Posted by Robin Diaz on January 25, 2016 at 17:56:12
Today while we conducted the 5-Year Piping Plover Census, a Snowy Plover roamed into my spotting scope view. Shane was birding the area and luckily, he got to enjoy the bird. Rangel, Miriam, Liz and I covered the beach from the Cape Florida lighthouse to Bear Cut. In addition to the Snowy, there were 35 Piping , 3 Wilson's and 103 Semipalmated Plovers, 6 Dunlin, 2 Forster's Terns and other usual shorebirds, gulls and terns. The Black-bellied Plovers, Short-billed Dowitchers and peeps may come in on a lower tide and perhaps the Red Knot will accompany them.
Eight Piping Plovers are banded, including a female spending her 7th winter on Crandon. This makes a total of 10 banded Piping Plovers recorded on Crandon since August.
Many thanks to Robert Carmona for upgrading the shorebird roost area.
