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Posted by steve siegel on 14:55:46 12/26/11
This afternoon, while researching my documentary on the history of American birding, I came across the following in a field note.
Commander F. M. Bennett, US Navy, Inspector of Lighthouses published the following observation in "Bird Lore", the predecessor of Audubon Magazine. (Vol. 12, p 115, 1910)
"In Tampa Bay and in the upper end of Key Biscayne Bay, north of Miami, the flocks seen were really enormous, extending sometimes two or three miles along the surface of the water and numbering tens of thousands of individuals feeding close together."
He noted that most were Lesser Scaup with smaller numbers of teal, Ring-necks and even a few Canvasbacks.
Probably were some Ivory-bills within driving distance, too.
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