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Smooth-bill Ani and Great Horned Owl
Posted by Robyn
over 8 years ago
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The Ani's were at Loxahatchee today. Also saw the baby owls out of the nest today.
Walk the marsh trail straight past the trail that leads to the lookout, and search the mossy trees on the left for the owls.
The Ani's are down the trail the lookout is on. They were just over the bridge in the bushes on the left.
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No problem finding the owls last weekend...but those anis have been avoiding me since the very first reports of them months ago. Absolutely positively cannot get them to show for me in 5 visits. Last Saturday, I checked all trees and bushes around the lookout tower, then crossed the bridge and checked out both clusters of trees behind the pavilion and across from it, and all the way down the tree line to the north - no anis.
When you mention them being over the bridge and in the bushes on the left - do you mean the bushes around the pavilion, next to the taller trees?
The first time I saw them was in the Bahamas. I thought they were Boat-tail Grackles.
Same thing yesterday. By the time I noticed it was an Ani it dove into a bush and wouldn't come out. So I played the Ani call on Bluetooth speaker and by the second note they were out on an exposed branch.
Good luck
How are water levels there? I have never been
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