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Posted by Angel & Mariel on 10:59:06 05/21/09
In Reply to: Black Skimmers posted by Laura Monges
We had one fly over us on I-95 just the other day, cool bird to add to our "birds seen while driving 60 mph or over" list.
A couple of years ago we observed two skimmers at Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah, not exactly near shore. Bill Pranty wrote us about skimmers, here is what he had to say...
Black Skimmers regularly occur far inland in certain areas of the southern half of the peninsula. A flock of about 1000 winters annually along the NW side of Lake Okeechobee, and skimmers have bred in the Everglades Agricultural Area in years past.
In the central peninsula, dozens to hundreds of skimmers are regular in the Polk County phosphate mines and around Lake Apopka.
Since then we have seen them from time to time in Doral, yesterday we saw two Black-necked Stilts flying over the 826 flying west into Doral.
Nature is Awesome
Angel & Mariel
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