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Posted by Vince Lucas on 15:14:57 05/03/08
I received a phone call this morning from Alan Murray who found three Fulvous Whistling-Ducks at Eagle Lakes Community Park here in Naples today. I was able to leave the house for a few minutes to go down to see and photograph them. In over ten years of birding in this county, these are the first Fulvous Whistling-Ducks that I have seen in Collier County and I believe that's true for Alan as well. This is a new species for Eagle Lakes Community Park. They are definitely not common in SW Florida except for places like STA-5 in Hendry County but that isn't exactly SW Florida either. So a big thanks goes out to my buddy Alan Murray for finding these ducks and alerting me to them! I am attaching a photo of these ducks. In the half-hour or so I had to spend at Eagle Lakes Community Park, I saw one Bronzed Cowbird almost directly across from the gazebo on the ball field next to the chain-linked fence. There probably are other Bronzed Cowbirds in the vicinity as well. Check the Carolina Willows to the right of the gazebo thoroughly. This is about as late a date as I have recorded for Collier County for this species. Birders should be on the lookout for possible nesting. Other nice birds present were one Spotted Sandpiper in breeding plumage, one Lesser Yellowlegs, one Roseate Spoonbill and several Least Terns plying the open waters of one of the impoundments. I'm sure Alan can add to the bird sightings at Eagle Lakes Community Park today. Once again, thanks Alan! Oh, when I got home, as a celebratory libation, I had a tall glass of Minute Maid Enhanced Pomegranate Blueberry Juice with crushed ice in a cheap plastic glass I bought at WalMart for 49 cents. Life is sooo good. . . .
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