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Posted by Paul-the-other on 13:45:23 01/18/11
Corkscrew was very active with white -eyed vireos, red-eyed vireos and more tufted titmouses than I have seen for some time. For the most part the birds were clustered around the "feeder" adjacent to the entrance walk (the feeder on ropes). An oven bird also was about and very complacent. A red shoulderd hawk sat nearby for 30 minutes and didn't move. It was about 25 feet from the boardwalk. For those with short time, just use the in walk way and stop at the feeder and sit a spell. A 70-200 zoom is about all you need. A 300mm would be helpful. Buntings were also abundant as well as catbirds.
Ding Darling was popuilated with all shorebirds and in great numbers. The rust of noise from feathers as the flocks passed low overhead was amazing. Some 35 roseattes were close in and about 100 more far out. We hit good and strong low tides. Ground dove were also abundant but defied photography as noisy tourists in open Voyager vans with blaring music and shouting people scared everything. Hawks were few and osprey ruled and most were into nesting. Reddish egrets performed but most were out 100-200 feet because of the mud flats.
Corkscrew and Ding Darlingtook up all out three day time so no news on Tiger-tail or other places.
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