Posted by Justin Miller on August 03, 2015 at 15:17:32
On Sunday, it rained lightly all day pretty much, but I took a walk around in the rain around 2pm to 4pm at Green Cay. Didn't spot the ani that was widely photographed, but noticed a few more warblers have joined all the black-and-whites that were there the weekend before: prairies, N. parulas, B&Ws, and some blue-grey gnatcatchers all present, mostly in the parking lot and along the main entrance. Also haven't been many terns around the past month or two, but several least terns were busy hunting in the rain, and at least 3 kingfishers have returned (hadn't heard or seen them most of the summer so far). Lots of least bitterns around - but quite strangely I have seen almost no sora all summer. Last summer there were dozens of them - one walk around the boardwalk and I could count 25+...and they lasted pretty much all summer through. But so far this summer, I saw 2-3 back in late May to early June, and haven't clocked a single one in July. Where'd all the sora go? Anyone noticing high numbers of sora in other S. Florida spots, or anyone noticing a shortage in them this summer?