler
12. Yellow-throated Warbler (This one was so close that I instantly regretted my policy of not lugging my big camera to every bathroom stop)
13. Chipping Sparrow

Drove 554 miles today, from Louisburg, KY, to Cordele, GA, during on-and-off sleet and snow and then rain. So not many new birds, but did add a few, bringing my total to 69:

1. Turkey Vulture
2. Black Vulture
3. Common Grackle