The Snowbird Letterbox
It is Labor Day Weekend and the North American Snowbird begins it's
annual migration from the cities of the north to Florida! While
larger birds migrate during the day, most species, especially smaller
ones, fly at night, resting and feeding during the day and tending to
gather in quiet places where food is easy to find...Like Denny's and
IHOP. Migrating Snowbirds also concentrate in isolated groves of
trees along the coast and in city parks.
In Honor of this Mass Migration, I have hidden the Snowbird Letterbox
in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Make your way to the Calusa Indian Mound bounded by Pinellas Point
Drive and Mound Place S, between 20th Street and Bethel Way. This
temple mound has been preserved as a city park that you can climb.
Its original dimensions were 49 x 152 feet, with a height of 16 1/2
feet. This was the location of a large temple town serving about 200
to 300 Indians during the 1400s.

At this mound on June 26, 1549, the Calusa Indians clubbed to death
Dominican friar Luis Cancer de Barbastro, who was in this area
promoting friendship. But don't let that deter you from visiting
Florida. The locals are a little more friendly today!

Once you are at the top of the mound, look around for a Banyon Tree
that has a hole in it's trunk like the eye of a needle. Behind this
tree with diamonds at your back, look amid the roots beneath a piece
of concrete. There you will find the Snowbird Letterbox.

Please rehide the box well, as this is a busy little park!

Thanks,
Amanda from Seattle