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Posted by Brennan Mulrooney on 21:36:05 06/01/08
Pete Frezza and I got way back into the back of Snake Bight today in search of spoonbills and Redfish. We found about 250 spoonbills, including about 20 banded birds (incl 2 w/satellite transmitters), but the Redfish were a bit scarce. Some ravenous Snook made up for it. Other than spoonbills there was a nice variety of birds in the back of the bight. Highlights were GULL-BILLED TERN, LONG-BILLED CURLEW, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 2 tardy RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, CLAPPER RAIL, ~20 MARBLED GODWITS, 1 DUNLIN, ~50 WESTERN/SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS (most of the close birds were Westerns), 10 SEMI PLOVERS, 1 WILSON'S PLOVER, 100+ WILLET (almost all Western), 100+ SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, ~30 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS.
You may have noticed the lack of flamingo on this list. Apparently they haven't been seen in Snake Bight for a while now, but there have been recent sightings in Gator Lake. Which is somewhere between Bear Lake and Lake Ingraham. In other words, you better REALLY want to see a flamingo.
Around Flamingo (the town) we saw several SHINY COWBIRDS on the lawns and there was at least one BLACK-WHISKERED VIREO singing around the parking lot. Eco Pond was dead but for a few nesting pair of BLACK-NECKED STILTS. A lowlight was the carcass of a BARN OWL on the trail. Mrazek is almost dry and had a late BLUE-WINGED TEAL.
Brennan Mulrooney
Key Largo, FL
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