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Gnatcatcher in yard
Posted by Toe
about 8 years ago
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I know it's not a big deal, but it means birds are on the move. I was doing some maintenance on the boat this morning and passed by Cutler Wetlands afterwards. What a depressing experience. The place is almost completely covered in vegetation with almost no open water left. What's even more depressing is that most biologists think it looks good. Shame that a place with so much shorebird potential has been left to get into this condition. I'm not aware of any shorebird areas closer than the Palm Beach sod farms, and those fields change every week.
BTW in order to post this message, I had to choose all the photos with a lighthouse. WTF is up with that?
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I hear you Toe.
Smith and I went to Palm Beach sod farms a couple times this week and had a pahalarope, countless black-necked stilts, least, pectoral, and stilt sandpipers, Avocets, WESPs, gull-billed terns everywhere, and we even had 24 black terns in one field!
After work today I thought I might go to Cutler, but realized that would just be depressing. Then I remembered how neat Sparrow Fields were looking after the middle was drained in early June, but forgot they have banned bird watching there. Signs say keep out and one handwritten sign makes it clear that there is "no bird watching. allowed. Maybe I'll go to Lucky Hammock---oh that's right, they have locked the newly installed gate at the start of the road on 9336. Oh well, guess I'll go back north.
I have been in contact with the same SFWD contact that gave Audubon of the Everglades scheduled access to their STAs. I am working on it, and I will keep everyone informed as soon as I get any news.
Will be co-leading a trip to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons starting tomorrow -- sorry about the slow process.
Carlos
Thanks Carlos and enjoy Yellowstone! That's where I caught the birding bug while in graduate school out there.
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