5/15/23 Okefenokee NWR, GA: It was fun to find a Red-cockaded Woodpecker nest hole. The parents were both coming in with food: spiders, worms, and other goodies. Also: Bachman’s Sparrow , Red-headed Woodpecker , Eastern Kingbird , and Great Crested Flycatcher .
5/13/23 and 5/14/23 Fort Clinch, (Amelia Island) and JAX area, FL: American Oystercatcher pair (both banded), Brown Pelican , Least Tern pair, Royal Tern pair and colony, Sanderling (breeding and non-breeding plumage), Semipalmated Plover with worm, Snowy Egret , Willet , Common Ground-Dove , and Wilson’s Plover .
5/14/23/ JAX area, FL: The Laughing Gull colony at Huguenot Memorial Park is in full swing: