580. Love Birds in Tree Tops
A "welcome stop" in Welcome Park for a cute carving by Thimbelinda of MA

Well, it seems that places like south Florida and the Caribbean have some of the highest percentages of missing boxes that we have seen anywhere in our travels, and small wonder - most of the parks we have visited down there are either meticulously groomed, full of spiky plants or garbage that gets periodically removed, or have few secure hiding places for boxes to last. We had hoped to get this pair of lovebirds out to Tree Tops Park in Davie, where some boxes have apparently persevered for several years, but we only had a couple of hours to spare between flying in to the Fort Lauderdale airport and sailing out again from the cruise terminal at Port Everglades, scarcely two miles away, so we thought we would just walk on over and try to find a place to leave this stamp somewhere along the way - with the hope that some kind soul might move it to a safer spot in Tree Tops Park at some point in the future…

Anyway, to find the current location of these "lovebirds in the treetops", about halfway between the airport and the cruise terminal, simply make your way to the southern junction of Federal Highway (route 1) and Miami Rd, just south of 24th Street. From the southern point of this small triangular park, head northeast along Miami Rd. to the first wooden telephone pole, then about 10 steps further north to a tree on the left that has a crook on its south side about four feet up. There nestled in the crook in a small camp pouch, tucked carefully behind a couple of pieces of palm bark, is where we left the lovebirds. If you have a car, you may be able to park briefly on the small one-way crossover in the middle of the park that has a convenient bench nearby on its south side as well. We hope that the lovebirds can at least nest here for a short while in peace until someone has the heart to move them to a quieter spot in Tree Tops! Meanwhile, thanks for your help in keeping them safe at Welcome!

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