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Posted by Toe on 20:43:18 08/21/08
After work I was running errands in the Cutler Bay area and decided to do a quick check of Cutler Wetlands and environs. Thanks to the deluge we've experienced since like forever, Cutler wetlands has way too much water. If the rain continues, this site will be unsuitable for the rest of the season for shorebirds. All I saw was one Spoonbill and a guy building a very large, wooden boat.
By contrast, a puddle just inside the landfill fence along 97 Ave. had 10 shorebird species. Nothing spectacular, but all this in little more than a mud puddle. It's amazing that we don't have any dedicated shorebird sites down here when their requirements could be met so easily: take some dirt, add water, just a little.
I found:
Black-necked Stilt (2)
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs (4 calling overhead as I left)
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper (2)
Dowitcher (looked like SB, but I didn't look hard)
Western Sandpiper (2)
Semipalmated Sandpier (3)
Least Sandpiper
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