Posted by Paul on March 03, 2002 at 15:08:58:
Wakodahatchee wetlands now has a nesting Great blue that is a "chip-shot" to photograph. She sits in a small cypress in a pretty pond with a well built boardwalk to assist viewing. A 300mm will do the trick. Every 15-20 minutes she stands up to roll the eggs and "tidy" the nest. Best time 7:30-11:30 AM. And if that bores you try limpkin, nesting blue wing teal (they ain't so migratory any more) a green heron nest, black-necked stilts, some of the biggest Coots, moorehens you ever saw ('bout half again bigger then ENP) a harrier that sweeps the whole area with monotonous regularity and about ten woodstorks, several glossy ibis, (that's right Virginia, glossy ibis inland at a sewer treatment plant) and, oh yes, yellowtail warblers in great numbers. And all very accomodating for pictures. Worth the trip: exit 81 turnpike, east to Jog road, north to 13026 right side. Yes, it is the Palm Beach County Utilities plant. (Maybe that is why the coot are so big!)