Michael Pancier
11-28-2009, 06:58 PM
Ok Folks...just got back from two days from SW FLA.
Bunche Beach - action in the am and pm. Early am yesterday, tons of shorebirds, terns (sandwich and royal) gulls, 1 reddish egret, and literally thousands of skimmers visible off shore on the sandbars flying in swarms. Late pm, some spoons and 1 avocet among the peeps and other shorebirds. This really seems to be the happening location right now.
Estero Lagoon - yesterday pm, lots of peeps; a few oystercatchers (I missed them), lots of ibis, egrets, pelicans; the reddish egret; marbled godwit; this am; a pair of American avocets in winter plumage; the reddish egret; tons of peeps and pelicans; and the regular crowd of ibis, herons (tri and little blue) and white birds.
Ding Darling - this am -- lots of spoon activity at the 1st pond; mainly flybys into the trees; saw one in the pond; a few reddish egrets; lots of peeps (sandpipers; willets; lesser yellowlegs; etc.) at least 50 white pelicans; osprey all over the place; 1 yellow crowned night heron; and lots of spoon fly bys just north of the tower at the 2nd large pond. I also saw there lots of brown pelicans; 2 reddish egrets; and peeps/shorebirds; just north of there at the small boardwalk on the right, 3-5 spoons in the trees. They were there as late as 10am.
Sanibel Pier -- lots of osprey fishing; regular crowd of gulls; terns (sandwich and least terns); pelicans; snowies; some shorebirds mid afternoon.
Alligator Alley in Big Cypress had tons of birds; white birds; GBH; storks; hawks and osprey.
Perhaps we will have a productive year for a change ...
Bunche Beach - action in the am and pm. Early am yesterday, tons of shorebirds, terns (sandwich and royal) gulls, 1 reddish egret, and literally thousands of skimmers visible off shore on the sandbars flying in swarms. Late pm, some spoons and 1 avocet among the peeps and other shorebirds. This really seems to be the happening location right now.
Estero Lagoon - yesterday pm, lots of peeps; a few oystercatchers (I missed them), lots of ibis, egrets, pelicans; the reddish egret; marbled godwit; this am; a pair of American avocets in winter plumage; the reddish egret; tons of peeps and pelicans; and the regular crowd of ibis, herons (tri and little blue) and white birds.
Ding Darling - this am -- lots of spoon activity at the 1st pond; mainly flybys into the trees; saw one in the pond; a few reddish egrets; lots of peeps (sandpipers; willets; lesser yellowlegs; etc.) at least 50 white pelicans; osprey all over the place; 1 yellow crowned night heron; and lots of spoon fly bys just north of the tower at the 2nd large pond. I also saw there lots of brown pelicans; 2 reddish egrets; and peeps/shorebirds; just north of there at the small boardwalk on the right, 3-5 spoons in the trees. They were there as late as 10am.
Sanibel Pier -- lots of osprey fishing; regular crowd of gulls; terns (sandwich and least terns); pelicans; snowies; some shorebirds mid afternoon.
Alligator Alley in Big Cypress had tons of birds; white birds; GBH; storks; hawks and osprey.
Perhaps we will have a productive year for a change ...