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Posted by Vince Lucas on 20:25:59 09/09/08
OK, I thought it was funny. In all seriousness, Hurricane Ike barely touched Collier County with her (his?) outer feeder bands. In between one of them in the late afternoon, I happened to be passing the North Naples Waste Water Treatment Plant on Goodlette-Frank Rd. south of Immokalee Rd. (CR846) here in Naples. I saw several terns plying the water-filled impoundments. I stopped and scoped them out. There were at least five Black Terns feverishly "fishing" the impoundment straight out from the overpass bridge. I believe that this is only the second time BLTE has been recorded there. Also present were three Sandwich Terns and a lone Forster's Tern. Typical waders were present and a Red-tailed Hawk stood sentinel on top of the lone slash pine near the bridge. I only had five minutes to bird so I'm sure I missed some other birds. Had I had time, I would have liked to have gone down to Laudermilk Park on the Gulf. I'm sure a seawatch would have produced some of the same birds seen post-TS Fay like Sooty & Bridled Terns; perhaps even a jaeger or two.
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