Pretty good shorebird numbers down in Everglades NP recently.



Charlie Ewell

Cape Coral, FL

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Burrowing Owl Festival (Feb 21 2009) info at:

http://www.ccfriendsofwildlife.org/

FL Ornithological Society info

http://fosbirds.org







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From: Birdbrains - Florida Birds/Natural History On Behalf Of Bryant Roberts
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 10:55 PM
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Subject: [BRDBRAIN] Greater Flamingoes at Snake Bight and a Few Migrants



A paddle around the north part of Snake Bight turned up two adult Greater
Flamingoes this Sunday (7/19) east of the Snake Bight Road Boardwalk.  They
were visible from the water at the mouth of the creek that runs under the
boardwalk but the view would have been obscured from the boardwalk.  Here is
a rough tally of the transient species seen at Snake Bight that afternoon.



American White Pelican - 3

Greater Flamingo - 2

Black-necked Stilt - 60

American Avocet - 10

Black-bellied Plover - 20

Semipalmated Plover - 10

Wilson's Plover - 30

Short-billed Dowitcher - 300

Marbled Godwit - 200

Greater Yellowlegs - 10

Spotted Sandpiper - 5

Willet - 1,000

Ruddy Turnstone - 5

Semipalmated Sandpiper - 70

Western Sandpiper - 100

Least Sandpiper - 6

Royal Tern - 10

Forster's Tern - 5

Least Tern - 100



The only evidence of landbird migration were a couple of Purple Martins and
several Barn Swallows flying southwards across Garden Cove at Key Largo on
Saturday (7/18), a Black-and-white Warbler at Long Pine Key on Saturday
(2/28) and a Northern Parula at Gumbo Limbo Trail on  Monday (7/20).



A surprising sighting was about thirty American White Pelicans flying north
over the mainland side of Card Sound Road late this Monday (7/20) afternoon.





Bryant Roberts

Davie, FL



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