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Posted by Larry Manfredi on 22:23:31 08/10/08
While looking for shorebirds today with my wife and son and trying to locate the Baird's Sandpiper from yesterday, we found a Horned Lark. This sure seems to be pretty early for one, it was a very, very pleasant surprise for us! The bird cooperated very well for us and several other Miami/Dade birders. We found the bird around 3:00 p.m., we last saw the bird around 7:00 p.m. just before a Thunderstorm was rolling in. The bird is the "Northern Horned Lark" subspecies (alpestris) from what I can tell.
We were not able to find the Baird's Sandpiper from yesterday, but did see a few other species of shorebirds but nothing special.
Directions:
From 9336 the road that goes into Everglades National Park, go west towards the park to s.w. 217 ave., turn right and go north about a quarter mile to s.w. 384 st. Turn left and go west 0.2 miles (dirt road) until you see two orange flags that mark a well in the farm field on the left next to the road. The bird was seen to the right or north for most of the time that we saw the bird.
Larry Manfredi
Homestead, FL
E-mail: birderlm@bellsouth.net
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