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10/3/23 Amelia Island, FL: Great Egret and Caspian Tern individuals were fishing – and things were not going well for the fish. Also: Black Skimmer , Laughing Gull , Brown Pelican , Royal Tern , Sandwich Tern (with begging juvenile) and Osprey .
9/30/23 Fort Clinch, Amelia Island, FL: The stars of the morning were members of a Prairie Warbler family/flock that were feeding at eye-level. How sweet! Also: Common Yellowthroat , Yellow Warbler (imm.), Gray Catbird , and Northern Cardinal .
9/23/23 Big Talbot/Amelia Island, FL: Bald Eagle , Osprey , Marbled Godwit , Short-billed Dowitcher (with MAGO), Reddish Egret (juv.), Greater Yellowlegs , a cool pic of a Lesser Yellowlegs with Greater Yellowlegs (and a Short-billed Dowitcher behind) , and Pileated Woodpecker . Also: Chimney Swift , some wild life, and Jupiter with some moons.
9/19/23 Amelia Island, FL: Is migration a fun time or what? Northern Parula , American Redstart (f.or imm.), Common Yellowthroat , Red-eyed Vireo , Magnolia Warbler (imm.), , Downy Woodpecker and Northern Cardinal , Eastern Kingbird duo, and Tufted Titmouse . Butterflies and Skippers coming through as well!
9/14/23 Amelia Island, FL: A brief stop at a sunlit pond rewarded us with a Little Blue Heron with a nice reflection, a Northern Mockingbird family, and a Tricolored Heron hunting with a fun reflection as well. A Wood Stork watched it all from the pines. A beautiful morning!
9/9/23 St. Marks NWR, FL: The American Flamingo was out nicely for us in Lighthouse Pond. What an elegant creature! A great Horned Owl stopped by to eat a snake, a Bald Eagle trio were playing tag in the trees, a Double-crested Cormorant was hanging about, while a Forster’s Tern was fishing. A fun morning!
9/8/2023 Just east of Ed Walline Beach Access, FL: We just had to chase the rare (lone ABA record ever in USA) Gray Gull being seen regularly since H. Idelia hit. We found a ‘nice’ street water channel along the beach and waited, watching a flock of 20 Laughing Gulls as they took turns bathing. A fellow birder, Chris, came by and we exchanged numbers. Some of us went down the beach to explore other sites. Chris gave us a head’s up that he had seen it heading towards the channel (THANKS, CHRIS!) and we let him know when it arrived to take a bath. It was a great study of a special visitor until a leashed dog came by and scattered the flock. Also: Common Tern , Black Tern (non-breeding plumage/or juv.) in flight, Willet bathing , Laughing Gull group bathing , and Sanderling . (It was hot – bring water and umbrella/shade!)
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