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Photos-TAS walk January 30
Posted by Joel N Rosenthal
over 8 years ago
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I had the pleasure of accompanying a good group of birders this morning on the TAS walk that was ably led by Rock Jetty, aka Raul. I have embedded, i hope, one image of my favorite birds today, and have included a link to about 25 photos I was able to salvage from the dozens that I took of birds that were, invariably, too far away to fill a significant portion of my viewfinder,,so the best images have been cropped and enlarged horribly to at least document some of what we all saw...view them at your peril and thank you for not laughing...
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Loved the scissor tails.What was that roadkill & where? GODBLESS!!!!
Excellent photos Joel! What was that thing with the teeth - I didn't see that?
The caption said it all--what is was, your guess is as good as mine. The off road kill was on the path that dead ends with an open area near the canal(I never get the number right, so I won't guess) where we saw the indigo buntings and where all the shell casings were.
And thanks for the compliments, Nancy-you can be the judge of any photo contests I enter in the future...
I pretty sure the road kill photo is a Racoon, those teeth match and the fur seems to match as well.
Larry Manfredi
Off roadkill is a coon.Larry was right.Saw it yesterday.Did, not see the scissortails. GODBLESS!!!!
Where was this, if I may ask? I am visiting south Florida next week, and would love to see the scissor-tails and the buff-belly.
Thank you.
The Scissor-taileds can be found on the wires along the main road into Everglades National Park (SR 9336 aka SW 392 St) at the intersection with Aerojet Rd (SW 232 Ave). I believe lately they are found just east of this intersection. There are two Buff-bellied Hummingbirds at Castellow Hammock Park, 22301 SW 162nd Ave, Miami, FL 33170. One seems to prefer the orchid tree located on your left as you enter the park and drive past the first garden towards the parking lot. The other uses the main butterfly garded along with a few Ruby-throats. The Buff-bellieds will be larger and have a different call than the Ruby-throats.
David
my photos were taken of the scissor taileds in the field abutting SR 9336 on the west side side of aerojet road i.e. the side closer to the ENP entrance.. They were seen from Aerojet road at Lucky Hammock and some of us drove out to 9336 to get closer and within telephoto range--as you can see from my heavy crops with a 400 mm lens, they were still a ways off. when they flew, they were headed generally east. A week earlier I did see them on the wires further east. Poke around in the general area if you don't see them right away-the chamber of commerce has paid them to make an appearance...
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