PeterGruener
12-09-2008, 08:58 PM
Hi,
I just wanted to give you a short update on the current conditions at Sanibel Island (as far as I can tell):
Ding Darling NWR: The first round in the morning was quite exciting with a little feeding frenzy (Snowy Egrets) on the right hand side between the second pool and the tower pool at low tide. 20+ Snowy Egrets were there, light was an issue around 8:20 AM. Several Ospreys were flying around and collectiong nesting material. Some larger crowd of Roseate Spoonbills and White Pelicans were present. The second round in the afternoon had me report one guy wading through the second pool on the left side with a fishing net - what an idiot. For "Germans" plenty of birds but the light was not perfect - too early for sunset shots.
Blind Pass Beach: Construction at the beach is going on and the Captiva parking lot is closed. Dirty water appr. half a mile down south as they are pumping water and sand from the eastern end to the beach on the west beach - you may be lucky as several wading birds are around, as well as construction workers and material. 17 Magnificant Frigate Birds were cruising at high altitude. A better spot is currently Bowman's beach - lots of Royal Terns and wading birds and a couple of Ospreys.
The Sanibel Fishing Pier yesterday afternoon was kind of a disappointment as there was almost nothing going on (maybe 3-4 Snowy Egrets, 2-5 Pelicans).
I am going to upload a couple of images from today hopefully tomorrow and may post a link.
Take care,
Peter
I just wanted to give you a short update on the current conditions at Sanibel Island (as far as I can tell):
Ding Darling NWR: The first round in the morning was quite exciting with a little feeding frenzy (Snowy Egrets) on the right hand side between the second pool and the tower pool at low tide. 20+ Snowy Egrets were there, light was an issue around 8:20 AM. Several Ospreys were flying around and collectiong nesting material. Some larger crowd of Roseate Spoonbills and White Pelicans were present. The second round in the afternoon had me report one guy wading through the second pool on the left side with a fishing net - what an idiot. For "Germans" plenty of birds but the light was not perfect - too early for sunset shots.
Blind Pass Beach: Construction at the beach is going on and the Captiva parking lot is closed. Dirty water appr. half a mile down south as they are pumping water and sand from the eastern end to the beach on the west beach - you may be lucky as several wading birds are around, as well as construction workers and material. 17 Magnificant Frigate Birds were cruising at high altitude. A better spot is currently Bowman's beach - lots of Royal Terns and wading birds and a couple of Ospreys.
The Sanibel Fishing Pier yesterday afternoon was kind of a disappointment as there was almost nothing going on (maybe 3-4 Snowy Egrets, 2-5 Pelicans).
I am going to upload a couple of images from today hopefully tomorrow and may post a link.
Take care,
Peter