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From: Larry Manfredi<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
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Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 3:22 PM
Subject: [BRDBRAIN] Shorebirds in south Miami-Dade county.


I drove about 20-miles through the farm fields of south Dade this morning and found a few shorebirds.  There does not seem to be as many as previous years, perhaps I have not hit it at the right time.  I did have a large number of Upland Sandpipers, which is always a treat.  Here is a list of what I saw as well some photos:

 

Upland Sandpiper 38

Killdeer lots

Black-bellied Plover 67

Least Sandpiper 7

Black-necked Stilt 4

Greater Yellowlegs 3

Lesser Yellowlegs 2

Spotted Sandpiper 1

Pectoral Sandpiper 2

 

Bobolink 1

 

http://www.southfloridabirding.com/greateryellowlegs.jpg<http://www.southfloridabirding.com/greateryellowlegs.jpg>

 

http://www.southfloridabirding.com/uplandsandpiper.jpg<http://www.southfloridabirding.com/uplandsandpiper.jpg>

 

Directions for some of the easier Upland Sandpipers:

 

From Florida City take SR 9336 (this is the road that goes into Everglades National Park) to s.w. 217 ave. turn left onto a dirt road; scan the plowed fields on both sides of the road.

 

Larry Manfredi

Homestead, FL.

 

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