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Posted by David S. on 09:50:02 04/13/12
I kayaked & birded Snake Bight yesterday and observed quite a few shorebirds yesterday, but their numbers have dwindled from the CBC that was done in January. Highlights was the CANADA GOOSE located at 25.140244,-80.911142 while returning back to Flamingo. Bird was observed for about 10 minutes before it flew off, heading in the direction of Joe Kemp Key. Listed are some other birds seen.
Everglades NP--Snake Bight, Monroe, US-FL
Apr 12, 2012 8:30 AM - 2:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
14.0 mile(s)
Comments: Kayaked about 1 mile past Snake Bight Trail Boardwalk. Winds light from the north, Temp. 73 deg., sunny at start. End of trip was sunny, Temp 84, winds west, 15-20 mph.
50 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 1 Located on the way back from Snake Bight, observed for 10 minutes then flew off towards Joe Kemp Key. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7271/6926484534_dac105380c_m.jpg
Blue-winged Teal 108
Red-breasted Merganser 10
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Horned Grebe 2 Observed in Snake Bight Channel. Flew off & white on top of secondaries were observed, along with bill size and neck length.
Double-crested Cormorant 24
American White Pelican 9
Brown Pelican 3
Great Blue Heron 23
Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 74
Little Blue Heron 134
Tricolored Heron 128
Reddish Egret 31 Many were observed back from the shoreline working the tidal pools, or else out in the water feeding at unexposed mudflats.
Cattle Egret 11
White Ibis 21
Roseate Spoonbill 55
Turkey Vulture 11
Osprey 9
Swallow-tailed Kite 2
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Harrier 1
Black-bellied Plover 150 Along the shore mixed in with Willets and Dowitchers
Semipalmated Plover 500 Not so much on the shoreline, but further back on the mudflats & in the seaweed...all over the place.
Black-necked Stilt 13
American Avocet 22
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Greater Yellowlegs 20
Willet 700
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Marbled Godwit 100
Ruddy Turnstone 60
Semipalmated/Western Sandpiper 200
Least Sandpiper 400
Dunlin 1000
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 350
Laughing Gull 2
Least Tern 40
Gull-billed Tern 1
Caspian Tern 15
Royal Tern 25
Black Skimmer 10
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 heard in the mangroves.
Great Crested Flycatcher 5 Heard calling in the mangroves.
White-eyed Vireo 9 Heard calling in the mangroves
American Crow 2
Purple Martin 1 Heard flying over the mangroves
Common Yellowthroat 1
Prairie Warbler 13 Heard singing in the mangroves
Northern Cardinal 6 Heard singing in the mangroves
Red-winged Blackbird 2
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