Returned from Florida
Norm Saunders (osprey@ARI.Net)
Thu, 6 May 1999 04:47:12 -0500
Dear 'spreyers,
Fran and I have returned from 2 weeks in Florida. We birded
various locales in the Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami
areas, as well as in the Everglades NP, down through the Keys,
both coming and going, and 3 days at the Dry Tortugas,
compliments of Field Guides, Inc.
We managed to see 155 species of birds although missing once
again the American Flamingo and dipping in two different locations
for Key West Quail Dove. We had the great pleasure of sharing
the Tortugas trip with Mike and Joy Bowen--good birding, huh guys?
In the 12 years we've been birding on and off in South Florida this
has to rate as our most successful trip to date. If anyone is
interested in more detail in terms of locales visited and birds seen,
let me know!
If you regularly go to Loxahatchee NWR in the Boca Raton area,
please be sure to ask them about the new birding area nearby
called the Wakodahatchee Wetlands. This is a gem of a locale
provided by the Palm Beach County water authority. It has been a
long, long time since I've seen 25+ Least Bitterns in one location,
almost all of them close enough for killer photos!
Again, for directions to this area, ask me directly.
Best,
Norm
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Norm Saunders
Colesville, MD
osprey@ari.net