Re: Snake Bight trail

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Posted by Steve in NC on 23:10:01 06/01/05

In Reply to: Re: Snake Bight trail posted by Trey

: The photo is what you will see when you get to the end of Snakebite. I took this photo a few months ago at low tide and didn't see much.
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: Last Saturday morning very early, Toe and I went to Snake Bite and saw lots of shore birds, including dozens of Roseate Spoonbills.
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: We arrived at Snakebite at 5:45am and started our walk. We both wore much insect repellant and wore long sleeve shirts expecting the worst from the mosquitoes. To great pleasure, on our trip to the end of Snakebite we barely noticed any mosquitoes.
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: We arrived at the boardwalk at about 6:10 and enjoyed several hours watching shore birds. It was between low and high tide with the tide on its way in.
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: We saw:
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: Least Tern
: Royal Tern
: Reddish Egret
: Great Heron
: Heard a Mangrove Cuckoo
: Prairie Warbler
: Dunlin
: Gull-billed Tern
: Marbled Godwit
: Western Sandpiper
: Black-bellied Plover
: Roseate Spoonbill
: Willet
: Black Necked Stilt
: Swallow Tailed Kite
: Brown Pelican
: Great Blue Heron
: Tricolor Heron
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: Take a scope if you have one. We didn't have one with us. I did have my camera with a 560mm lens and 10x50 binoculars. Flamingos are usually located further out in the flats. With the tide almost in the shore birds were closer to shore.
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: The trip back to the car was annoying due to the many mosquitoes. But with the repellant and long sleeved shirts we only were bitten a few times. They were swarming around both of us, but didn't bite very often.
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: Good Luck
: We had a blast an I plan to do it again later in the year.

Great pic Trey, makes me long for home :)

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Comments:	: : The photo is what you will see when you get to the end of Snakebite. I took this photo a few months ago at low tide and didn't see much. : : : : Last Saturday morning very early, Toe and I went to Snake Bite and saw lots of shore birds, including dozens of Roseate Spoonbills. : : : : We arrived at Snakebite at 5:45am and started our walk. We both wore much insect repellant and wore long sleeve shirts expecting the worst from the mosquitoes. To great pleasure, on our trip to the end of Snakebite we barely noticed any mosquitoes. : : : : We arrived at the boardwalk at about 6:10 and enjoyed several hours watching shore birds. It was between low and high tide with the tide on its way in. : : : : We saw: : : : : Least Tern : : Royal Tern : : Reddish Egret : : Great Heron : : Heard a Mangrove Cuckoo : : Prairie Warbler : : Dunlin : : Gull-billed Tern : : Marbled Godwit : : Western Sandpiper : : Black-bellied Plover : : Roseate Spoonbill : : Willet : : Black Necked Stilt : : Swallow Tailed Kite : : Brown Pelican : : Great Blue Heron : : Tricolor Heron : : : : Take a scope if you have one. We didn't have one with us. I did have my camera with a 560mm lens and 10x50 binoculars. Flamingos are usually located further out in the flats. With the tide almost in the shore birds were closer to shore. : : : : The trip back to the car was annoying due to the many mosquitoes. But with the repellant and long sleeved shirts we only were bitten a few times. They were swarming around both of us, but didn't bite very often. : : : : Good Luck : : We had a blast an I plan to do it again later in the year. : : : Great pic Trey, makes me long for home :) :
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