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Posted by Carlos Sanchez on 16:19:12 08/19/08
In Reply to: Crandon Beach: 7 tern species posted by Robin Diaz
I went out today at around 2pm to Crandon Park Beach to see some of these birds. There were still many birds there, including:
Royal Tern: 85
Gull-billed Tern: 2
Least Tern: 25
Laughing Gull: 29
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 10
Black Skimmer: 1
Magnificent Frigatebird: 2
Double-crested Cormorant: 4
Brown Pelican: 1
Shorebirds included:
American Avocet, still in breeding plumage: 1
Black-bellied Plover: ~24
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated Plover: ~20
Least Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dowitcher sp. (2 individuals, one much shorter billed and lighter colored underside than the other... short-billed vs long-billed?)
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Piping Plover
White Ibis
Egyptian Goose (2)
Pectoral Sandpiper (couple dozen)
Carlos
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