Posted by Larry Manfredi on December 23, 2000 at 16:52:44:
The Brants are still being seen at Black Point Park along the jetty. It
seems that early in the morning that they are near the jetty, later in
the morning they swim to the far Mangrove shoreline. I saw the birds at
1:30 pm and at 5:30 pm on Friday, both of these sightings were along the
Mangrove shoreline. It you don't see them in the morning use a scope
from the first cement foot bridge and look back to the far shoreline.
Here are the directions again.
>From the turnpike just south of Cutler Ridge, exit at s.w. 112 ave.
north, then turn right at s.w. 248 st. (Coconut Palm), this is right
after you exit. The road splits to the right and left around a canal,
take the left split and go about 2 miles to the marina. Turn left
before the parking lot, cross the bridge and turn right at the stop
sign. Park at the other end of the parking lot. Walk south on the
paved bike trail, this turns to dirt and continues onto the jetty. As
the path turns to the east and just before a concrete foot bridge and
next to a sign that says Manatee area, is where I saw the birds. They
then swam across the channel to a small jetty on the opposite side.
Look in both areas. Also look back to your southwest and scope the
shoreline. The walk from the parking lot to this area is about half a
mile or so.
Larry Manfredi
Homestead, Fl.
E-mail: birderlm@bellsouth.net
http://www.southfloridabirding.com