It is located in Biscayne Bay, just east of the Upper Eastside neighborhood and south of the 79th Street Causeway.
For decades, the island eluded writers and historians, its history locked away in library microfiche and out-of-print books.
[1] But, in 2012, the Miami Herald published a feature on Bird Key recounting its storied past.
[2] At that time, Bird Key was awash in trash, which was later cleaned by employees of Pelican Harbor Seabird Station and a group of volunteers.
[3] In April 2024, Bird Key's owner, Finlay Matheson, put the island on the market for $31.5 million, worrying environmentalists due to the fact that Bird Key is zoned residential by Miami-Dade County and could, potentially, be developed with local governmental approval.