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Posted by Larry Manfredi on 14:35:43 12/09/12
On Thursday and Friday the Western Spindalis put on a good show in the location near where I originally found it. It was however not seen on Saturday despite many hours of searching.
While approaching the pay booth on Virginia Key on Friday morning, we lucked into seeing a perched Great Black Hawk. It was on a dead Australian Pine on the left side of the road not too far from the pay booth. It posed for photos and then flew to a dead pine very close to the pay booth on the right side of the road. This bird or several birds have been seen in south Florida for many, many years. I have looked several times for this bird but have never seen it in the last 16-years or so. No one knows where this bird or others have come from.
This bird has been a nemesis bird for me, I have looked for it many, many times for many years and have never seen it! It sure was nice to finally get such great looks at the bird!
Larry Manfredi
Homestead, FL
E-mail: birderlm@bellsouth.net
http://www.southfloridabirding.com
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