Posted by Bob & Alice on June 16, 2016 at 02:27:40
On Tuesday, June 14, We went to Kirby Storter Boardwalk, when we got near the location of the Chickee Hut, a small bird few onto the railing then down to the deck of the boardwalk. It was about 20' to 25' ahead of us. My first thought...this is a a Dark-Eyed Junco. Small in size, yellowish white bill, sparrow like bill, fairly long tail, grayish black/brown chest, head, back, wings, and top tail. The legs were pinkish orange, dark eyes....about 5 1/2" to 6" in size...light tan/white belly and under tail.. SORRY NO PHOTO. The bird hopped along for about 15' to 20' just short of the beginning of the hammock then flew off. We were able to observe the bird for about 5 to 10 minute getting great views. We returned today with 2 cameras hopping to get a picture. No luck...the bird did a no show!! In Kenn Kaufman's "Birds of North America" Copyright 2000 on page 253 at the top of the page...the bird to the left was the color we saw...with the color a little more black on head and chest area!