I felt very excited to have been granted a new section for the Christmas Bird Count with the Sanibel-Captiva Audubon group - knowing the area and having two great birding friends to do it with made it even more delicious. Come along.....
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| The air was a bit crispy this morning however it made for a clear blue sky - and a Bald Eagle in it made it even more special. And off we entered the Pond Apple Trail - this particular trail turned out to be rather quiet this morning, that changed when we made our way around the retention ponds. |
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| We enjoyed watching this Wood Stork working hard at getting ready to swallow its fresh catch. |
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| Not too far away we marveled at the fact that there was a Ring-necked Duck occupying one of the ponds. |
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| A Wren captured our attention for the longest time because it kept away from sight and at times providing small glimpse of parts of its body.... |
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| until it stayed long enough for us to study it and to finally be able to call it: Marsh Wren. |
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| Another great sighting was 3 Black-crowned Night Heron with one staying out in the open while looking for some fish to eat. |
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| One of many Green Herons. |
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| An Osprey which seemed to have a lot more white on its head and body than we are used to seeing - Elaine had just attended a lecture the night before and she stated that we might have a Ridgeway Osprey - a sub-specie. |
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| After documenting 4 hours of bird sighting for the Pond Apple Trail and the Shipley Trail, we made our way out and took a bit of time admiring this Great Pondhawk... |
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| its head and thorax are bright green, its wings on the other hand are transparent....what's not to love! Overall I think we had a great morning, here is my E-Bird list that I turned in to the San-Cap Audubon for the Christmas Bird Count. I hope you get to go out and do your part. |
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