Palm Beach Sod Farms - 8/1

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Posted by Rock Jetty on 18:30:00 08/02/04

A spur of the moment afternoon trip to the sod/cane farms along US27 and CR880 yielded a good amount of shorebirds and a tremendous amount of rain. I tried to check out most of the spots David Simpson had mentioned in his posting a week earlier. I knew there'd be a lot of rain and the birding would be on and off but I also had a feeling rain wasn't all the front would bring. At King Ranch along US27, thousands of shorebirds littered the fields: Lesser Yellowlegs (can't say for sure if Greater were present, the scoping had to be quick sometimes), Pectoral Sandpiper, SB Dowitcher, Least Sandpiper, and Black-necked Stilt were ID'd. Too many birds to go over carefully with all the storms around. An equally impressive amount of waders, which included Wood Stork and Roseate Spoonbill, complemented the shorebirds and a large number of Barn Swallows flew over the fields. One Gull-billed Tern and nine Mottled Ducks made fly-bys. Common Nighthawks by the hundreds perched on the wires along CR827 and Browns Farm Road. Other than the King Ranch Fields, the fields along the other roads looked pretty empty (except for grackles and blackbirds) but given the time constraints and weather, I'm pretty sure I missed something here and there. I'm glad Roberto saw a similar picture in the SR9336 fields. The shorebirds are here...did anyone say phalarope?

Cheers,
The Rock

P.S. Can't wait to bird the fields with Paul later this month...feel better buddy.

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Comments:	: A spur of the moment afternoon trip to the sod/cane farms along US27 and CR880 yielded a good amount of shorebirds and a tremendous amount of rain. I tried to check out most of the spots David Simpson had mentioned in his posting a week earlier. I knew there'd be a lot of rain and the birding would be on and off but I also had a feeling rain wasn't all the front would bring. At King Ranch along US27, thousands of shorebirds littered the fields: Lesser Yellowlegs (can't say for sure if Greater were present, the scoping had to be quick sometimes), Pectoral Sandpiper, SB Dowitcher, Least Sandpiper, and Black-necked Stilt were ID'd. Too many birds to go over carefully with all the storms around. An equally impressive amount of waders, which included Wood Stork and Roseate Spoonbill, complemented the shorebirds and a large number of Barn Swallows flew over the fields. One Gull-billed Tern and nine Mottled Ducks made fly-bys. Common Nighthawks by the hundreds perched on the wires along CR827 and Browns Farm Road. Other than the King Ranch Fields, the fields along the other roads looked pretty empty (except for grackles and blackbirds) but given the time constraints and weather, I'm pretty sure I missed something here and there. I'm glad Roberto saw a similar picture in the SR9336 fields. The shorebirds are here...did anyone say phalarope? : : Cheers, : The Rock : : P.S. Can't wait to bird the fields with Paul later this month...feel better buddy.
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