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Posted by Charles Wheeler on 18:19:28 06/29/09
In Reply to: Re: where to find a Snail Kite posted by Charles Wheeler
Thanks for the help everyone. We did do the Flamingo trip last Monday 22 which was reported to be the hottest day in S. Florida in nearly 65 years. No Snail Kite on that trip (though we did walk up to Hidden Lake), but we did see a juvenile at Loxahatchee later in the week. We got very good looks at the juvenile where people were launching boats at the end of Loxahatchee road which follows the canal at the south end of the refuge. Water was very high. We tried the next entrance to the north, but my brother has a bad knee so we were unable to walk the mile or so to the area where the Ranger said they were nesting. Saw Swallow tailed Kite near the Ranger station and Black Hooded Parakeets on the road leading back to the Turnpike at the latitude of Boynton Beach.
On the Flamingo trip nothing very unusual, just the usual suspects. Maybe it is worth noting White-Crowned Pigeons, a single Common Ground Dove, Swallow Tailed Kite, an Osprey standing in a small poll of water(cooling off?)but no Shiny Cowbirds at Flamingo. There were many small Tarpon rolling in the bay on the Gulf side below the water barrier. Along the road Eastern and Gray Kingbirds were sharing the parking lot at Paurotis Pond-thought they might be more territorial, and a family of Crested Flycatchers near the main road. First time I ever stopped at Royal Palm and did not see an alligator nor a fish-it was so hot they were all deep in the water the ranger told us. The Ranger said it had been several weeks since a Snail Kite had been seen in the area of Royal Palm.
We saw parakeets (at some distance) in DAnte Fascell park in Pinecrest-they seemed more red on the face and crown than Sibley shows on the Mitred Parakeet, could it be another species?- I've not seen any mention of other red-faced parakeets on this board. Saw yellow Chevroned Parakeets in a mango tree in a yard west of Fascell park.
thanks again everyone-my brother my wife and I enjoyed his visit.
Chuck Wheeler
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