It’s not often I get to go birding at a place filled with important history, but Brownie Wise Park in Kissimmee is a pretty special spot.
It’s named after Brownie Wise, who lived just a few yards from a park sign that calls her “one of the most innovative female sales executives in U.S. history.” She became an executive for Tupperware and was the person who convinced Earl Tupper to remove his plastic storage containers from supermarkets and let her establish Tupperware Home Parties to sell them in the 1950s.
She also sold Tupper on the idea of moving the company headquarters to Kissimmee, and on the park site she hosted annual Jubilee training and recognition events — drawing Tupperware-selling ladies from across the nation to “the wonderland of Florida.”
Wise died in 1992 at her Kissimmee home at age 79, and the park is a memorial to her. Its official name is “Brownie Wise Park at Tupperware Island Conservation Area.” It’s a well-maintained facility on the shore of Lake Toho in Kissimmee. I mentioned in a previous post about the nesting pair of Bald Eagles who call the park home, but many other birds do too.
I was specifically hoping to see some migrating little birds there, and I did come across a few plus some others. Have a look:
