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Posted by Alex Harper on 14:59:20 02/11/15
The Snowy Plover continues at Crandon Park on Key Biscayne. It was seen along with a number of other shorebirds in the roped-off area designated by Rangel and Mike Diaz back in 2011 or so. The area is small, but you can see that incipient-like dunes are slowly beginning to form over time. The shorebirds are hunkering down in the ripples of sand that form in the very beginningS of dune formation - pretty cool. It took a few moments to find the Snowy Plover peering just over the top of one of these ripples in the middle of the protected area. I was here at high tide, and the Black-bellied Plovers and Short-billed Dowitchers were not around at the time. They may have been farther north at Virginia Key or at the far north end of Crandon Park.
Crandon Park, Miami-Dade, US-FL
Feb 11, 2015 11:57 AM - 1:04 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.4 mile(s)
Comments: High tide, sunny with temperature in the low 70s.
24 species
Egyptian Goose 2
Double-crested Cormorant 19
White Ibis 21
Black Vulture 8
Turkey Vulture 18
Snowy Plover 1 A continuing bird originally found by Rangel Diaz. Light gray back with white breast. Dark legs and dark, thin bill. Daintier than nearby PIPL and SEPLs
Semipalmated Plover 118
Piping Plover 41
Killdeer 1 In the parking lot
Sanderling 143
Dunlin 7
Least Sandpiper 7
Laughing Gull 111
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 9
Royal Tern 73
Eastern Phoebe 1
Fish Crow 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 3
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
As I left, Black Spiny-tailed and Green Iguanas were coming out to thermoregulate. After leaving Virginia Key and merging onto the I-95 northbound entrance ramp, a lone Blue-and-yellow Macaw flew lazily alongside my car as I tried not to get into an accident on the way back to Miami Shores where White-winged Parakeets greeted me in the driveway.
Alex Harper
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