Posted by Toe on January 01, 1970 at 00:00:00
2013 was my last Semipalmated Sandpiper in Dade, the last year I birded heavily in the county. Don't remember where exactly. While Crandon has the highest shorebird species total, in it's day Cutler Wetlands was the place to see great variety at one time, including some species not seen at Crandon. I recall days with 15-16 shorebird species at one time, including one afternoon with such gems as 2 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 4 Wilson's Phalaropes, and 2 Red Knots. Crandon typically has at most 10 species, and usually less. Leaving Dade County, we found one field in the Palm Beach sod farms that had 20 shorebird species, including 2 species of Phalarope at one time.