Sunday January 21
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| American Flamingoes and American White Pelican |
Yesterday I received a text message from Dave and Tammy McQuaid with an invitation to join them aboard their boat to see the flock of American Flamingos. We have a flock of about fourteen, mostly juvenal Flamingos hanging out on a place called Black Skimmer Island, located near the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River.
Black Skimmer Island is a small, federally protected bird sanctuary, which is very popular with boaters to watch the birds come into roost at sundown. Today the flamingoes were present. The siting of wild flamingoes in Florida is a very uncommon event. These and other flamingoes currently seen around the state are no doubt the birds blown here by resent hurricanes. Maybe they'll hang around for a while. And Thank You to Dave and Tammy.
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