Black Skimmer and other shorebirds

 

March 17th (yesterday’s blog posted today)

          Yesterday we drove from Bonita Springs to Engelwood Beach on Manasota Key to visit my other brother John and sister-in law Marty.  We met at the Venice Rookery which is run by the National Audubon Society and enjoyed a variety of breeding birds with their young.  We all had dinner together at Magnolia’s and had a wonderful time.

          This morning we played golf with John and Marty at a really nice course. While on the golf course, we saw a Pileated Woodpecker, a nesting Osprey, a Wood Stork on top of a tree and a Red-headed Woodpecker that flew by.

          Later in the afternoon we went to Stump Pass Beach State Park.  We walked on a trail and the beach and saw a few new birds including a Sandwich Tern, Black Skimmer, Wilson’s and Semipalmated Plover and Lesser Black-backed Gull.  We had a special Jiggs dinner and  a bonfire on the beach with a beautiful sunset and full moon rising.  Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

 (8 new FOY species, total in Florida 74)

Wilson’s Plover

          Semipalmated Plover

          Sanderling

          Short-billed Dowitcher

          Spotted Sandpiper

          Willet

          Sandwich Tern

          Black Skimmer

Black Skimmer

Sanderling

Willet

Ruddy Turnstone

Sandwich Tern

On the beach with Marty










Comments

  1. AnnMarch 18, 2022 at 5:50 AM

    What a glorious sunset.
    Snowy plover is such a special bird. Lucky that you saw it. Send them up here for the summer.

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  2. SharonMarch 22, 2022 at 5:44 PM

    Great pictures!!! I like the Black Skimmer!

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