Posted by Jim Royle on May 11, 2004 at 22:01:44:
In Reply to: Fledgling Smooth-billed Anis posted by Bryant Roberts on May 08, 2004 at 17:17:15:
: This Friday Russell MacGregor got a call from visiting Virginia birders Larry Lynch and Lauren
: Scott who reported seeing fledgling Smooth-billed Anis at the Airport Greenbelt Park. After
: visiting the park and confirming that there were five recently fledged Anis at the park being cared
: for by at least four adults Russell sent out some emails.
: At around noon today (5/8) Mark Berney and I met Russell to locate the Fledgling
: Anis he had seen yesterday. We found all five alive and well being
: tended by about four adults on the north side of the Perimeter
: Road just north of the park. The young Anis were great fun to watch as they clambered
: up the chain-link fence begging food from the adults then flying
: back down to the Coco Plum hedge or the ground, then climbing
: back up the fence to repeat the process. It's a little scary to see such
: young birds within a few feet of a busy road, hope they all make it and are not endangered in any
: way by the actions of birders. The repeated and unnecessary use of tapes on this Ani flock at
: about this time last year was an important factor in my decision to cut back on routine local
: birding reports to this and other internet groups.
: The Airport Greenbelt Park is located on the north side of Griffin Road between I-95 and US 1 on
: the south side of Ft. Lauderdale International Airport.