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looking for Scoters
Posted by Tim Peters
almost 8 years ago
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Hi I am in town chasing the vagrants at Bill Baggs State Park and was looking for some other birds that would be lifers during my visit. I noticed there is a black scoter being seen at the Homestead Air Reserve Base. I’ve never heard of an inland scoter before. Is this a common sighting in the area? Is this air base open to the public or do other area lakes get scoters too? I know they prefer the coast, but if I could see one inland that would save a lot of time. thanks you for all the help.
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Unfortunately there is not any public access to the base but it being so close to the coast does make the possibility of a Black Scoter there feasible. I have seen photos of a Sooty Tern blown onto the base. I would recommend trying the Black Point Marina jetty as well as Biscayne National Park's Convoy Point. I have also seen BLSC from Deering Estate's People's Dock but haven't noticed any recently.
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