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Posted by Bryant Roberts on 21:31:44 08/07/10
A paddle this afternoon along the west and north shores of Snake Bight didn t turn up any American Flamingoes but there were a few migrant shorebirds and the first Snowy Plover I ve seen in Everglades National Park. It was on the north shore about a quarter mile west of Gibby Point and the attached photo shows it next to a Western Sandpiper. Other interesting birds seen were a couple of early Dunlins and a Gull-billed Tern. Semipalmated Sandpipers were the most common peeps but there were also a good many Western Sandpipers and a few Least Sandpipers. Yellowlegs and Marbled Godwits were noticeably absent. No species were present in really large numbers.
Here is a list of species seen during the paddle with a few notes.
American White Pelican About 30
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Reddish Egret
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite Two just north of Flamingo
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Black-necked Stilt Adults and a good many nearly grown young
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Wilson s Plover - More than usual
Snowy Plover 1
Short-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper Quite a few, mostly near mangroves
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin Two or three
Laughing Gull
Gull-billed Tern 1
Sandwich Tern One adult and one juvenile
Royal Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer Mostly adults with a few juveniles
White-crowned Pigeon 1
Belted Kingfisher Several; a couple were giving a very rapid high pitched call
Gray Kingbird
Barn Swallow A few were always around
American Crow
White-eyed Vireo Adults and juveniles
Prairie Warbler
Red-winged Blackbird
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